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  • UK-Malaysia joint statement

    Prime Minister David Cameron and the Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato' Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Razak have published a joint statement.

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

  • Stephen O'Brien: In a world of seven billion people

    Stephen O'Brien's speech on World Population Day to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health and International Planned Parenthood Federation, 11 July 2011.

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

  • Cottoning on to the power of the private sector

    How UK aid works with the private sector to help lift people out of poverty in Africa

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  • Andrew Mitchell: Africa is open for business

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

  • South Sudan: a new country for Africa

    Today South Sudan marks its independence to become the world's newest country.

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

  • New four year plan to support the Palestinian people

    Britain has set out how it plans to tackle poverty in the Occupied Palestinian Territories over the next four years

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

  • Annual report for 2010-11 now published

    The annual report details the department's activities, its spending and progress in figthing world poverty

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

  • UK backs UN Women to invest more in girls

    The UK will improve the prospects of millions of girls and women around the world by supporting the new agency

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: Aid for the Horn of Africa food crisis

    Andrew Mitchell's written statement to the House of Commons on British intervention in the Horn of Africa food crisis.

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

  • DFID research: New evidence on Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) for malaria

    Cochrane Systematic Review shows that when tested in scientific studies, RDTs are accurate in detecting Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

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

  • Letter from Secretary of State to BAE Systems

    Letter from Secretary of State to BAE Systems.

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

  • New British drive to help tackle crisis in Yemen

    New emergency humanitarian support from the UK will help to tackle rapidly worsening conditions in Yemen.

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

  • New scheme backs public choices on aid spending

    The Government launched UK Aid Match today – a new scheme which gives the British public a say in how part of the development budget is spent

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

  • Call for new research proposals now open

    DFID and the Economic and Social Research Council are calling for new research proposals in the field of international development

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

  • Andrew Mitchell welcomes UN Women strategy

    Today Andrew Mitchell welcomed the launch of UN Women's forward-looking strategic plan

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

  • Fighting for women’s rights in Nepal

    Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone meets the women who are helping their communities

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  • "A powerful reminder of why the international community is acting to protect the Libyan people"

    Alistair Burt, FCO Minister for Middle East and North Africa spoke to people in the Libya Western Mountains about what they have seen, heard and experienced in the third Eyewitness Libya event.

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

  • World Refugee Day 2011

    Foreign Secretary and International Development Secretary mark 10th World Refugee Day

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

  • First ever global midwifery report published

    Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are improved by 2015, according to a major new report launched today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

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

  • Foreign Secretary meets leaders of the Jewish Community

    Foreign Secretary William Hague said "today’s meeting provided an important opportunity to share perspectives and discuss current issues affecting Israel and the Jewish community."

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