Press Release: European Union to commit EUR22 billion in aid to Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands

Preview of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers annual meeting on 1-2 June 2006 in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea). The participants were to decide on a €22 billion aid package of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) for the period 2008 to 2013. They were also expected to discuss migration and development, trade, climate change and the recently approved EU strategies for Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific Islands.