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Living up to our promises: Helping developing countries to capture the gains from trade.
Hilary Benn MP Secretary of State for International Development
21 July, 2004
Chatham House, London

This is a critical moment for the multilateral trading system and for making it work for the world's poor.


Building a better future for orphans and vulnerable children
Hilary Benn MP Secretary of State for International Development
7 July, 2004
UNICEF UK Annual Lecture, King's College London

I am very honoured that you have invited me this evening to deliver the UNICEF UK Annual lecture, not least because I follow in the footsteps of some distinguished predecessors in delivering this speech; Clare Short, Sue MacGregor and Martin Bell to name a few.


A shared challenge promoting development and human security in weak states
Hilary Benn MP Secretary of State for International Development
23 June, 2004
Centre for Global Development, Washington

Two weeks ago, I visited Sudan, where I saw first hand the horror of the crisis that is unfolding in Darfur, which has been described by others - a view which I share - as the most serious humanitarian emergeny in the world today.


SoS's address to the Trade Justice Movement Parliamentary Briefing
Hilary Benn MP
19 May, 2004
Portcullis House

SoS talks trade justice


Iraq: Winning the Peace
Hilary Benn MP Secretary of State for International Development
30 March, 2004
Institute for Public Policy Seminar

A year ago today, Britain was involved in military action in Iraq: a conflict, as we all know, that was deeply controversial. A conflict that divided opinion. A conflict that is seen very differently by people in different circumstances.


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