Press Release: Development Council, Brussels, 18.5.00

Topics discussed included: The EC's development policy: Commission Communication on development policy; Reform of the management of Community aid; Operational coordination between the Community and Member States (Conclusions adopted); Structural adjustment in developing countries (Resolution adopted); Integration of the environment and sustainable development into the EC development strategy (Procedural Conclusions); Communicable diseases (HIV/AIDs, Malaria and Tubercolosis); Evaluation of humanitarian aid (Resolution adopted); Crisis and conflict situations in developing countries; New procedures for legislative acts in the field of development; Preparation of the 3rd UN Conference on Least Developed Countries; Development aspects of the 6th Conference of the Parties on the UN Convention on climate change

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