41.   Barlund said the failure of wealthy countries to live up to their commitment to double their development assistance was the most critical letdown.

42.   Bush unveiled his plan for global development assistance ahead of the International Conference on Financing Development that he will attend next week in Monterrey, Mexico.

43.   But Chirac emphasized that France continues to offer official development assistance to countries that need it, while the United States places more focus on trade and investment.

44.   But Yatabe said Thailand remains a priority country for development assistance.

45.   Chirac said France continues to offer official development assistance to countries that need it, while the United States places more focus on trade and investment.

46.   Dean said the Lao government wanted more U.S. development assistance.

47.   Government ministries concerned with official development assistance only seem to care about protecting their vested interests in the allocation of assistance money.

48.   He also decried the decline in development assistance from donor countries.

49.   He said Canada hopes its development assistance will help the impoverished southern Philippines achieve peace and catch up economically.

50.   He cited the management of the weapons program, the massive task of cleaning up nuclear weapons production facilities and technological research and development assistance to industry.