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British International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell leaves after attending the weekly meeting of the Cabinet in London on January 31, 2012. View Photo »
British International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell arrives at number 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly meeting of the Cabinet in London on January 31, 2012. View Photo »
WEST BANK - DECEMBER 17: In this handout image supplied by the office of the Palestinian President (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with UK International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell at the Presidency on December 17, 2011 in... View Photo »
British Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell speaks during a press conference in the fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. View Photo »
BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 30: Andrew Mitchell, UK International Development Secretary speaks during the press conference on November 30, 2011 in Busan, South Korea. The forum will be attended by over 2,500 members of the development assistance... View Photo »
Britain's international development minister Andrew Mitchell speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in the southeastern port city of Busan on November 30, 2011. Andrew Mitchell, who arrived... View Photo »
Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell (R) visits to the Htaunt Kyant Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Yangon on November 17, 2011. Mitchell is the first British minister to visit the army-dominated nation in many years. View Photo »
Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell speaks at a press conference during a visit to the Htaunt Kyant Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Yangon on November 17, 2011. Mitchell is the first British minister to visit the... View Photo »
Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell speaks during a news conference at the war cemetery on the outskirts of Yangon November 17, 2011. Mitchell arrived in Myanmar on November 14 for a four-day visit to review Britain's aid... View Photo »
A cross is pictured in the War Cemetery during a visit by Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell on the outskirts of Yangon November 17, 2011. Mitchell arrived in Myanmar on November 14 for a four-day visit to review Britain's aid... View Photo »
Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell signs on the guest book of the War Cemetery on the outskirts of Yangon November 17, 2011. Mitchell arrived in Myanmar on November 14 for a four-day visit to review Britain's aid programme to... View Photo »
David Daniel (R), 86-year old Second World War Veteran British Artillery Man, and Andrew Mitchell (L) MP, a senior UK Cabinet Minister and the Secretary of State for the Department for International Development (DFID), prepare to lay wreaths at the War... View Photo »
Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell (C) waves during his visit at a Mother's Home Free education center run by members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party on the outskirts of Yangon on November 17, 2011. Mitchell... View Photo »
People wait for the arrival of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell during their visit to a school providing free education founded by Suu Kyi's National League... View Photo »
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a visit with Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell to a school providing free education founded by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, in... View Photo »
Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell addresses the Conservative Party's annual Conference in Manchester, northern England October 2, 2011. View Photo »
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, thanks U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as British Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell, right, applauds after Clinton spoke at a meeting on nutrition at U.N. headquarters... View Photo »
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and British Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell confer during a meeting on nutrition at United Nations headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. View Photo »
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 22: Andrew Mitchell, the Secretary of State for International Development, who returned from his summer holiday, leaves Number 10 Downing Street after attending a meeting of the National Security Council on August 22, 2011 in... View Photo »
Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell addresses a news conference in Kenya's capital Nairobi, August 17, 2011. Britain said on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of children could starve to death in Somalia if the... View Photo »
Andrew John Bower Mitchell (born 23 March 1956) is a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield. Mitchell is Shadow International Development Secretary and Shadow Minister for Birmingham. Full Article
British International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell arrives at number 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly meeting of the Cabinet in London on January 31, 2012.
View Photo »BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA - NOVEMBER 30: Andrew Mitchell, UK International Development Secretary speaks during the press conference on November 30, 2011 in Busan, South Korea. The forum will be attended by over 2,500 members of the development assistance community with Secretary Clinton's...
View Photo »Britain's international development minister Andrew Mitchell speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in the southeastern port city of Busan on November 30, 2011. Andrew Mitchell, who arrived in Busan from a visit to Beijing,...
View Photo »Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell (R) visits to the Htaunt Kyant Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Yangon on November 17, 2011. Mitchell is the first British minister to visit the army-dominated nation in many years.
View Photo »Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell speaks at a press conference during a visit to the Htaunt Kyant Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Yangon on November 17, 2011. Mitchell is the first British minister to visit the army-dominated nation in many years.
View Photo »Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell speaks during a news conference at the war cemetery on the outskirts of Yangon November 17, 2011. Mitchell arrived in Myanmar on November 14 for a four-day visit to review Britain's aid programme to Myanmar's people.
View Photo »Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell signs on the guest book of the War Cemetery on the outskirts of Yangon November 17, 2011. Mitchell arrived in Myanmar on November 14 for a four-day visit to review Britain's aid programme to Myanmar's people.
View Photo »David Daniel (R), 86-year old Second World War Veteran British Artillery Man, and Andrew Mitchell (L) MP, a senior UK Cabinet Minister and the Secretary of State for the Department for International Development (DFID), prepare to lay wreaths at the War Cemetery on the outskirts of...
View Photo »Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell (C) waves during his visit at a Mother's Home Free education center run by members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party on the outskirts of Yangon on November 17, 2011. Mitchell is the first British minister to...
View Photo »United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, thanks U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as British Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell, right, applauds after Clinton spoke at a meeting on nutrition at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 20,...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 22: Andrew Mitchell, the Secretary of State for International Development, who returned from his summer holiday, leaves Number 10 Downing Street after attending a meeting of the National Security Council on August 22, 2011 in London, England. British Prime...
View Photo »British Foreign Secretary William Hague (R) and International Development Minister Andrew Mitchell (L) hold a joint press conference in the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi on June 4, 2011 during an official visit for talks with the Libyan opposition's leadership.
View Photo »British Foreign Secretary William Hague (C) and International Development Minister Andrew Mitchell (L) tour Revolution Square in the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi on June 4, 2011 during an official visit for talks with the Libyan opposition's leadership.
View Photo »Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell (C) watches as a refugee is registered at the Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab, near Kenya's border with Somalia, July 16, 2011. Mitchell visited Dadaab refugee camps, where he met displaced families forced to...
View Photo »Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, right, looks at a malnourished child in a pediatric ward of the Wajir District hospital, 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of Kenya's capital Nairobi, Saturday, July 16, 2011.
View Photo »Chief Executive of Save the Children UK Justin Forsyth, center, and Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, center right, talk to newly arrived refugees at the Dagahaley refugee camp, near the Kenya-Somalia border, in Dadaab, Kenya, Saturday, July 16, 2011.
View Photo »WEST BANK - DECEMBER 17: In this handout image supplied by the office of the Palestinian President (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with UK International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell at the Presidency on December 17, 2011 in Ramallah, West Bank.
View Photo »British Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell speaks during a press conference in the fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011.
View Photo »British Foreign Secretary William Hague, center right, and British International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell, center left, walk next to the Transitional National Council headquarters in the rebel stronghold Benghazi, Libya, Saturday, May 4, 2011. Hague is one of the...
View Photo »A cross is pictured in the War Cemetery during a visit by Britain's International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell on the outskirts of Yangon November 17, 2011. Mitchell arrived in Myanmar on November 14 for a four-day visit to review Britain's aid programme to Myanmar's people.
View Photo »People wait for the arrival of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell during their visit to a school providing free education founded by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, in Yangon...
View Photo »Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a visit with Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell to a school providing free education founded by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, in Yangon November 17, 2011. Mitchell is...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 17: International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell arrives in Downing Street to attend a Cabinet meeting on May 17, 2011 in London, England. Concerns were raised to Mr Mitchell in letters obtained by the Times, from Defence Secretary Liam Fox to the Prime...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 03: International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell arrives in Downing Street to attend a Cabinet meeting on May 3, 2011 in London, England. The Cabinet are expected to be briefed on the killing of fugitive terrorist Osama Bin Laden by US special forces in the...
View Photo »Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell addresses the Conservative Party's annual Conference in Manchester, northern England October 2, 2011.
View Photo »British International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell arrives at number 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly meeting of the Cabinet in London on January 31, 2012.
View Photo »He said Busan was too much a conversation between traditional donors and poor countries and there was not enough room for emerging countries like us so we asked him what was the minimum to satisfy to them ... I flew down here and chaired a meeting of like-minded groups. My feeling was that there was a l...
This must not result in life-saving HIV programmes being put at risk and Andrew Mitchell must ensure that they are protected.
The UK’s performance on aid effectiveness has been and remains strong. Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell has clear priority issues for Busan focusing on improving aid results and transparency and meeting the needs of fragile states, but the UK must also push for a deal tha...
