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Forest Footprint Disclosure Review 2010
27 January 2011
Speech by International Development Minister Stephen O'Brien at the launch of the Forest Footprint Disclosure Review on 27 January 2011
Written Ministerial Statement on Pakistan Floods
15 December 2010
I would like to update the House on the Pakistan floods and the UK Government’s response to the ongoing emergency relief and early recovery needs of the critically affected population.
How to Note on Electoral Assistance
14 December 2010
Speech by PUSS Stephen O’Brien to launch DFID/FCO “How to Note on Electoral Assistance” at ERIS Event, “Is Democracy More than Elections?” FCO, 13 December 2010
World AIDS Day
02 December 2010
Speech by International Development Minister Stephen O'Brien at APPG on HIV & AIDS/ Stop AIDS (RED) on World AIDS Day
Ministerial statement on Sudan
22 November 2010
Statement by Secretaary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell MP
Climate change
18 November 2010
Speech by Andrew Mitchell, International Development Secretary, at the Climate and Development Knowledge Network event at British Council on 18 November 2010.
Pakistan Development Forum
15 November 2010
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell's speech to the Pakistan Development Forum in Islamabad on 15 November 2010
HIV care and support
09 November 2010
Speech by International Development Minister Stephen O'Brien at the HIV Care and Support: A Roadmap to Universal Access by 2015, International Conference, hosted by UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development.
Yemen: Political dynamics and the international policy framework
01 November 2010
Speech by the Right Honourable Alan Duncan MP, Minister of State, International Development at Chatham House Yemen Forum Conference, 1 November 2010
Written statement to the House of Commons on reform of CDC Group plc
13 October 2010
The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Andrew Mitchell): I wish to inform the House of the Government’s decision to reconfigure CDC in order radically to increase its development impact.
Andrew Mitchell's speech on wealth creation
Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell's speech on wealth creation at the London School of Economics on Tuesday 12 October 2010
Written statement to the House of Commons on Pakistan floods
12 October 2010
Andrew Mitchell's update to the House on the humanitarian situation in Pakistan following the floods and on the UK Government’s response.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's speech to the UN General Assembly
22 September 2010
Speech by Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Development in a conflicted world
16 September 2010
Speech by International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell at the Royal College of Defence Studies on 16 September 2010
Making the case for UKaid
14 September 2010
Message from International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell
Statement to House of Commons on the Pakistan floods from Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell
07 September 2010
Oral statement on Pakistan floods
World Population Day
14 July 2010
International Development Minister Stephen O'Brien's speech to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health on 12 July 2010
From global to local: Climate change post-Copenhagen.
13 July 2010
International Development Minister Stephen O'Brien's speech to 3rd Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s International Conference on Tuesday 13th July
Statement on aid transparency
07 July 2010
Statement from the Secretary of State for International Development to the IATI meeting of 7 July 2010
Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) Financial Stability
01 July 2010
Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament by International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell