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Chirac urges strengthened efforts to spur development assistance
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May 17, 2008
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Chirac urges strengthened efforts to spur development assistance
PARIS, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Former French President Jacques Chirac
on Saturday spoke out against the declining levels of Official
Development Assistance (ODA), at the same time calling for
strengthened global efforts to reverse the "worrying trend," the
French media has reported.
The current ODA situation, according to the former president, is
not only worrying but "totally unjustified" and must be " rectified
urgently."
"The Official Development Assistance is falling, which is totally
unjustified and must be redressed urgently," said Chirac, who was
succeeded by President Nicolas Sarkozy at the helm of the French
republic ...