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The '''Department for International Development''' ('''DFID''') is a British Government department.
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The '''Department for International Development''' ('''DFID''') is a British Government department. It was set up in 1997, with a main aim of fighitng world poverty.
  
It is a member of [[ILGA]]
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Since 2010, DFID will only provide aid directly to governments once they are satisfied, that those governments share a commitment to these partnership principles, including :respect for human rights (from political freedoms, to the rights of minorities including (LBGT) and religious minorities).<ref>http://www.dfid.gov.uk/What-we-do/How-UK-aid-is-spent/how-we-decide-where-aid-is-spent/</ref>
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DFID is a member of [[ILGA]]
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
  
 
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/
 
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==References==
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Revision as of 17:56, 10 May 2012

The Department for International Development (DFID) is a British Government department. It was set up in 1997, with a main aim of fighitng world poverty.

Since 2010, DFID will only provide aid directly to governments once they are satisfied, that those governments share a commitment to these partnership principles, including :respect for human rights (from political freedoms, to the rights of minorities including (LBGT) and religious minorities).[1]

DFID is a member of ILGA

External links

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

References

  1. http://www.dfid.gov.uk/What-we-do/How-UK-aid-is-spent/how-we-decide-where-aid-is-spent/