Home 2007 Presidência da UE ECOSOC General Segment – Item 13 (a)Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eighth session - Explanation of Position on the resolution on the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eighth session (Graduation of Samoa) on behalf of European Union by Mr. Miguel Silvestre, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations, Geneva, 27 July
ECOSOC General Segment – Item 13 (a)Report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eighth session - Explanation of Position on the resolution on the report of the Committee for Development Policy on its eighth session (Graduation of Samoa) on behalf of European Union by Mr. Miguel Silvestre, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations, Geneva, 27 July Print
ECOSOC General Segment – Item 13 (a)

Report of the Committee for Development Policy
on its ninth session

Geneva

Explanation of Position
on the resolution on the
report of the Committee for Development Policy on its ninth session

The EU would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the input and advice contained in the report of the ninth session of the Committee for Development Policy.

More specifically, its recommendations relating to climate change, poverty eradication and LDC’s, focus on issues that the EU considers to be of utmost importance in addressing today’s development challenges.

At the same time, the EU would like to reaffirm the right of the ECOSOC to consider the recommendations of its subsidiary bodies and act on them as it deems appropriate.