Vicky Ford MP @vickyford@respublicae.eu
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ MP for Chelmsford, 🇬🇧former Minister for Development & IMCO chair. 💙Children, Tech, Investment, Science, helping Women & the NHS 🏏🎣
Joined Apr 2022
RT @tariqahmadbt: As the UK’s Special Envoy to the ITU I want to thank members for electing UK🇬🇧 onto the @ITU Council
Working with partners & using UK expertise we will:
🌐 Connect the unconnected
🤝 Build digital inclusion
🌎 Promote sustainable development
For now & for future generations
RT @trussliz: We face huge challenges. Carrying on with business-as-usual is not an option.
We need to do things differently.
That's why we are acting decisively to grow our economy and put the UK on a better long-term path.
My interview in @Telegraph 👇
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/10/01/liz-truss-interview-have-change-status-quo-isnt-option/
RT @trussliz: I understand how worried people are feeling and the difficult times we face.
That’s why we have acted urgently to support people with their energy bills and put the UK on a path to higher growth.
RT @FCDOGovUK: 🚨 BANNED: exports of almost 700 categories of goods important to Russian industry.
In total £19bn worth of UK-Russia trade has been wholly or partially sanctioned.
RT @tariqahmadbt: By illegally annexing Ukrainian territory, Russia violates international law, including the UN Charter. Such flagrant disregard for the principle of sovereignty cannot be ignored - the international community must stand with Ukraine and reject Russia's actions.
Everyone, everywhere, should be free to love who they love and express themselves without fear of violence or discrimination.
The 🇬🇧therefore celebrates the legalisation of same-sex marriage and adoption in 🇨🇺, which becomes the 11th country in the Americas to do so.
The risk of famine in the world’s most vulnerable countries is very real. Had a constructive conversation with @UNReliefChief at #UNGA yesterday to discuss our concerns about the global humanitarian situation & how @UNOCHA and the U.K. 🇬🇧 can get help to those who need it most
Great to speak to @AminaJMohammed at #UNGA about how the UK 🇬🇧 & UN 🇺🇳 can work together to accelerate action on the Sustainable Development Goals.
The #TransformingEducation Summit is evidence of what our partnership can achieve.
RT @Atayeshe: Delighted to meet with Honorable Minister @vickyford, a champion of bodily autonomy. @UNFPA’s partnership with the #UK is key to ensure a world where women and girls have agency over their own lives and futures.
Important to meet @DrTedros today at #UNGA & discuss our shared ambition to prevent future pandemics & UK 🇬🇧 determination to support people across the world who are most vulnerable to rising food insecurity, malnutrition and the affects of climate change.
Until all children learn to read, do basic maths, & gain socio-emotional skills, they won't complete 12 years of quality education
That’s why the 🇬🇧 has endorsed the Commitment to Action to ensure all children receive the foundational learning they need to reach their potential
The UK and France share a longstanding partnership in addressing global development challenges.
I spoke with Development Minister @CZacharopoulou about our humanitarian response to Ukraine & how the 🇬🇧 international development strategy will deliver for people around the world.
Thank you to the lovely team at @UKUN_NewYork for the super UN helmet birthday present this week at #unga.
With so many challenges in the world it may come in handy!
RT @HACplastic: The first Ministerial Meeting of the High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution took place today during the UN General Assembly #UNGA in New York.
Ministers discussed way forward to end plastic pollution by 2040.
RT @UNGEI: Minister Sengeh @dsengeh and Minister Vicky Ford @vickyford sign on as feminist leaders in education. #FeministEduCoalition #FeministEducation
UK🇬🇧 co-hosted an #UNGA event with Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 The Gambia🇬🇲Turkey🇹🇷Indonesia 🇮🇩 US🇺🇸 EU🇪🇺 Canada🇨🇦 on the Rohingya situation.
Huge thanks to Bangladesh for hosting nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees.
UK is a leading donor having contributed £340m since 2017.
RT @HarjitSajjan: During #UNGAWeek in New York UK Minister for Development @vickyford and I had a chance to chat about the global implications of Putin’s needless war in Ukraine. Our countries stand together in support of Ukraine & the Global South.
Pleasure to meet Canada’s International Development Minister @HarjitSajjan at #UNGA. Uk 🇬🇧 & 🇨🇦 are working together + G7 partners, to support the humanitarian situation in Ukraine 🇺🇦 & address global challenges such as food security & climate change
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ MP for Chelmsford, 🇬🇧former Minister for Development & IMCO chair. 💙Children, Tech, Investment, Science, helping Women & the NHS 🏏🎣
Joined Apr 2022
