Examples of using Official development in English and their translations into Czech
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Nothing justifies a reduction in official development assistance.
Official Development Assistance currently represents more than USD 120 billion.
All these provisions must not, however,lead to a fall in official development assistance.
I would like to say that, on official development assistance, Parliament is right behind you.
The Member States should respect the commitment that they made to Official Development Assistance ODA.
Official development assistance should carry on increasing and should not suffer the consequences of the financial crisis.
The European Commission is the largest donor of official development aid, providing EUR 49 billion per year.
The illicit financial flows that they allow are thought to account for as much as ten times the amount of official development assistance.
It made a commitment in 2005 concerning the level of official development assistance, which must reach 0.7% in 2015.
In future, official development aid should focus specifically on the elimination of poverty and improving people's living conditions.
Czech Republic awarded for complete andtimely submission of statistical data on Official Development Assistance.
Finally, I cannot get over the fact that in 2007 Official Development Assistance from the whole of the EU fell for the first time since 2000.
Donor countries should respect their commitment to set aside 0.7% of their GDP to Official Development Assistance(ODA) by 2015.
Official Development Assistance(ODA) has played, and will continue to play, a critical role in supporting our partners' efforts in coping with the crisis.
At the same time,emigrant remittances have fallen and Official Development Assistance has also been reduced.
However, Official Development Assistance will also play a part in ensuring that development issues are integrated with climate policy.
I also support the request for the write-off of sovereign debt to no longer be regarded as an integral part of official development assistance.
The European Union has pledged to devote 0.7% of its Gross National Income(GNI) to Official Development Assistance(ODA) by 2015, which will mean increasing the current amount of European aid.
We should remain vigilant on this point,as the Member States are always inclined to reduce the portion of their GDP allocated to official development assistance.
It goes without saying that these funds can only supplement those already pledged for official development assistance, all the more so because the commitments made in this area are not always honoured by our Member States.
The EU has committed itself to the collective target of spending 0.7% of its Gross National Income(GNI) on Official Development Assistance(ODA) by 2015.
Member States need to deliver on official development assistance pledges and cutting aid and the goals to be achieved will only help emphasise China's merits in making quick funding available to Africa.
It will also be crucial to ensure that the USD 100 billion announced in Copenhagen is indeed in addition to the commitments made in the area of official development assistance.
On the volume of aid, it is true that we are concerned at the fall in the collective volume of official development aid, which fell from EUR 47.7 billion in 2006 to EUR 46 billion in 2007.
In my opinion this can only be achieved when pooling resources and establishing one single EU institution responsible for the accumulation,allocation and disbursement of the Official Development Assistance.
However, while that new type of relationship is being built, official development assistance continues to be, and will remain for some years, a very useful instrument in Europe's relations with Africa, and not just Europe as a whole but the Member States too.
In writing.-(SV) In the European Parliament vote, I voted against the report'The EU Policy Coherence for Development and the'Official Development Assistance plus' concept.
As the largest combined aid donors,the EU Member States must fulfil their Official Development Assistance(ODA) commitments, improve aid effectiveness and coordination and strengthen their efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
On behalf of the ALDE Group.- Mr President,the year 2007 was unfortunately the second year in a row when contributions to official development assistance decreased in the developed world.
The European Union andits Member States have contributed immensely to the official development assistance and it should never be underestimated, but much remains to be done to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the institutional framework as well as congruence of the legislation covering development aid.