Ahern pledges to meet UN aid target by 2012
Ireland is to meet the UN target of spending 0.7% of its Gross National Income on overseas development aid by 2012, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern pledged tonight.
Mr Ahern told the UN Summit of World Leaders in New York that his government would triple the amount it devoted to aid and spend €6.5bn over the next seven years.
