（7月9日）
週日，國際足聯和歐盟簽署一項決議，希望利用足球這個體育項目，幫助世界上最貧困的國家戰勝貧窮。雙方將會投入250億歐元，在今後的四年內，也就是2010年世界盃之前，重點幫助那些地處非洲，加勒比海和太平洋海域的貧困國家。
鏈結：http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-worldaid&prov=reuters&type=lgns
原文：FIFA and EU combine to help development in poor countries
BERLIN, July 9 (Reuters) - FIFA, world soccer's governing body, and the European Union signed a joint agreement on Sunday to use football in the fight against poverty in the world's poorest countries.
The agreement, known as the Memorandum of Understanding, aims to promote development in the poorest countries of Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific.
The EU and FIFA will pour 25 billion euros ($31.93 billion) into the so-called ACP countries over the next four years ahead of the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission said at a press briefing in Berlin: "The idea is to use the huge power of football for specific purposes such as fighting Aids, tuberculosis and maleria, helping in growth and development, fighting racism, xenophobia and all forms of discrimination and helping with post-conflict reconstruction and nation-building."
The agreement was signed by Louis Michel, the Commission for Development and Humanitarian Aid and Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA.
Michel added: "We are not giving the money so that people can play football, people will play footall whether they have money or not.
"What we are doing is using the power of football to realise projects in the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions."
Updated on Sunday, Jul 9, 2006 7:23 am EDT
作者-岳東興-北京第二外國語學院-英語系
責編：佟杉杉