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The UK's Development Work in the Middle East

Inquiry by the International Development Committee, 12 December 2013 to 2 July 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 25 February 2014: Amir Abdulla, Deputy Executive Director, UN World Food Programme, Nigel Pont, Regional Director, Syrian Response, Mercy Corps, and Jehangir Malik, UK Director, Islamic Relief; John Ging, Director, Coordination Response Division, Margot Ellis, Deputy Commissioner-General, and Daniel Levy, Director, Middle East and North Africa Programme (at 11.00 am).
  • 8 April 2014: Maria Calivis, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, UNICEF, Amin Awad, Director of Middle East and North Africa Office, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mourad Wahba, Deputy Regional Director, Division for Arab States, UNDP; Yossi Mekelberg, Lecturer in International Relations and Politics, Regent's University, London, Tony Laurance, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Aid for Palestinians, Nicola Cobbold, Chief Executive Officer, Portland Trust (at 11:00).
  • 8 May 2014: Rt Hon. Alan Duncan MP, Minister of State, Department for International Development, Matthew Wyatt, Head of Syria Crisis Unit, DFID, Lindy Cameron, Director, Middle East, Humanitarian and Conflict, DFID, Jonathan Hargreaves, Head of Palestinian Programme, DFID, and Cathy Ward, Deputy Head of Near East Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office