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"en.20050223.16.3-211"2
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"Mr President, the hunger and injustice in the world are issues of great importance. What factors supposedly make the EU the most suitable global player in relation to this issue? Rather, the EU has contributed to bringing about global problems of poverty through unfair trade rules and a protectionist agricultural policy.
Whilst contributing economic resources in the form of development aid to poor countries, the European Union is preventing these countries from achieving growth through its bizarre agricultural and trade policies. This is inconsistent and not particularly credible. Many developing countries are more inclined to see the EU as the cause of their problems than as a solution to them. The UN, on the other hand, is an organisation more suited to combating poverty and hunger, having broader global support and more member states. In the EU, special national interests are still too dominant.
Let us fight together for a fairer world. The division of responsibilities between the EU and the UN could be as follows: the EU works on reforming its agricultural policy and attempts to bring about a fairer trade policy, whilst the UN provides a means for the countries of the world to channel financial and other aid to starving and suffering people. Let us avoid an unnecessary institutional power struggle in pursuing our common goal of eradicating poverty."@en1
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