U.N. News Centre: At U.N.-backed summit, least developed countries urge enhanced partnerships, aid commitments
“At the closing today of a conference in Cotonou, Benin, ministers, senior government officials, and United Nations representatives called on donor countries to fulfill their commitments and go even further, by allocating at least 50 percent of their overseas development assistance (ODA) and ‘aid for trade’ disbursement, to the world’s least developed countries (LDCs)…” (7/31).