However, I have to disagree with his column in the May 27 issue (" The Monterrey consensus").

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In 2002, we created the Monterrey Consensus, a bold approach that links new aid from developed nations to real reform in developing ones.

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According to this so-called "Monterrey Consensus, " the United States and other developed nations are obliged to provide 0.7 percent of their gross national income in foreign aid (also known as Official Development Assistance or ODA).

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They contend that, pursuant to agreed Millennium Development Goals contained in the Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development (dubbed the "the Monterrey Consensus"), the United States and other developed nations are obliged to provide 0.7 percent of their gross national income in foreign aid (also known as Official Development Assistance or ODA).

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