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  • Better global disability data needed to ensure no one is left behind

    The international community needs to do more to stop people with disabilities being left behind, International Development Minster Lynne Featherstone said today.

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

  • Greening: British support to help more Sierra Leoneans

    Justine Greening has visited Sierra Leone to see the early results of Britain's response to Ebola.

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

  • A fleet of pickup trucks joins RFA Argus in Gibraltar

    The 32 UK-funded vehicles are on their way to Sierra Leone where they will transport staff, medicines and equipment to help defeat Ebola.

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

  • More UK troops deploy to Sierra Leone

    Around 150 British Army personnel left RAF Brize Norton this morning to add to the significant UK efforts to tackle Ebola.

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

  • Justine Greening and British Army medics fly to Sierra Leone

    Ms Greening will visit a treatment facility in Kerry Town and a DFID-funded Ebola Training Academy.

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

  • British aid flight carrying medical supplies for Ebola treatment facility lands in Freetown

    Britain’s latest Ebola aid flight carrying vital medical supplies has landed in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

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

  • Joint statement on Libya by the governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and United States

    The governments of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States strongly condemn the ongoing violence in Libya and call for an immediate cessation of hostilities.

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

  • RFA Argus deploys to Sierra Leone

    The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship began her journey to Sierra Leone today as part of the UK’s response to the Ebola outbreak.

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

  • Celebrating International Day of the Girl in DRC

    We celebrated the International Day of the Girl with the Canadian Embassy, UNICEF DRC and the DRC Ministry for Gender, Family and Children.

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

  • Launch of new educational tools for children in Macedonia

    British Embassy and OXO promote children books as part of the ‘We are all equal’ project in primary schools in Macedonia.

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

  • UK announces new funding for UXO clearance in Laos

    New contracts awarded to UK charities Mines Advisory Group and The Halo Trust to remove and destroy mines in Laos

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

  • Medics on their way to Sierra Leone

    Personnel from Hampshire’s 22 Field Hospital will provide a key component in the UK’s response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

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

  • World Day Against the Death Penalty

    Minister for Human Rights, Baroness Anelay, delivered a speech at Portcullis House to mark World Death Penalty Day.

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

  • DFID holds discussions on post-2015 development agenda at SZABIST University

    The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) in Pakistan held a discussion with students of SZABIST University on Tuesday on new goals to replace the current Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) after 2015.

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

  • Partnership to help developing countries make the most of their natural resources

    Extractives in resource-rich countries have a huge potential for growth, and if managed well, could ultimately end poverty.

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

  • Swayne: return to status quo in Gaza not an option

    International community cannot continue to pick up the pieces in Gaza indefinitely, warns International Development Minister Desmond Swayne, as he sets out new UK support.

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

  • Further UK aid supplies arrive in Freetown to tackle Ebola outbreak

    Britain's latest Ebola aid flight - delivering beds, personal protection suits, tents and ten vehicles - landed in Freetown today.

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

  • Ebola: this is not an African problem, it is a global problem

    Statement by Ambassador Peter Wilson of the UK Mission to the UN, to the UN General Assembly briefing on Ebola

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

  • World Day Against the Death Penalty statement

    Foreign Office Minister Baroness Anelay and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Death Penalty, Baroness Stern, issued a joint statement to mark the day.

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

  • Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi awarded Nobel Peace Prize

    Justine Greening welcomes the announcment of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners.

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