
Sam Beckwith
@sambeckwith_
Leading UK cooperation with SE Asia on Health 🇬🇧🤝🌏 @FCDOGovUK. Previously 🇨🇩🇲🇿🇧🇩. Likes 🐕and ⛰️. RT=interest, (rare) tweets my own.
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01-07-2013 16:57:00
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I was pleased to welcome Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Global Health Director David Whineray and Ambassador Simon Manley to World Health Organization (WHO), and thank them for the UK's enduring commitment to global health. I expressed appreciation for the UK's ongoing partnership with WHO, including its robust







The UK will co-host the replenishment of the The Global Fund this year with South Africa, as they bring the G20 to Africa for the first time. We will work in partnership to strengthen health systems across the world and end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030.


Today the United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution calling on M23 to cease hostilities in DRC. Rwanda Defence Forces should cease their support for M23 and withdraw from the DRC immediately. DRC and Rwanda must return urgently and without preconditions to diplomatic talks.



Foreign Secretary David Lammy has issued a statement after Thailand deported 40 Uyghur Muslims to China. We disagree with this decision in the strongest terms. The human rights of this group must be upheld. Statement here: gov.uk/government/new…


.World Health Organization (WHO) Member States made history in Geneva today by reaching consensus on a proposed #PandemicAccord: who.int/news/item/16-0… I thank national negotiators for their foresight, commitment and tireless work. Gratitude as well to civil society partners. We look forward to #WHA78

