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"Mr President, just like Mr Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, I am somewhat confused about the speaking arrangements. I am speaking in this House as draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Development on the Budget and should in fairness have been allowed to speak at the beginning.
I wish to congratulate Mr Garriga Polledo on his very skilful work, for his considerable sensitivity to views from the various committees and, in general, for his efficient handling of our deliberations. As current representative of the Committee on Development, I am delighted with the result. By making full use of the flexibility mechanism, we have been able to avoid significantly cutting back on long-term development programmes in order to make room for Iraq.
I genuinely agree with Mr Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra that we must find a long-term solution to the problem that, in general, arises every year in connection with major disasters and crises. We must protect our long-term development programmes if we are to have a chance of making a constructive contribution to the work on achieving the millennium objectives.
When it comes to the specific focus in heading 4, I am very pleased to have gained a hearing for the demand that the budget be more clearly oriented towards poverty alleviation. This is happening through the increase of EUR 30 million in the appropriation to efforts within Asia, where the vast majority of the world’s poor live. It is also happening through the increase in efforts in the area of health. More resources are being earmarked for the work on reducing the spread of HIV, malaria and TB. As Mr Bowis emphasised just now, a new programme to the tune of EUR 10 million is also being set up to combat other poverty-related diseases, with a special emphasis on vaccinations for young children.
Far greater resources are needed in the area of health, especially in Africa. The contributions we are now deciding upon mean that we are continuing single-mindedly to work with a view to increasing support for the health sector within the sphere of aid, and that is an entirely proper road to go down."@en1
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