Chair @SarahChampionMP has responded to the Foreign Secretary’s announcement of sanctions, co-ordinated with international partners, targeting individuals and entities involved in financing and enabling settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
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- On the subject of the UK's International Climate Finance, Dharshan Wignarajah, Director at @climatepolicy, told us that the timing of government action is "mission critical" to unlock greater investment to tackle climate change.
00:00 - In our session Silvia Carolina Herrera Hernandez, Coffee Producer and Secretary of the Board of Directors at @CLACFairtrade, spoke about the need for further funding to support smallholder farmers and the people they employ to tackle poverty, and the impact of climate change.
00:00 - Our Chair @SarahChampionMP wrote to the Foreign Secretary at the @FCDOGovUK, seeking reassurance that Official Development Assistance will be maintained at 0.3%. The response did not fill the Committee with confidence. Read more: committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…
- The International Development Committee and the @CPA_UK welcomed the South African delegation to the Global Partnership Conference in Parliament, a great opportunity to create global connections to end to extreme poverty. Read our recent report: committees.parliament.uk/publications/5…
- The UK aid watchdog @icai_uk has today released a report warning of mounting global pressures as the UK reshapes its approach to aid – a lot of which we agree with. Head to our website to read Chair @SarahChampionMP’s comment in full: committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…
- There are still significant gaps in what we know about the Government's new approach to international aid. @FCDOGovUK must communicate what success looks like and how international partners will be involved - and rebuild the case for aid ⬇️ committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…
00:00 - We heard from Vianney Dong, Country Director for @womenforwomenUK on the hopes for peace from women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
00:00 - Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP admitted to us that the Government needs to do more to link the work of international development with defence. We look forward to the Government taking steps to realise this.
00:00 - Today at 2.30pm we're questioning the Foreign Secretary @YvetteCooperMP and the International Development Minister Baroness @JennyChapman at the @FCDOGovUK, to explore recent allocations for Overseas Development Assistance after cuts. Watch on YouTube:
- Peace agreements are 64% less likely to fail when women meaningfully participate, yet in 2023 women made up only 9.6% of negotiators. The Government must do more to aid change, and deliver on its obligations to the Women, Peace and Security agenda ⬇️ committees.parliament.uk/committee/98/i…
00:00 - After five decades of the Basher al-Assad regime, Dr Ahmed Ekzayez, Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management spoke about the opportunity for Syrians "to build an inclusive and stable Syria."
00:00 - We are disappointed with the Government's aid spending allocation announcement, which pits development spending against defence spending. As Chair @SarahChampionMP told the Foreign Secretary, development spending is often a first form of defence.
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