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  • Britain backs drive to lift millions out of extreme poverty

    Britain will help millions of people secure access to basic education, immunisation and clean water through an international programme aimed at the most impoverished countries in the world, International Development Secretar…

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

  • Written Ministerial Statement on Pakistan Floods

    Written Ministerial Statement on Pakistan Floods the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell.

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

  • UK announces emergency humanitarian assistance for Somalia

    The UK announces support to provide food, water, shelter and urgent medical assistance for hundreds of thousands of Somalis affected by drought, flood and conflict.

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

  • How to Note on Electoral Assistance

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

  • UK launches election ‘how to’ guide to support democracy

    The Department for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers Stephen O’Brien and Jeremy Browne will today set out the government approach to supporting democracy and free and fair elections over…

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

  • Gender violence in Pakistan

    Today marks the end of "16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence" - an awareness raising campaign which runs each year from 25 November, International Day Against Violence Against Women, up to 10 December, Inter…

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  • "A serious and deteriorating problem in the Turks and Caicos Islands"

    Minister for the Overseas Territories Henry Bellingham and Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan have updated Parliament on the situation in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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

  • UK Government to increase mine clearance in Cambodia and Laos

    Mines Advisory Group (MAG) awarded contract to remove and destroy mines in Cambodia and Laos

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

  • Mitchell pushes for EU aid transparency

    Andrew Mitchell's announcement at the European Development Days, the leading European forum on international development which took place in Brussels on 6 and 7 December.

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

  • DFID Research: Farmers benefit from new mungbean varieties

    Successful new mungbean varieties provide farmers in the Indo-Gangetic Plains with higher yields, higher income and a healthier diet

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  • DFID Research: Managing Pollution from Small scale Industry in Bangladesh

    Tanneries and textile firms in Bangladesh are being encouraged to reduce water pollution affecting local communities by building effluent treatment plants

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  • A future for people and forests in Nepal

    How UKaid from DFID is helping rural communities in Nepal adapt to the effects of climate change by better management of the forest and its resources

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  • Mitchell: Crops are key in fight against climate change

    Andrew Mitchell announces a new agricultural research programme through support to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research.

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

  • Forced Marriage and learning disability: new guidelines to help prevent abuse

    New guidance to prevent people with learning disabilities being victims of forced marriage has been launched by the Foreign Office's Forced Marriage Unit

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

  • President of Somaliland visits UK

    Andrew Mitchell meets with the President of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud Silanyo during his first visit to the UK since his successful election.

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

  • British Government confirms commitment to universal access

    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Minister Stephen O'Brien confirms the British Government's continued commitment to Universal Access.

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

  • World AIDS Day

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

  • A restless determination to make things better

    How young people in Uganda are tackling HIV and AIDS

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  • Unite to fight AIDS

    Young people take action to prevent new infections and support HIV positive people

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  • A chance to plan for the future

    Finding out her HIV positive status helped Esnart get her life back on track

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