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Upholding Accountability, Building Solidarity for Effective, People-Centred Development
We, members of the CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness (CPDE) representing diverse regions
and sectors – Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, and the
Pacific, faith-based organisations, feminist constituency, indigenous peoples, international civil society
organisations, migrants and diaspora, rural constituency, labour, and the youth – gathered on 27 February
2019 in Beirut, Lebanon, to call on all development stakeholders to uphold effective development
cooperation (EDC) commitments, reverse the trend of shrinking and closing civic spaces, and address the
issue of sustainable development agenda being driven by corporate interests. We identified the use of
official development assistance (ODA) for military and security interests, and the development
effectiveness of humanitarian aid and of climate finance as important concerns in development
cooperation.