GC31 Government Aid (1986G513)

That the 31st General Council take appropriate measures through its Executive to urge the Federal Government of Canada to:

1. Urge the Canadian government to restore 1990 as the latest date by which it commits itself to reach the target of 0.7% of Gross National Product for its international development assistance expenditures;
2. Monitor such expenditures to insure that projects are technically appropriate to the culture situation and have basic local acceptance;
3. Direct a larger portion of such assistance to be funded through Canadian non-governmental organizations (NGOs);
4. Maintain a policy whereby such NGOs are not treated as agents of government, nor as extensions of government policy and [government-to-government] assistance.

1986 ROP, p. 119