Editing Millennium Development Goals (section)

=== European Union ===
In 2005 the [[European Union]] reaffirmed its commitment to the 0.7% aid targets, noting that "four out of the five countries, which exceed the UN target for ODA of 0.7%, of GNI are member states of the European Union".<ref>{{cite web |title=External Relations Council, Brussels 24 May 2005 |url=http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/documents/EUExternalRelations24May.pdf |access-date=18 October 2012 |publisher=Unmillenniumproject.org}}</ref> Further, the UN "believe[s] that donors should commit to reaching the long-standing target of 0.7 percent of GNI by 2015".<ref name="unmillenniumproject.org" />