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From Sir Stephen O’Brien
  • 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

  • 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

  • Protection for 4.7 million from malaria in Ghana

    The UK government has announced aid to protect nearly 5 million people in Ghana from malaria, including nearly 1 million children under the age of five.

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

  • Nigeria project wins award

    A major DFID project to assist the Government of Nigeria to better plan, finance and operate infrastructure has won the prestigious British Expertise Development Project of the Year award.

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

  • Former child soldiers share story with UK minister

    Former child soldiers from Uganda have met with Minister for International Development, Stephen O’Brien, during their visit to the UK. The children, who are supported by the relief charity, Watoto, thanked the MP for the UK’…

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

  • Hygiene, sanitation and water: Forgotten foundations of health

    PUSS O'Brien launches a Sanitation & Water Series published in Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine.

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

  • HIV care and support

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

  • Sudan: NGO Day of Action

    Joint Statement by Stephen O’Brien MP and Henry Bellingham MP

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

  • Afghanistan Independence Day

    Statement from DFID’s Parliamentary Under Secretary for State Stephen O'Brien to mark the Independence Day of Afghanistan

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

  • How will the world look in 2030?

    Climate change will reverse years of work reducing poverty without strong, urgent action, according to a report released today.

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

  • Report shows success in fight against illegal logging

    A decade of international effort to improve the way forests are governed, and tackle illegal logging and its related trade, has led to improvements in the lives of tens of millions of the world’s poorest people.

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

  • World Population Day

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

  • From global to local: Climate change post-Copenhagen.

    Speech by Stephen O'Brien, Minister of State for International Development.

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

  • Young people hear why education beats poverty

    Stephen O’Brien yesterday urged young people to join the global challenge to get 72 million children from developing countries into school.

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

  • Students show award-winning film on life in Africa and UK

    Nine sixth-form students from Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School in Grantham were today awarded for their film depicting life on a typical morning in a UK suburb versus a poor village in Africa.

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

  • UK reaffirms partnership with Kenya

    Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham, and Department for International Development Minister Stephen O’Brien, met Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga on 28 May following his earlier meeting with British Prime Minister Davi…

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

  • Joint statement on human rights in Malawi

    In a joint statement today, Henry Bellingham MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Stephen…

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

  • Stephen O'Brien appointed DFID Minister

    Stephen O'Brien MP has been appointed as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Development.

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