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Tony Blair challenges international community to eliminate aid dependency within a generation
Tony Blair today set out his vision for how Africa working with the international community can eliminate aid dependence within a generation. He said: “Capacity is the answer; indeed the only long term answer. It has to be built in partnership with developing countries and through systems of effective and structured decision making. Around the world the lessons are there and available. ...
Tony Blair: New World Bank Rankings show Sierra Leone is fast becoming a great place to do business
“Today’s World Bank report shows that Sierra Leone is fast becoming a great place to do business. Go there today and you will see that it is a country on the move with huge numerous investment opportunities. I am in no doubt that this is the result of the President’s pledge to run the country like a business, an approach that has the country firmly on the path to aid independence.”...
Quartet Representative Tony Blair says prisoner exchange offers "a moment of opportunity"
"I hope it also offers us a moment of opportunity, not simply in respect of Gaza, where Hamas are presently in charge, but also for a regaining and revival of credibility in a peace process we really need to prioritise..."...
Tony Blair launches drive to get 30,000 North East kids involved in sport by 2012 Olympics
Inspired by 2012, the Tony Blair Sports Foundation (TBSF) is looking to get more people involved in its annual tennis and indoor rowing school competitions than ever before, as part of a campaign to ensure an Olympic legacy for the region....
Quartet Envoys and Tony Blair to meet negotiators on October 26th in Jerusalem
US State Department spokesman announced the Quartet will be meeting with the parties next week "with the aim to begin preparations and develop an agenda for proceeding in the negotiations."...
Tony Blair announces new Faith & Globalisation Partnership in Italy
Read Tony Blair's opinion piece for Corriere Della Sera: "The study of faith and globalisation is becoming essential for modern academic life. I would like to see it take root in Italian universities. This will help us study the impact of religion, good and bad. I hope to show that ultimately religion can do good."...
Quartet to invite Palestinians and Israelis leaders to meet in coming days
Quartet Representative Tony Blair says upcoming meeting will provide us with the opportunity to explore grounds for revived negotiations to take place....
Tony Blair congratulates President Johnson-Sirleaf on Nobel Peace Prize
“It is difficult to think of a more deserving recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize than President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia. As Africa’s first female Head of State, she is undoubtedly a powerful symbol of the continent’s progress."...
"His memory will serve as a symbol of what the human mind can achieve"
Tony Blair pays tribute to Steve Jobs, a man who "changed people's lives, simply by imagination and determination"...
Quartet Representative Tony Blair urges US Congress to release funds for Palestinian State-Building
Even if lawmakers are opposed to the Palestinian UN bid, this is not the right way to respond to it because it’s harming Palestinian people and it’s harming the very things that over the past few years we’ve been most strongly supportive of....