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Chirac urges strengthened efforts to spur development assistance

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 ...

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