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makes 1 million dollar contribution to 澳门六合彩官网资料's global trust fund
The Danish Government has contributed 1 million USD to the Global Trust Fund for 澳门六合彩官网资料 Technical Cooperation to benefit developing and least-developed countries. The fund was established in July 1999 to receive extra-budgetary donations from 澳门六合彩官网资料 Members to finance technical cooperation activities carried out by the 澳门六合彩官网资料.
Mr. Niels Helveg Petersen, Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced Denmark's contribution in his address to the Seattle Ministerial Conference on 1 December 1999. “The 澳门六合彩官网资料 must be able to respond favourably to requests for technical assistance”, he said. “The newly established Global Trust Fund is important in this regard”. Mr. Helveg Petersen added that “the present situation, marked by insufficient funding as well as by financing by a few Members through voluntary contributions outside the budget is unsustainable. Technical assistance should be financed as part of the ordinary 澳门六合彩官网资料 budget”.
Current demand for technical assistance from developing and least-developed countries considerably outweighs 澳门六合彩官网资料's financial capacities. A group of countries including Denmark, as well as Director-General Mike Moore, have proposed that CHF 10 million be included in the regular 澳门六合彩官网资料 budget for technical cooperation. It is proposed that the figure be phased in over a three-year period starting from the year 2000.