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Call to Tie Aid to Reforms
British MPs have backed the government’s plan to increase aid to conflict-affected countries, but want funding to be dependent on transparency and accountability.

The Commons’ international development select committee said ministers were right to increase the focus on countries such as Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, they called for aid to be tied to agreements to improve governance.

The MPs are of the view that such steps are necessary because many of the countries have low scores on the Corruption Perceptions Index produced by the Transparency International.

Under the Department for International Development’s spending plans, funding to fragile states will rise to more than £3.4 billion by 2014/15, compared with £1.8 billion in 2010/11.

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NGOs Call for Investigation into Israeli Army Conduct
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Eight Israeli human hights organisations are demanding an investigation into the conduct of the army during the war in Gaza.

‘We call on the government's legal adviser to act now to the establishment of an independent investigative expertise that can not be questioned,’ the NGO wrote in a statement.

While noting that Israel had been subjected to Palestinian rocket attacks from Ghaza against civilians, which is a serious violation of international law, the NGOs believe that it does not give Israel the right to do the same thing.

To read the article titled, “Israeli NGO is demanding inquiry into the conduct of the army in Gaza,” click here.

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