Infographic: EU states’ aid pledge nears breaking point

In 2005, EU ministers pledged to spend 0.7% of member states' Gross National Incomes on overseas development aid by 2015, keeping in line with the UN Millennium Development Goals. But new analysis of the latest figures shows that when genuinely new aid is counted, EU states are barely meeting half of that commitment. Fifteen months remain to change the picture.

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EU sets out stall for New York MDG summit

SPECIAL REPORT/ Brussels has set itself a target for next week’s New York Millennium Development Goals (MDG) review meeting of agreeing a roadmap to a post-2015 deal uniting the UN targets with its Rio+20 global sustainability agenda.