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IPS - Recovery Could Leave Behind World's Poorest - By Selina Rust, 1/04/10 - The world's 49 least developed countries (LDCs), described as the poorest of the poor, could feel the effects of the global economic crisis for decades, a senior U.N. official warned this week.

Under-Secretary-General Cheick Sidi Diarra told IPS that if the international community does not live up to pledges made under Brussels Programme of Action nearly a decade ago, even the small gains made during 2000-2008 could be reversed.
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IPS - World's poor pawns in EU battle over diplomatic corps -

By David Cronin, 31/03/10: The world's poor appear to have become pawns in a political battle over the European Union's (EU) new diplomatic corps.Catherine Ashton, foreign policy chief for the 27-country bloc, is urging that responsibility for development aid should fall within the scope of the European External Action Service (EEAS) that she is in the process of establishing.

In recent statements, Ashton has argued that if the EU is to have a successful development policy, it must be compatible with its broader strategies on issues such as security.

Yet many observers of European politics suspect that the British baroness is more concerned with seizing control of a sizeable budget than in ensuring that development aid brings tangible benefits to the poor. At 15 billion dollars per year, development aid represents one of the top five areas of spending administered by the EU's executive arm, the European Commission.

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Pambazuka News: Eritrea - Alone against the world -

By Nikolaj Nielsen, 25/11/09, (Pambazuka News): Commenting on events at a Brussels conference for the promotion of peace and human rights in Eritrea, Nikolaj Nielsen reports on a country which Reporters Without Borders ranks lower on press freedom than North Korea. 'Eritrea', Nielsen writes, 'was the promise that never evolved' and a country 'unable to come to terms with lasting peace'.

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In the field of advocacy, consultation and networking, EEPA is able to provide specialised contributions to public campaigns and advocacy strategies for NGOs, governments and institutions. We offer consultation on questions related to advocacy activities such as whom to contact, when the best timing for an action is, what kind of documents to send, how to publicise an event and which organisations to collaborate with, among other things. One of EEPA's main assets is our strong network of connections with staff from the EU institutions, national governments, EU Member State representations in Brussels, embassies, UN agencies and NGOs, which we have developed through the years and with whom we maintain close relations.

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