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Address by the Honourable Donald J.Johnston to UNCTAD XI, Sao Paulo, 16 June 2004

22-Dec-2004

Address by the Honourable Donald J. Johnston to the Eleventh Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 13-18 June 2004. 

Australia Tackles Instability and Poverty in the Asia-Pacific Region and is urged to do more

16-Dec-2004

Australia has made significant advances since the last Peer Review in 1999 in adapting to the new challenges faced by the Asia-Pacific regionAustralia has made significant advances since the last Peer Review in 1999 in adapting to the new challenges faced by the Asia-Pacific region.

DAC Peer Review of Norway

01-Dec-2004

With an ODA/GNI ratio of 0.92% Norway ranked first among DAC Members in 2003 and is approaching the 1% target set by the Norwegian government for 2005. It was the first creditor nation in 2000 to offer 100% debt forgiveness to LDCs involved in the initiative in favour of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC), with debt forgiveness treated over and above ODA budgets. Norway has also become one of the major donors financing humanitarian action and stands out as a positive example on how to respond to humanitarian needs.

La Norvège: Examen du CAD par les pairs

01-Dec-2004

Avec un rapport APD/RNB de 0.92 %, la Norvège se classe au premier rang des membres du CAD pour 2003 et n’est pas loin d’atteindre l’objectif de 1% fixé par son gouvernement pour 2005.

ODA-eligibility issues of Public Expenditures under the Clean Development Mechanism

31-Aug-2004

This document outlines the decisions reached at the DAC High Level Meeting on 15-16 April 2004 regarding ODA-eligibility issues of Public Expenditures under the Clean Development Mechanism, as proposed by the DAC Chair.

Informal Experts’ Meeting : Trade Capacity Building Results Monitoring and Assessment Framework, 16 June 2004

29-Jul-2004

Evaluation experts met in Paris to discuss the possibility of conducting collaborative (OECD/DAC) work on results monitoring and assessment of donor-funded trade-related technical assistance and capacity building...

Special study on aid in support of HIV/AIDS control

17-Jun-2004

This report presents the results of a review of statistical data on aid to HIV/AIDS control. Contribution prepared jointly by the Secretariat and UNAIDS for the XVth International AIDS Conference in Bangkok on 11-17 July 2004.

DAC Peer Review of France

04-Jun-2004

2002 marked a turning point in French development co operation policy, an area that the President of the Republic has made one of his priorities. At the International Conference on Financing for Development held in Monterrey in 2002, the French President pledged to increase France’s official development assistance (ODA) to 0.5% of gross national income (GNI) by 2007 and ultimately to 0.7% by 2012.

Statement adopted by members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

16-Apr-2004

Development Co-operation Ministers and Agency Heads of DAC members met in Paris on 15-16 April 2004 along with the Administrator of the UNDP, Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, senior representatives of the World Bank and IMF, and of non DAC OECD members.  The meeting was chaired by Mr. Richard Manning, Chair of the DAC.  They agreed on the following statement.

OECD-DAC/WTO Meeting on Trade Capacity Building, 2-3 March 2004

10-Mar-2004

This was the third of such joint meetings held in Paris aimed at providing a co-ordinated response to trade-related needs by bilateral and multilateral agencies working closely together, as mandated by the Doha Ministerial Declaration.




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