Department For International Development
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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 fighting world poverty. The ministers as of May 2012 are: Secretary of State: Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell; Minister of Ste: Alan Duncan, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State; Stephen O'Brien.
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
