debt of poor countries. Also, talks were under way to liberalize the global trading environment. The Doha round had clear potential to help developing countries lift themselves out of poverty.

He wished to focus on three key messages in moving forward from the High-level Dialogue to the September Summit. First, he said that everyone acknowledged that more aid was needed to achieve the Millennium Goals and other development targets. New Zealand had recently committed to substantial increases in ODA volume, including its largest increase ever. Associated with increases in volume, he would like to see the September Summit give impetus to measures to enhance aid effectiveness. He welcomed the focus on aid effectiveness within the United Nations system. More work was needed to ensure that the United Nations systemworked in more closely with its partners.

Second, it was important for the Summit to acknowledge countries in special circumstances, such as small island developing States. The Summit should give a substantial boost to the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy. Lastly, issues of environmental sustainability were inextricably linked to development. A constructive international dialogue was urgently needed on action for climate change. As the Secretary-General had stated, a more inclusive international framework for climate change beyond 2012 must be developed.

JOÃO GOMES CRAVINHO, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal, said that mobilizing domestic financial resources was central to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, for which the primary responsibility lay with the developing countries, themselves. Nevertheless, the manner in which donor countries brought their policies to bear