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Debt relief for developing countries is a welcome measure that demonstrates – or ought to demonstrate – a genuine desire on the part of the international bodies and of the wealthiest countries to make an active contribution to those countries’ economic growth and development, and to fairer distribution of the costs of that process.
Furthermore, unlike those who advocate the unrestricted opening of borders to all immigration, I believe that the best, most efficient and fairest policy is to endeavour to foster development in the countries most in need, instead of promoting the draining of their most capable human resources.
In this context, it is important to acknowledge that, in the past, this debt was often the result of objectionable policies, and that in the future the development of these countries depends to a large extent on their own decisions, their own policies and their own level of commitment.
Accordingly, I advocate processes such as the one before us aimed at debt relief for developing countries. The proviso of such a process must be that the funds thus released must be spent on sustainable development policies and not on policies that cannot and must not be endorsed."@en1
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