Main results of the Foreign Affairs Council

EU News 229/2014

10020/14
(OR. en)
PROVISIONAL VERSION
PRESSE 300
PR CO 27
PRESS RELEASE
3315th Council meeting
Foreign Affairs
Brussels, 19 May 2014

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EU development aid targets
The Council approved its annual report to the European Council on EU development aid targets. In 2013, the EU remained the biggest global donor of development aid. EU collective Official Development Assistance (ODA) increased to €56.5 billion from €55.3 billion in 2012, remaining at 0.43% of EU gross national income (G6I). Member states that did not reach their ODA objectives were invited to meet these commitments and to share information on their planned ODA spending.

Rights-based approach to development cooperation
The Council adopted conclusions on a rights-based approach to development cooperation. This approach aims at promoting all human rights, be they civil or political, also through development cooperation and sees them as a means to and a goal of effective development cooperation. The fulfilment of human rights is to become an integral part of the identification, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all EU development policies and projects.

Source and additional information:
http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/foraff/142687.pdf

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