Speeches and articles written by our government ministers, from 2005 to the present.
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DFID MDG Conference – Agenda 2010: The Turning Point on Poverty
11 March 2010
Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development
Launch of Business Innovation Facility
10 March 2010
Speech by Gareth Thomas, Minister of State for International Development at Glaziers Hall, London
Africa: The Emerging Market of the Future?
04 March 2010
Speech by International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander at the LSE Emerging Markets Forum
Africa Regional Integration Event
Speech by Minister of State for International Development Gareth Thomas at 1 Whitehall, London
Launch of DFID Education Strategy: ‘Learning for All’
03 March 2010
Speech by Douglas Alexander Secretary of State for International Development at DFID, London
Out of the Bretton Woods: Building a World Bank for the 21st Century
11 February 2010
Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development on 10 February 2010 at the HLondon School of Economics
Remittances and financial inclusion conference
09 February 2010
Speech by Gareth Thomas, Minister of State for International Development
Douglas Alexander - Written Ministerial Statement on Haiti
04 February 2010
Three weeks have now passed since an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck Haiti. The Government of Haiti has confirmed 112,000 bodies recovered from the rubble in and around the capital Port-au-Prince. Estimates of the final death toll are close to 170,000.
Addressing the hunger crisis – challenges and priorities
26 January 2010
Douglas Alexander, International Development Secretary speech at World Food Programme
St Helena airport consultation response
15 December 2009
Response to the public consultation on air access for St Helena
Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)
09 December 2009
International Development Minister Gareth Thomas speech to the CERF annual conference.
Reforming the UN - Thomas calls for push on value for money
08 December 2009
Speech by Gareth Thomas on the reform of the UN
The humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka
24 November 2009
Written Ministerial Statement by Mike Foster MP
Gareth Thomas speech on the challenges of using branchless banking to increase financial inclusion
18 November 2009
Minister for Trade and Development Gareth Thomas launches the results of DFID's study on Branchless Banking
Mike Foster addresses World Food Summit in Rome
International Development Minister says one billion hungry is a "deplorable state"
Stabilisation and Development on the eve of 2010
05 November 2009
Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, delivered at the City Forum's Symposium on Stabilisation, London
The Future of Aid
29 October 2009
Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development on 29 October at Hugh Gaitskell Memorial Lecture, Nottingham University
Health and education – where faith fits
20 October 2009
Speech by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development on 20 October at RSA as part of the series of talks on faith and development organised by the Tony Blair Faith Foundation
Joint FCO / DFID Written Ministerial Statement on the wider political and humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka
14 October 2009
Government’s ongoing active engagement in Sri Lanka following the end of the conflict almost five months ago between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka.
After the Pittsburgh Summit, which policies can best help renew growth in world trade?
05 October 2009
Speech by Minster of State Gareth Thomas at Wilton Park on 5 October 2009
