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Declarations and Calls to ActionTo give priority attention to filling the reproductive health supplies gapestimated at $3.9 billion each year; andTo become meaningfully and actively involved in the formulation ofpolicies for development cooperation at both Member State and EU levels,to ensure a focus on poverty reduction, transparency and accountability ofdevelopment aid; andTo create mechanisms to monitor the results of development policiesand the allocation of the funds to ensure the accountability of aid with bothdonor and recipient.We call on the Governments of the EU Member States and the EuropeanCommission to:Take this Call for Action into account in the Council of Ministers’discussions concerning all external relations instruments of the EuropeanUnion within the context of the Financial Perspectives for 2007-2013;Ensure that sufficient funding for priorities established in the MDGsare allocated in the financing instruments of Member States’ internationaldevelopment co-operation policies as well as in the EC’s DevelopmentCooperation and specifically in the EC’s Human Rights and DemocracyInstrument and the EC’s European Neighbourhood Policy instrument; andProvide Parliaments with a breakdown of the allocations according tothe priorities of this Call to Action in the yearly reporting.4 European Parliament resolution on HIV/AIDS: Time to Deliver. Adopted on 6 July 2006 (P6_TA-PROV (2006)0321)5 Statement of Commitment of the International Parliamentarians’ Conference on Implementation of the ICPD Programme ofAction (IPCI/ICPD) 2002 and 2004 and of the G 8 Parliamentarians Conference on Development in Africa, 20056 “AGI – Adding It Up, June 2004”Signatories to the 3 October2006 Call to ActionBernard Perrut, Jean Proriol, Didier Quentin, EricRaoult, Jacques Remiller, Rudy Salles, PascalTerrasse, Michel Terrot, Philippe Tourtelier, BéatriceVernaudon, Philippe Vitel, Michel Voisin, FrançoisCalvet, Gisèle Printz. Germany: Sibylle Pfeiffer,Ute Koczy, Christel Riemann-Hanewinckel. Ireland:Senator Mary Henry, Senator Sheila Terry, DamienEnglish. Latvia: Sarmite Kikuste, Vitalijs Orlovs,Silva Bendrate, Andris Berzins, Ingrida Circene,Valdis Gilis, Liene Liepina, Elita Snepste, JevgenijaStalidzane, Janis Strazdins, Karlis Strelis, ZaneteVasaraudze, Erika Zommere. Lithuania: MarijaAušrine Pavilioniene, Ona Valiukeviciute, DailisBarakauskas, Rimantas Smetona, Remigijus Acas,Vilija Verteliene, Jadvyga Zinkeviciute, Vida MarijaCigrijiene, Violeta Boreikiene, Virginija Baltraitiene,Birute Vesaite. Netherlands: Farah Karimi, FemkeHalsema, Harry van Bommel, Fadime Örgü, E. vanEgerschot, Diederik Samson, Godelieve van Heteren,Ella Kalsbeek, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Elske ter Veld,Khadija Arib, Jet Bussemaker, Varina Tjon A Ten,Tineke Netelenbos, John Leerdam, Angelien Eijsink,Saskia Noorman-den Uyl, Sharon Dijksma, JulesMaaten, Lousewies van der Laan. Portugal: SoniaFertuzinhos, Maria Antónia Almeida Santos, MariaOfélia Moleiro, Ana Manso, Celeste Correia, VitorRamalho, Pedro Nuno, Helena Pinto. Sweden: CarinaHägg. UK: Baroness Susan Thomas of Walliswood.23