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From Closed organisation: Department for International Development (DFID)
From The Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan KCMG
  • UK to protect up to 360 million children against polio

    New British aid announced today will step up efforts to vaccinate more children in developing countries to create a polio-free world

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New UK boost to economy and policing in Libya

    New funding from the UK will help train 4000 new police recruits a year and boost the private sector

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • International Development Minister Alan Duncan's speech at Ramallah Civil Society event

    Praising the role of civil society organisations and announcing new support to the Palestinian Authority.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Palestinian businesses go global with UK support

    UK aid to help Palestinian businesses break in to new regional and international markets, in a drive to boost economic growth.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Speech to the Hebron Chamber of Commerce by Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan

    Speech by the Minister of State for International Development, the Rt Hon Alan Duncan MP, to the Hebron Chamber of Commerce, 10 April 2013.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK commits £600,000 to support responsible investment in Burma

    Minister for South East Asia, Hugo Swire spoke to Human Rights and Burma campaigners at the FCO today about the progress being made in Burma.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Yemen: Life-saving help for a million people a year

    The UK will provide life-saving assistance to 1 million people a year in Yemen

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Alan Duncan: Statement on Syria

    Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan makes a statement on Syria following the Syria Humanitarian Forum in Geneva today

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Solomon Islands: Humanitarian aid for tsunami-hit islanders

    The UK will provide emergency shelter and access to emergency water and sanitation to those affected in the Solomon Islands

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Gaza: Medical aid and shelter for those caught in conflict

    New British support will provide medical aid, temporary shelter and help with rebuilding homes damaged by the recent violence in Gaza.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Alan Duncan: Business that helps beat poverty

    Speech by the Minister of State on the private sector's role in development and the importance of fair trade

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Alan Duncan: UK launch of the 2012 Global Hunger Index

    Speech by the Minister of State for International Development to welcome the London launch of the report

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Yemen: World must tackle malnutrition 'death sentence'

    Long-term UK aid will help to improve nutrition for 1.65 million women and children across the country

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Business: Reformed CDC to help poorest countries

    The UK's Development Finance Institution, CDC, marks a bold phase with it's new strategy, placing it back at the centre of Britain's efforts to help the poorest countries pull themselves out of poverty.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Reshuffle: New ministers for international development

    Rt Hon Justine Greening MP and Lynne Featherstone MP have been appointed as new ministers for international development

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Syria: Alan Duncan meets families who fled fighting

    The humanitarian situation in Syria risks deteriorating significantly unless there is an immediate end to ongoing violence, the Development Minister warned today

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Palestinian Territories: New vital services for refugees

    Britain will help provide vital services to tens of thousands of refugees across the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Alan Duncan said today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Yemen: International support crucial for country in crisis

    British aid will help more than a quarter of a million people caught up in the humanitarian crisis in Yemen

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Arms industry: Alan Duncan calls for ethical trade treaty

    Britain will work to secure a new arms trade treaty this summer to introduce international regulations of the arms trade for the first time.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Alan Duncan: No arms trade without an arms trade treaty

    Speech by International Development Minister Alan Duncan at the International Institute for Strategic Studies on the need for an ethical treaty for the arms industry

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government