The Asian Group therefore urged all Member States, particularly donor countries, and other donor institutions to consider increasing their voluntary contributions.

Over that time, donor States have consistently honoured their funding commitments.

Unfortunately, they are the only donor countries to have done so.

With the consent of the States concerned, the Committee intends to provide such assessment data to interested donor States and organizations.

After all, donor countries are mired in debt and stagnation, while some recipient economies are growing 5 7 times faster than they are.

Even today, donor governments aid efforts are poorly directed.

Lebanon greatly appreciates the efforts of donor States in that area.

He was concerned about the adverse impact of dwindling resources on the delivery of UNRWA services and appealed to donor States to increase their contributions to the Agency's budget.

Over that time, donor states have consistently honored their funding commitments.

We have welcomed the decision of leading donors to increase their economic assistance to South Africa.

All States donors and recipients share the responsibility for attaining this goal.

He urged donor States to fulfil the commitments made for Iraq's reconstruction.

9. Encourages donor States to make contributions in response to the United Nations humanitarian appeal

9. Encourages donor States to make contributions in response to the United Nations humanitarian appeal

In that regard, the importance of the Group of Eight (G 8) initiative must be emphasized, and we express our hope that all donor countries will support it.

There are two huge challenges now facing the Global Fund, and especially the donor countries that support it.

Speakers also called on donor States to increase funding for the work of UNODC in those areas.

We would like to express our gratitude to all donor countries for their important and considerable contributions.

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The next step of this project will depend on the Member States which have offered to host these centres as well as on interested donor countries.

To this end, the Department for Disarmament Affairs is undertaking consultations with Member States, including donor countries.

Aid performance of donor countries was still far from the internationally agreed targets.

Appeals to Member States which are donors to use their influence on the International Donor Community to overcome the external debt burden of developing and least developed OIC Member States.

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Now it is time to re examine the ODA system. After all, donor countries are mired in debt and stagnation, while some recipient economies are growing 5 7 times faster than they are.

The international community must show that it will follow through on these promises. Donors must provide the help that developing countries urgently need.

Upon agreement with the States, the Committee will facilitate contacts to potential donors and assistance providers.

Switzerland now ranks among the top 10 donors of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.

However, the political priority of ODA is also being reconsidered in some donor countries.

In 2002, all donor countries committed to make concrete efforts to reach 0.7 of national income in development aid to poor countries.

To that end, the Department for Disarmament Affairs is currently undertaking consultations with Member States, including donor countries.

Similarly, the Donors apos Conference that was held on 1 October 1993 is proof of the enormous significance of that landmark event.

It is especially important at the present time that the reconstruction initiatives in Sarajevo and Mostar attract the generous support of donor States.

But donors have not yet implemented this obvious and basic lesson.

We urge donor nations and relevant international organizations and institutions to fulfil their pledges of financial and technical assistance.

In this regard, we welcome the initiative of the Committee to start assessing the assistance needs of Member States and if the State concerned agrees to share such assessments with interested donor States and organizations.

Almost 40 States Parties have been donors to mine action, along with several States not Parties as well as international organisations.

10. Welcomes the contributions of donor countries to the strengthening of the Small Island Developing States Unit and the Small Island Developing States Information Network, and encourages other Member States to make contributions, in particular in support of the Network

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2. Contributions from donors

Member States, including traditional and non traditional donors, the private sector and individuals are strongly encouraged to contribute additional, unprogrammed resources to the Fund.

Moreover, Malawi has a proven track record of sharply higher food yields when impoverished farmers are helped with inputs. Yet donors continue shipping expensive food aid while ignoring Malawi s desperate need to grow more food.

The Council further called on donor countries to help the ECOWAS member States implement those steps.

The central message is that donor countries and agencies have to recognize in their programmes the priorities of small island developing States.