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House of Commons Katılım Aralık 2012
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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.
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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."
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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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On the subject of the UK's International Climate Finance, @lizwathuti, Founder and Director at @GGI_Kenya told us, "the most effective climate finance is the one that is supposed to reach the communities even before the crisis reaches to them."
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On the war in Sudan, @KholoodKhair Director of Confluence Advisory, a think tank focusing on Sudanese peace, security, governance and economy, told us that "no one is really interested in looking at the external forces in this war".
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In our follow up session on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Dave Philips at @SamaritansPurse who recently returned from the Kordofan region, told us there are "21 million people in severe hunger" for which the cause isn't climate crisis or poverty — "these are man-made famines"
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.@Mrandrewkbrown told us about the devastating scenes he saw as a result of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica after his visit in January. He gave evidence as part of our session on the UK's humanitarian response to the hurricane and its wider work with Small Island Developing States.
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Some of the evidence we received talked about the on-the-ground impacts that cuts are already having. The lives and welfare of some of the poorest people in the world are at risk while the FCDO’s plans for restructuring proceed.
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