In a letter to CES President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable John Baird, expressed strong support for the United Nations resolution on Evaluation entitled "Empowering Countries through Evaluation: Evaluation as a country level tool for the new development agenda."

The minister indicated that "Canada supported the UN resolution and is committed to ensuring that international aid is focused, effective and accountable." He also "recognize[d] the essential role of independent and impartial evaluation to credibly assess the results of international aid expenditure."

The letter is reproduced below.