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". – Mr President, I would like to begin by thanking the rapporteur, Mr Wijkman, who has worked tirelessly to secure adoption at first reading and has also exercised great skill in tackling the substance of this matter.
Our proposal for a regulation on poverty diseases was adopted last March. The Commission places high priority on health questions and development, and has presented a programme of action to counter HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. I think we are agreed on the importance of improving health in developing countries. As regards the regulation, we have had lengthy and constructive debates on issues including inter alia the TRIPs Agreement but it is the financial issues, which have proved most difficult.
I would just remind you that the reality of budget support linked to results in health matters, and indeed education, logically forms the missing link in these discussions. As we move on and improve on indicators, I feel confident that we will build up a more robust consensus between Parliament and the Commission when it comes to demonstrating what we are in fact doing in these areas, even if the method of doing it cannot simply be described by referring to budget lines as such. The situation is improving and I just wanted to reiterate this point in the ongoing discussion.
The Commission can accept all the amendments voted by the Development Committee, as they strengthen and clarify the text of the regulation without altering the main objectives. There are also some up-dates made to references in the Commission's original proposal which we are happy to accept. These amendments reflect constructive collaboration between the Council and Parliament and the Commission.
The rapporteur has now submitted an amendment presenting a proposal for EUR 351 million for the years 2003 to 2006. I am of course sympathetic to the proposal to increase the funding but I must tell you that we have not been able to find the necessary resources within the Community budget. If this point has to some extent been a casualty of any shortcoming in communication between the rapporteur and my services, then I regret that, but I must make it clear that a sum of that magnitude is not within the lines of the budget.
We, Parliament, the Council and the Commission, have agreed substantial increases for this budget line in 2003 compared to the 2002 budget line for HIV/AIDS. During the December Plenary Session, an amendment was adopted which increased the 2003 budget allocation to EUR 80.35 million. A financial declaration agreed by the three institutions specifies that EUR 42 million is to go to the global fund and the remaining EUR 38.35 million to the programme for action. The Commission continues to see health issues as a priority and is determined wherever possible to find resources to improve health, whether through health sector programmes or budget support linked to improved health indicators.
We will also propose a further substantial contribution from the EDF for the global fund against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria."@en1
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