1. Underlines that worldwide development efforts in 2013 will critically determine whether the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) can still be met in 2015; reminds Council of the EU's responsibility towards its developing partners and the c
lear commitments EU donors, both individually and collectively, have made in terms of their contributions to fighting poverty in the developing world; cal
ls therefore on the Member States, assisted by the Commission, to establish a definite time frame for meeting the target of 0.7% of GDP to be al
...[+++]located to development aid;