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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-04-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Commission's annual policy strategy for 20062
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050412.31.2-328"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-04-12-Speech-2-3292
lpv:speaker	lp:Nirj Deva2
lpv:spoken text	". Madam President, last year and this year there have been a great deal of problems relating to poverty eradication, Aids, malaria, tuberculosis, diarrhoeal diseases and the tsunami. The Millennium Project’s ‘quick wins’, which we have put into our budget opinion acknowledges that often the simplest ideas turn out to be the best. Too often in politics we see the quest for headline-grabbing initiatives taking priority over what should be the actual aim. I welcome what this ‘quick wins’ budgetary proposal involved because the result of the investment into the quick wins programmes is visible after two years. That means giving out malaria bed nets, free primary education and fertiliser, and promoting basic hygiene. These are simple things that we can do quickly. Water and sanitation are also critical for human welfare. One hygiene measure that I feel particularly strongly about is hand washing. This is not a glamorous subject. Hand washing with soap is not an innovative idea, but diarrhoeal diseases kill 2 million children every year. Hand washing with soap and water can reduce this by 47%. A million lives per year can be saved. As we strive towards the development goals, these are simple projects that I ask the Commission to put into place, which will make a huge difference over the vast quantities of money that we have already spent under the EDF and the Community development budget. Another under-utilised resource we need to concentrate on is the European Investment Bank. The EIB has the capacity to lend money. It can lend three times as much as the World Bank. The world knows about the World Bank but knows nothing about the European Investment Bank. Therefore I have put into the budget a grant element to support the interest on the EIB’s lending. I commend our opinion to the House."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (2004-09-16--2007-03-13)3 member; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AFET (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (2004-08-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Deva (PPE-DE ),"1 "draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Development"1

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