Malgré les réserves exprimées par nombre de mes collègues de la commission du contrôle budgétaire, nous avons répondu à cette question par l’affirmative, essentiellement pour des motifs humanitaires, car nous étions au courant des actions positives menées localement grâce à cet argent. En outre, nous savions que fermer le robinet aurait des conséquences des plus regrettables.
In spite of the reservations of many of my fellow members of the Committee on Budgetary Control, we decided in committee that it was reasonable, chiefly on humanitarian grounds, because we were aware of the good that had been done locally with this money, and we knew that the funds would be sorely missed if they were no longer available. Two days ago the Council also answered this question once again.
