Without additional refinancing mechanisms, there would be a sharp decrease in flows of official development assistance after 2015.

Official development assistance

Assure human rights and security within the framework of the Millennium Declaration and the MDGs.

Official Development Assistance (ODA)

Population assistance as a proportion of official development assistance

Of special significance was the recognition that increased official development assistance (ODA) flows and the removal of trade barriers were necessary if developing countries were ever to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Increasing the amount and impact of official development assistance

Innovative funding sources were a complement to ODA.

We urge development partners to increase flows of development assistance to the developing world.

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

First, official development assistance (ODA) should be greatly increased.

We welcome the recent upward trend in disbursing official development assistance (ODA).

Official development assistance (ODA) was seen as an essential mechanism for achieving the Millennium Development Goals and longer term development goals.

Stressing the importance of reversing the continuing decline of official development assistance devoted to agriculture and rural development, both in real terms and as a share of total official development assistance,

Deeply concerned by the low levels of official development assistance,

Increasing official development assistance remains an essential and continuing challenge.

The round table addressed the theme of ODA, innovative sources of financing and debt .

I believe that, in order to ensure that the political will to achieve the target continues to be strengthened and that the momentum generated is not lost, it is time to establish an effective mechanism to monitor official development assistance (ODA) flows.

As an emerging donor, the Republic of Korea has intensified its efforts both to increase its volume of official development assistance and to improve its policies and procedures on ODA implementation.

Sub theme 3 Official development assistance, innovative sources of finance and debt

We know that the value of such remittances surpasses that of official development assistance.

A substantial increase in official development assistance to developing countries has not been achieved.

The declining flows of ODA to the forest sector need to be addressed by focusing on the contribution that forests can make to achieving internationally agreed development goals.

Here also, a great deal of analytical rigour is needed to mobilize ODA within the context of the Millennium Development Goals.

First, debt relief arrangements should seek to avoid imposing any unfair burdens on other developing countries and secondly, resources made available for debt relief should not detract from ODA flows.

On the contrary, ODA has declined.

Urgent steps are needed to increase the quality, transparency and accountability of ODA.

By 2015, it will reach 0.7 per cent.

Innovative forms of financing are being developed to complement ODA increases.

They have to accelerate and increase the flows of ODA and foreign direct investment.

Furthermore, remittance levels are double those of official development assistance (ODA).

Official development assistance (ODA) is a term coined by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development (OECD) to measure aid.

Complementing the institutions and processes is the issue of resource mobilization and development assistance management including utilization, especially of ODA.

flows of official development assistance to Africa to 44 billion in 2010 and to 61 billion in 2015.

We also believe that official development assistance should be combined with debt relief.

Official development assistance (ODA) is the most important source of financing for the poorest countries.

Japan was working on mainstreaming gender considerations into its official development assistance.

Financial incentives and higher shares of official development assistance as catalytic funding should also be considered.

For developing countries, official development assistance (ODA) remains an important source of income.

To take special measures to address the challenges of poverty eradication and sustainable development in Africa, including debt cancellation, improved market access, enhanced Official Development Assistance and increased flows of Foreign Direct Investment, as well as transfers of technology.

We will strive to increase the level of ODA for the purpose of achieving the Millennium Development Goals, taking proposals by the Secretary General seriously into consideration.