tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/search/news-and-communications 2024-10-02T11:38:19+01:00 HM Government tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/foreign-secretary-naomi-campbell-discuss-girls-education 2024-10-02T11:38:19+01:00

The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, met British fashion icon and philanthropist Naomi Campbell on Thursday 14 June, to discuss the importance of girls� education.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/foreign-secretary-commits-to-more-effective-and-accountable-aid-spending-under-new-foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office 2020-08-29T08:40:00+01:00

Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) will continue to scrutinise aid spending following the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development merger next week.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/wild-polio-wiped-out-in-africa-with-uk-aid-support 2020-08-25T16:26:22+01:00

World Health Organization (WHO) announces the end of wild polio in Africa, marking a major step towards global eradication of the disease.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/second-team-of-uk-medics-sent-to-support-hospitals-in-blast-hit-beirut 2020-08-21T15:14:00+01:00

The team will help tackle the coronavirus outbreak in Lebanon, which has been made significantly more challenging by the explosion.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/british-experts-help-mauritius-protect-coral-reefs-from-oil-spill 2020-08-20T11:17:00+01:00

UK sends British ecology and marine experts at the request of the Mauritian government.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-helps-reduce-more-than-30-million-tonnes-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions-globally 2020-08-19T10:44:00+01:00

31 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were reduced globally in the last nine years as a result of UK intervention according to new climate finance data.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-aid-to-protect-high-street-supply-chains 2020-08-14T09:58:00+01:00

Scheme will support workers in developing countries during the coronavirus pandemic and help keep some of the UK’s favourite products on high street shelves.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-pledges-more-aid-for-beirut-crisis-at-global-summit 2020-08-09T11:31:00+01:00

The UK will step up its commitment to helping Lebanon’s most vulnerable today, by pledging a further £20m in urgent humanitarian support

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-medics-fly-to-beirut-following-deadly-blast 2020-08-07T17:47:00+01:00

The five medics will travel to Lebanon to determine the urgent needs in the Beirut health system and look at how the UK can support.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-to-send-emergency-relief-to-lebanon 2020-08-05T19:26:00+01:00

Following yesterday’s explosion at Beirut Port, the UK has today announced a package of emergency support to Lebanon.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/sir-philip-barton-appointed-as-permanent-under-secretary-of-new-foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office 2020-08-03T15:00:00+01:00

Sir Philip Barton has been appointed as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/liverpool-scientists-receive-uk-aid-to-save-lives-from-deadly-diseases 2020-07-29T12:52:43+01:00

UK aid will help Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine research on preventing the spread of infectious diseases like tuberculosis

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/speeches/environmental-sustainability-and-resilience-for-a-clean-and-green-recovery 2020-07-23T16:49:01+01:00

Statement by Lord Goldsmith at the High-Level Panel at Chatham House’s Global Forum on Forest Governance

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/new-uk-support-to-tackle-devastating-locust-swarms-in-africa-and-asia 2020-07-23T12:30:00+01:00

UK aid package will help control millions of locusts attacking crops across East Africa, Yemen and South West Asia

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-government-matches-another-5-million-of-donations-for-coronavirus-appeal-after-huge-public-response 2020-07-23T11:36:34+01:00

Funds raised by the DEC appeal will support the work of the 14 leading UK charities, who are helping to stop the spread of the virus and saving lives in refugee camps.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-calls-for-states-to-protect-immunisation-programmes-alongside-search-for-covid-19-vaccine 2020-07-22T18:12:00+01:00

At a virtual event, the UK urged United Nations members to protect vital immunisation programmes whilst also supporting the search for a coronavirus vaccine.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-government-doubles-public-donations-to-tackle-coronavirus-in-vulnerable-countries 2020-07-14T10:18:32+01:00

The Disaster Emergency Committee has launched an appeal for donations to help the world’s most vulnerable through the coronavirus pandemic.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/angelina-jolie-and-uk-call-for-support-to-protect-education-for-refugee-children 2020-07-13T10:11:01+01:00

The UK has announced £5.3 million of new UK aid to support salaries of teachers in the world's poorest refugee-hosting countries.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/news/uk-stands-by-iraq-during-coronavirus-pandemic 2020-07-10T14:21:26+01:00

International Development Secretary sees how UK aid is helping the Government of Iraq to deliver critical economic reforms and tackle coronavirus in the country.

tag:www.gov.uk,2005:/government/speeches/ambassador-julian-braithwaites-statement-on-womens-economic-empowerment 2020-07-08T16:19:00+01:00

The UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered a statement on women and trade at the event ‘Women’s Economic Empowerment through Trade� organised by the International Trade Centre and the �