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Mitchell: Business expertise to boost aid efforts
16 June 2011
The UK Government calls on business leaders to drive more investment into the poorest countries and use the power of the private sector to boost aid efforts.
Mitchell: Britain to lead more effective response to humanitarian disasters
15 June 2011
Today the UK laid out how it will improve the way it responds to man-made and natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods.
British aid to vaccinate a child every two seconds
13 June 2011
British aid will help vaccinate a child in the developing world every two seconds for the next five years, the Prime Minister announced today
UK to prevent half a million HIV infections among women in Africa
09 June 2011
The UK is to help reduce new HIV infections by at least half a million among women in Africa by 2015.
Government hosts business breakfast to boost vaccines
The British Government called on businesses to help provide 250 million children in the developing world with life-saving vaccines.
New Permanent Secretary at DFID
Mark Lowcock has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development.
William Hague and Andrew Mitchell visit Benghazi for talks with NTC
04 June 2011
William Hague and Andrew Mitchell travelled to Benghazi today to demonstrate their support for the National Transitional Council and discuss the Council’s plans for a political roadmap for the future of Libya.
William Hague and Andrew Mitchell visit Benghazi
Quotes from William Hague and Andrew Mitchell on their visit to Bengazi
Mitchell: Harness dynamism and energy of private enterprise in development
31 May 2011
Businesses, entrepreneurs and investors will take a more prominent role in the UK’s approach to fighting world poverty.
UK pledges support for political and economic reform in the Middle East
26 May 2011
The Prime Minister today announced further UK support for economic and political reform in the Middle East and North Africa.
US and UK agree joint partnership for development
25 May 2011
The UK and US made a joint commitment to changing the lives of the 1.2 billion poor people in the world today and accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
British support for Misrata rescue effort reaches 5,000
24 May 2011
British support has enabled the successful evacuation of another 600 poor migrant workers from Misrata.
First ever international Stabilisation Response Team deployed to Libya
23 May 2011
The first ever international Stabilisation Response Team has arrived in Libya to assess what help will be needed in the period ahead of a political settlement.
British aid for children caught up in Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
17 May 2011
Britain is to supply new emergency aid to help tackle a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, saving thousands of children’s lives.
Andrew Mitchell: UN Women can erase development blind spot on women
16 May 2011
Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell and the head of UN Women Michelle Bachelet will hold talks in London today on the organisation’s progress since it started work in January.
Britain commits to tackling malaria resistance in Burma
26 April 2011
Britain is to intensify its work in Burma amid fears that drug-resistant malaria detected in the country could spread to other parts of the globe, with potentially devastating consequences.
Britain to provide emergency evacuations and medical aid for Libya
18 April 2011
Britain is to help 5,000 people trapped in Misurata escape the besieged city and will provide vital medical assistance to those who remain in towns across western Libya.
Relief ship delivers vital British aid to Misrata, Libya
07 April 2011
A relief ship carrying British-funded medical and emergency food supplies has successfully reached the port of the besieged town of Misrata, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell confirmed today.
UK Minister visits Cote d'Ivoire refugee camp
A UK Government minister today saw for himself how the speed and scale of British aid is supporting the growing number of refugees from the Cote d’Ivoire who have fled the fear of violence in their homeland.
UK to help over 10,000 displaced Libyans
02 April 2011
2,100 tents to be flown from UK stocks in Dubai to and distributed by the Libyan Red Crescent to those most in need around the Ajdabiya area in the conflict-affected North East of Libya.