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Mr President, by way of introduction I should like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mrs Martens. Her report reflects reality and lays down the prospects of the development strategy for Africa.
The situation in Africa, where most of the less developed countries are found, is due both to endogenous and to extraneous factors. Addressing the endogenous factors is the responsibility of the African governments themselves.
However, the overcoming of extraneous factors concerns us and not only because the European Union is by far the biggest donor of humanitarian aid. It does not concern us only in the sense of increasing aid to 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product by 2015. It concerns us in the sense that development aid will, as the report emphasises, go hand in hand with its improved quality, effectiveness, transparency and visibility.
The challenge to the European Union consists, in my opinion, among other things:
Firstly, in overcoming the fragmentation of humanitarian intervention and in constructing a cohesive approach.
Secondly, in linking the Union's policy with the Millennium Development Goals.
Thirdly, in establishing effective coordination of humanitarian aid between the Member States and the Commission and between the Union's bilateral policies and its development policy.
Action by the Union should obey a clear timetable, specific targets and the need to link objectives and means. This need is indicated, among other things, by the report, which I endorse.
The Commissioner condensed the challenge of Africa in his phrase: 'One Africa, one Europe, one objective'. 'One Africa' is the responsibility of Africa itself, 'one Europe' is the responsibility of Europe and 'one objective' is our common objective. We support this eminent initiative of yours and will respond convincingly to the challenge of Africa."@en1
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