Thanks to the internationally respected Department for International Development, which pioneered the aid quality standards by which others now abide, governments around the world take the UK’s development policy seriously. #globalbritain
The first resolution on The Common Aid Effort was adopted in 1961 at a meeting in Church House, London, opened by Selwyn Lloyd, Chancellor of the Exchequer and chaired by Sir Frank Lee, Permanent Secretary of the Treasury. #globalbritain
The UK was among the first countries in 1970 to agree to a peer review of its aid programme to ensure quality and a focus on poverty. #globalbritain
The country also played a prominent role in defining Official Development Assistance (ODA) and writing the rules that today govern cUS$150 billion of aid spending annually. #globalbritain
Today the guardian of these rules, the Development Assistance Committee, is chaired by UK diplomat Susannah Moorehead. #globalbritain
The UK co-chaired the group that created the first draft of the Sustainable Development Goals – the UN’s blueprint for ending poverty that all of the world’s governments signed up to. #globalbritain
The UK also spearheaded anti-corruption policies through hosting the 2016 Anti-Corruption Summit, and through launching the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative. @EITIorg #globalbritain
From the start of 2015 until the end of 2017, support from the Department for International Development (DFID) helped immunise an estimated 37.4 million children, saving 610,000 lives – a population larger than the size of Sheffield.
The UK was the first and is currently the only G7 country to reach the UN’s target for spending 0.7% of GNI in aid – spurring more ambition from Germany France and Ireland. #globalbritain
In the words of Lord Hannay of Chiswick, former UK ambassador to the UN, “Our Official Development Assistance remains needed and appreciated in a wide range of developing countries whose future prosperity will contribute to our own.” #globalbritain