
On November 17, in Brussels, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and European Defense approved the parameters for a European initiative to train the Somali security forces.
Overall, our ODA funding will be higher in 2010 than 2009. We are the 4th leading donor in the world. Our ODA for 2009 is €8.46 billion. In 2010 it will be between €8.66 and €9.36 billion, depending on debt cancellation.