Speeches and statements

Alan Duncan: Statement on Syria

19 February 2013

Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan makes a statement on Syria following the Syria Humanitarian Forum in Geneva today

Mark Lowcock: Economic growth - How to get some in a changing world

19 February 2013

Speech by Mark Lowcock, DFID's Permanent Secretary at the Karachi School of Business and Leadership on economic growth

Justine Greening: Development in transition

07 February 2013

International Development Secretary Justine Greening sets out her priorities for UK aid in the coming years

Justine Greening: Speech at launch of NGO's IF Campaign on ending hunger

23 January 2013

The battle to end hunger is central to the UK agenda in 2013 and beyond. With the help and momentum generated by the IF Campaign being launched today, we have a real chance to make this possible.

Justine Greening: Launching Aid Transparency Challenge

06 December 2012

Speech by Secretary of State for International Development to an event hosted by Publish What You Fund, BOND and UK Aid Network

Justine Greening: Balance of Competences Review

06 December 2012

Written Ministerial Statement by the Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening on the Balance of Competences Review: Call for Evidence on the Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid Report.

Mark Lowcock: Prospects for Africa and the role of development assistance

05 December 2012

Speech by DFID's top civil servant at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) conference in Kampala, Uganda.

Justine Greening: World AIDS Day 2012

29 November 2012

Speech by Secretary of State for International Development to the All Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS at the House of Lords.

Justine Greening: Eliminating violence against women and girls

28 November 2012

Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls at an event hosted by the Associate Parliamentary Group on Women, Peace and Security and the Gender and Development Network.

Justine Greening and William Hague: Response to the UN's DR Congo report

22 November 2012

Joint statement by the International Development Secretary and Foreign Secretary on the evidence of Rwandan and Ugandan involvement in supporting the M23 rebel group

Justine Greening: Open Up! Using technology to build open societies and make aid smarter

13 November 2012

Speech by Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, to the DFID/Omidyar Network Open Up! conference, at LSO St Luke's, London.

Justine Greening: Gender in the post-2015 agenda

30 October 2012

Speech by the International Development Secretary delivered to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade in London

Justine Greening: Bond's Annual General Meeting

23 October 2012

Secretary of State for International Development speaking on working together to make a difference to the poorest in the world

Alan Duncan: Business that helps beat poverty

18 October 2012

Speech by the Minister of State on the private sector's role in development and the importance of fair trade

Mark Lowcock: The future of international development

16 October 2012

The Department for International Development's top civil servant looks at our shared potential to eradicate poverty within our lifetimes

Alan Duncan: UK launch of the 2012 Global Hunger Index

15 October 2012

Speech by the Minister of State for International Development to welcome the London launch of the report

Justine Greening: Quarterly parliamentary statement on Afghanistan

13 September 2012

Quarterly parliamentary statement on our progress in Afghanistan

Andrew Mitchell: UN High Level Panel

31 July 2012

UN Secretary-General appoints High-level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda

Andrew Mitchell: UK support for Syrian refugees

29 July 2012

Alan Duncan: No arms trade without an arms trade treaty

17 May 2012

Speech by International Development Minister Alan Duncan at the International Institute for Strategic Studies on the need for an ethical treaty for the arms industry