§ Mr. Temple-Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the European Community Development Council on 21 May.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThe United Kingdom was represented at official level. Conclusions were adopted welcoming the Commission's intention to propose a Community programme to combat AIDS in developing countries, in close co-ordination with the World Health Organisation's special programme on AIDS. Conclusions were also adopted on the importance of improving public awareness of development issues, and on the value of the private sector in development.
It was agreed there should be detailed debates on the situation in sub-Saharan Africa, on the evaluation of previous aid and (at the United Kingdom's suggestion) on the environmental aspects of development projects at the next Council.