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"Mr President, I would like to thank the members for the important contributions that have been made to this debate. I would also like to thank Mr Miranda in particular for giving us the opportunity through his question to discuss the important issues that are to be dealt with at the third conference on least developed countries, which will take place in Brussels next month, in a careful and penetrative way.
I hope that this conference will provide opportunity to answer the very relevant and central question put by Mrs Maes, namely how honest we actually are in our efforts to assist the least developed countries. It is precisely this to which we hope the conference in Brussels will provide very definite answers, not just fine words.
I have great respect for Mrs Sandbæk’s description of the ‘Everything but arms’ decision, but I still see this decision as an important step along the way. This is an opportunity to show that the Union is honest in its efforts to genuinely assist the least developed countries.
It is an important first step that has been taken and one which, as I pointed out in my introduction, shows that the Union is genuinely prepared to let development aspects control its priorities in trade matters. I agree that it would be desirable to go even further, but do not let us diminish this first step.
In conclusion, I will simply answer Mr Deva by saying that I am pleased that he mentions the matter of conflict prevention as an important part of our continued efforts when it comes to assisting the least developed countries. The Swedish Presidency has made conflict prevention one of its core issues. We at the Council have also asked if we may come back to this Chamber later this spring to discuss conflict prevention.
Moreover, conflict prevention will be an important issue at the European Council’s conference in Gothenburg in June. I hope that this will provide an important reminder that the prevention of conflicts and efforts to help the least developed countries are very closely related."@en1
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