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DOHA: India on Wednesday emphasised the need to develop a worldwide early warning system for all natural disasters, especially in the Indian Ocean region, in the wake of the recent tsunami disaster. Addressing the Ministerial Conference of G-77 countries here, Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahmed said that an early warning system was urgently needed in the region. Recent advancement in science and technology provided unparalleled access to combat age-old problems of poverty, ignorance and disease. Access to both new and appropriate technologies need to be enhanced greatly among developing countries to mitigate such catastrophies. A much more intense degree of cooperation at the international level coupled with increased flow of resources to the developing countries was imperative for such warning systems to materialise, the Minister said. India also supported the extension of more debt relief to HIPCs (Highly Indebted Poor Countries) and low-income countries facing problems of inadequate resources even for financing MDGs (Millennium Development Goals). Debt restructuring for low-income countries, in general, and the HIPCs, in particular, should look beyond debt write-offs by focusing on stepping up investment opportunities in these countries, Mr. Ahmed said.
Combating HIV/AIDS
Mr. Ahmed agreed on the need for the international community to urgently provide resources for an expanded and comprehensive response to HIV/AIDS, while recognising the imperative need for funding the combat against other deadly diseases as well. The Minister concluded with the belief that the 2005 summit would provide nations with an opportunity to restore the primacy of the United Nations in dealing with the development agenda and that it should regain the role of providing policy guidance to other bodies dealing with development issues.
— UNI
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