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  • UK recognises right to sanitation

    The UK has recognised sanitation as a human right under international law and has committed to doubling ambition's on water, sanitation and hygiene to reach at least 60 million people by 2015.

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

  • Faith groups: New partnership on aid

    Groups from across the faith spectrum have been brought together to sign up to new principles for collaborating with the government on aid

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

  • Young Lives: New publication on Global child poverty and well-beingCall for Proposals: Grand Challenges Canada

    Grand Challenges Canada is seeking bold ideas for humanity through the Stars in Global Health call for proposals.

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

  • New logo: Flying the flag for UK aid

    Aid from Britain will be badged with a Union Flag overseas, as a clear symbol that it comes from the United Kingdom

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

  • Annual report: New results show UK aid is changing lives

    New figures track the success of UK aid around the globe

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

  • Food: Britain to help poor farmers to feed millions

    Britain will help millions of small farms to grow enough food to eat in the face of a changing climate that could hit harvests in years ahead.

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

  • Foreign Secretary hosts GCC ministers

    Foreign Secretary William Hague and Ministers from the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) today met in London for a meeting of the UK-GCC strategic dialogue.

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

  • Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi backs British aid

    Aung San Suu Kyi welcomed the support which UK aid provides to Burma during a visit to DFID

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

  • DFID research: New DFID Human Development Resource Centre Website Launched

    HDRC website, aims to provide DFID advisers with high quality advice, expertise and knowledge in health, education and nutrition.

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

  • Forests: UK to help millions who rely on natural resources

    Britain will work with the private sector to help tens of millions of the poorest people who rely on forests for food, fuel and medicines

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

  • West Africa: Minister sees food aid saving lives in Sahel

    Minister Stephen O'Brien is in Niger to see for himself how British aid is helping thousands of people survive the food crisis in West Africa.

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

  • West Africa: Lifesaving aid for a further 200,000 people

    The aid includes emergency food for people across the region as well food vouchers to see them through the next six months

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

  • Iraq’s Natural Resources and the Potential to Tackle the World Energy Challenges

    Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell spoke about Iraq’s natural resources and its potential to tackle the world’s energy challenges at the Iraq Petroleum Conference on 18 June.

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

  • Education: School linking give pupils a global outlook

    Every school in the UK will get a chance to link up with a partner school in a developing country under a new scheme launched today

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

  • Food: Innovative technology to boost African farming

    Britain backs new scheme to boost food security and nutrition in Africa through technology

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

  • UNSC resolution keeps Yemen top of the international community's agenda

    Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt comments on the UN Security Council unanimously passing Resolution 2051.

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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

  • Green growth: Business to help beat resource scarcity

    Natural resources – such as food, water and energy – will come under extreme pressure within 20 years, says a new report released today

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

  • West Africa: Britain to help a million people survive

    Britain will help a further million people survive the food crisis in West Africa

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