71.   The Malaysian government also has promised to provide development assistance through the Philippine government for Jolo.

72.   The Red Cross hopes to provide emergency relief and development assistance to the five Red Cross societies in Central Asia.

73.   The subsidy dispute cast a pall over talks on ways to improve development assistance and market access for developing countries.

74.   The secretary-general also appealed to developed nations to provide additional funding to reverse the decline in development assistance, Eckhard said.

75.   The six-month program is designed to bridge the gap between stopgap humanitarian aid and long-term development assistance.

76.   The students called on Japan to cease all official development assistance to Burma and pressure the junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners.

77.   The U.S. government, which is under pressure from the new Republican majority in Congress to cut foreign aid, accounts for about a fifth of development assistance.

78.   The two will discuss a range of issues, including trade, development assistance and regional security.

79.   The United States has been slashing its development assistance in other parts of the world as well as Southeast Asia.

80.   The U.S. government is considering development assistance as well as funds to help Congo meet the challenge of holding national elections.