17 我们关切一些将不会从重债穷国倡议获得好处的非洲低收入国家和中等收入国家一样为庞大内债和外债所困 对发展产生不利影响 我们要求在债务减免方案范围内认真考虑这一问题
17. We are concerned that a number of low-income and middle-income countries in Africa that will not benefit from the HIPC initiative are nonetheless saddled with both significant external and domestic debt, with negative consequences for development. We call for serious consideration of this problem in the context of debt relief programmes.