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From Secretary of State for International Development
  • Defeating Ebola conference in London: International community pledges more health workers, funding and supplies

    Britain rallies international support to combat Ebola in Sierra Leone.

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

  • Foreign Secretary co-hosts the Defeating Ebola Conference

    Foreign Secretary co-hosts the Defeating Ebola Conference to drive forward the international response to the epidemic in Sierra Leone.

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

  • Defeating Ebola in Sierra Leone conference

    The conference rallied support to get countries and international donors to pledge beds, medical staff and money to help end Ebola in Sierra Leone.

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

  • Ebola: UK support to protect health services in Sierra Leone

    A package of support to boost stretched public health services in Sierra Leone to tackle Ebola.

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

  • UK boosts emergency aid for people displaced by conflict in Central African Republic

    The new £7 million package of funding will allow the World Food Programme (WFP), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and UNHCR to increase the life-saving humanitarian assistance they offer to refugees from CAR who have fled to C…

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

  • United Nations General Assembly 2014

    The Prime Minister led a delegation to the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

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

  • UK government welcomes social impact investment report

    The report recognises how social investment helps address society’s most difficult problems and calls for more action to grow the market.

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

  • UK increases support for humanitarian crisis in South Sudan

    Britain will provide life-saving support for thousands more people affected by the conflict in South Sudan, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today.

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

  • Justine Greening: Forests and climate change in the post-2015 agenda

    Speech at the Ford Foundation event on forests and climate change during the 2014 UN General Assembly.

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

  • World must invest in Syria’s young, says Greening

    UK International Development Secretary announces £100 million in new UK funding for Syria and neighbouring countries at UN General Assembly.

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

  • The UK is leading the international drive against Ebola in Sierra Leone

    British military and humanitarian staff have arrived in Freetown to spearhead the UK’s £100 million mission to contain and control the outbreak.

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

  • UK to tackle deforestation in developing countries

    Justine Greening announces new support to address deforestation and to work with business to manage natural resources.

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

  • British government and Unilever join forces to help world’s poor

    Justine Greening has signed a joint letter of intent with Unilever CEO Paul Polman, committing to a new partnership.

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

  • Justine Greening: Frontiers in Development - targeting the needs of women and girls to end extreme poverty

    Speech by the Development Secretary at USAID's Frontiers in Development, arguing that girls and women have a right to voice, choice and control over their lives.

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

  • Justine Greening: Frontiers in Development - economic growth is key

    Speech by the International Development Secretary at USAID's Frontiers in Development, arguing that it is economic growth and the creation of jobs in developing countries that will defeat poverty for good.

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

  • Ebola vaccine fast-track trials underway

    With the help of UK aid, 60 volunteers are being tested with a potentially life-saving vaccine.

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

  • UK to increase support to Sierra Leone to combat Ebola

    Foreign Secretary announces further support to tackle Ebola in West Africa, including the UK leading on provision of 700 treatment beds in Sierra Leone.

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

  • Major new funding boost for small British charities

    New UK Aid Direct fund will make the most of smaller charities' ability to work at a grassroots level.

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

  • UK treatment centre to tackle Ebola in Sierra Leone

    British military and humanitarian experts to set up Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone.

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

  • Humanitarian supplies reach Amerli

    The RAF has delivered over 10 tonnes of food and water to the Iraq town of Amerli

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