Press Release: General Affairs and External Relations Council (External Relations), Luxembourg, 10-11 April 2006

Items debated include: WTO/Doha Development Agenda; Ukraine; Belarus; Middle East peace process; Iran; EU-Japan summit; Sustainable Development Strategy. EU Development Ministers on 11 April 2006 discussed the coherence of the European Union's and Member States' development financing and aid effectiveness.

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Council of the European Union: Press Release: Conclusions ... on Financing for Development and Aid Effectiveness. Delivering more, better and faster, 10.4.06 http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/gena/89223.pdf

Council of the European Union: Press Release: Conclusions ... on Policy Coherence for Development: Work Programme 2006-2007, 11.4.06 http://consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/gena/89224.pdf

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