5. Welcomes the Member States' recent renewed commitment to meeting their ODA commitments, especially the target of giving 0,7% of their GNI; agrees with the Council that ODA alone will not be enough to eradicate global poverty; is of the view that EU development policy should aim to eliminate structural obstacles to the poverty eradication goal by implementing policy coherence for development between EU policies on agriculture, trade, investment, tax havens, access to raw materials and climate change;

5. Welcomes the Member States’ recent renewed commitment to meeting their ODA commitments, especially the target of giving 0.7% of their GNI; agrees with the Council that ODA alone will not be enough to eradicate global poverty; is of the view that EU development policy should aim to eliminate structural obstacles to the poverty eradication goal by implementing policy coherence for development between EU policies on agriculture, trade, investment, tax havens, access to raw materials and climate change;

Provided, however, that if a Member of the WTO is a party to an international undertaking on official export credits to which at least 12 original such Members are parties as of 1 January 1979 (or a successor undertaking which has been adopted by those original Members), or if in practice a Member of the WTO applies the interest rates provisions of the relevant undertaking, an export credit practice which is in conformity with those provisions shall not be considered an export subsidy.

11. Calls on the EU and the Member States to strengthen relations with African countries by delivering on aid commitments and making the pursuit of the MDGs a priority; welcomes the 6% increase in EC aid and 2,9% in aid provided by 15 Member States in 2006 when compared with the previous year but regrets that ODA from the 15 Member States to all regions is falling as a share of gross national income (GNI) from 0,44% ODA/GNI in 2005 to 0,43% ODA/GNI in 2006; also regrets that four Member States have failed to meet the individual target of 0,33% of GNI in 2006 and more could equally have failed to do so if debt relief and other items tha ...[+++]t do not correspond to available funds for developing countries were to be deducted from ODA figures;

11. Calls on the EU and the Member States to strengthen relations with African countries by delivering on aid commitments and making the pursuit of the MDGs a priority; welcomes the 6% increase in EC aid and 2,9% in aid provided by 15 Member States in 2006 when compared with the previous year but regrets that ODA from the 15 Member States to all regions is falling as a share of gross national income (GNI) from 0,44% ODA/GNI in 2005 to 0,43% ODA/GNI in 2006; also regrets that four Member States have failed to meet the individual target of 0,33% of GNI in 2006 and more could equally have failed to do so if debt relief and other items tha ...[+++]t do not correspond to available funds for developing countries were to be deducted from ODA figures;

11. Calls on the EU and the Member States to strengthen relations with African countries by delivering on aid commitments and making the pursuit of the MDGs a priority; welcomes the 6% increase in EC aid and 2,9% in aid provided by 15 Member States in 2006 when compared with the previous year but regrets that official development assistance (ODA) from the 15 Member States to all regions is falling as a share of gross national income (GNI) from 0,44% ODA/GNI in 2005 to 0,43% ODA/GNI in 2006; also regrets that four Member States have failed to meet the individual target of 0,33% of GNI in 2006 and more could equally have failed to do so ...[+++]if debt relief and other items that do not correspond to available funds for developing countries were to be deducted from ODA figures;