EuroNGOs - nEUws 29th


	e-zine nEUws, 29th edition 8 May 2003: A Limited Call for Proposals for Aid for Population and Reproductive Health in Developing Countries (B7-6312 budget line) has been published 28 April 2003: OECD: Donors deliver nearly 5% increase in development aid 7 April 2003: EU-ACP: Cotonou Agreement comes into force 5 May 2003: Pharmaceuticals: Commissioner Poul Nielson outlines EU vision for combating communicable diseases 5 May 2003: International co-operation: European Commission forges closer partnership with the United Nations CONCORD Newsletter Nº 3: May 2003


	8 May 2003: A Limited Call for Proposals for Aid for Population and Reproductive Health in Developing Countries (B7-6312 budget line) has been published.


	28 April 2003: OECD: Donors deliver nearly 5% increase in development aid The world's major donor countries raised their official development assistance by 4.8% in real terms in 2002 compared with the previous year, the OECD has revealed.


	7 April 2003: EU-ACP: Cotonou Agreement comes into force The Cotonou Agreement - the trade, aid and political treaty between the European Union and 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states - came into force on 1 April 2003, after being ratified by all 15 European Union (EU) Member States.


	5 May 2003: Pharmaceuticals: Commissioner Poul Nielson outlines EU vision for combating communicable diseases International efforts to improve poorer countries' access to medicines against AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis need to be complemented by preventive measures, Development and Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Poul Nielson has stressed.


	5 May 2003: International co-operation: European Commission forges closer partnership with the United Nations The European Commission has streamlined the framework within which it finances United Nations humanitarian aid and development work to enable the international organisation to make more cost-effective use of the fund, and with a view to facilitating closer ties between the two bodies.


	12 May 2003: International co-operation: Bringing grass roots expertise to European development policy Representatives of non-governmental organisations from Europe and across the world gathered in Greece last week to discuss with European Union officials ways of taking forward the EU-civil society development partnership.


	CONCORD Newsletter Nº 3: May 2003 To download the latest newsletter from the EU NGDO network see Concord Flash 3.


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USA: Global Gag Rule Rescinded

Today, US-American president Barack Obama rescinded "The Mexico City Policy", also known as the “Global Gag Rule”. First imposed by the Reagan Administration in 1984, this policy directed the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to withhold funds from foreign NGOs that provide abortion information or counselling to women or lobbied foreign governments to legalise or make abortion available. For more information, go here.

Report: Maternal Health in Gaza

The Lancet.com has published a serious of report from for health-care workers on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. To read a report by Hatem Shurrab, an aid worker with Islamic Relief, on the current maternal health situation in Gaza, go here.


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e-zine nEUws, 29th edition

8 May 2003: A Limited Call for Proposals for Aid for Population and Reproductive Health in Developing Countries (B7-6312 budget line) has been published.

28 April 2003: OECD: Donors deliver nearly 5% increase in development aid

7 April 2003: EU-ACP: Cotonou Agreement comes into force

5 May 2003: Pharmaceuticals: Commissioner Poul Nielson outlines EU vision for combating communicable diseases

5 May 2003: International co-operation: European Commission forges closer partnership with the United Nations

12 May 2003: International co-operation: Bringing grass roots expertise to European development policy

CONCORD Newsletter Nº 3: May 2003