A ceremony was organized in Paris on Wednesday, January 28, to mark Romania's associate member staus in the OECD Development Assistance Committee. Established in 1961, the Committee originated from the Development Assistance Group created in 1960 within the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC). The committee brings together the main global providers of official development assistance, aiming to promote development cooperation and policies that contribute to sustainable development, poverty reduction, decreasing inequalities, and improving living standards in developing countries. Nowadays, the body is responsible for coordinating official development assistance granted to developing countries. The occasion was a ceremony that marked an important moment: Romania is the first state to obtain associate member status in the OECD Development Assistance Committee, the main international forum that sets standards for development assistance and promotes good practices for poverty reduction and sustainable development,” Niculescu wrote on Facebook.