Clare Short

Britain still backs Kigali though Secretary of State for International Development Clare Short is far keener than Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Jack Straw who listens more to his French and Belgian counterparts...

His trip to Hertfordshire was delayed by a visit to British Development Secretary Clare Short...

The plan which originated in British Development Minister Clare Short's department proposes more backing for UN peace-keeping; far more military and peace-keeping training; technical and material aid to enforce arms embargoes and sanctions; stricter rules on corporations operating in or near war zones; and full backing for an International Criminal Court and an African Court of Human Rights...

Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Clare Short visited Freetown before the polls and threatened to withhold aid if the government did not deal with corruption...

Tough talking from the donors is led by Britain whose Development Secretary Clare Short flew to Freetown before the polls to warn that corruption would not be tolerated...

Britain's International Development Secretary Clare Short disapproves and has frozen £10 mn...

In late February Clare Short Britain's International Development Minister flew to Sierra Leone and flew straight back after delivering a speech warning that further British support depended on an end to corruption...

In a fairly treeless Whitehall Garang met Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Overseas Development Secretary Clare Short...

Premier Tony Blair's government likes to think it takes the lead on Africa under the influence of feisty Overseas Development Minister Clare Short...

First stop Nigeria has been blighted by an arms dump explosion killing more than 1 000 people a police strike and communal clashes ­ all in the past fortnight ­ and although Blair is travelling with International Development Minister Clare Short no one is expecting large new pledges of aid or debt relief...