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15th July 2015
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
Engaging the world
On his recent visit to Latin America, Pope Francis reminded us of the need for international solidarity and a universal vision. It is not always easy for national governments to meet such aspirations in full. After all, they are in the final analysis – especially if they are democratically elected – accountable to their own […]
15th July 2015 Toronto, Canada
Canadian science news: 6-12 July 2015
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14th July 2015
10 year internship scheme anniversary(I): Pay it forward and have fun in the process
This year we are celebrating 10 years since the embassy launched its internship scheme. I have invited alumni to share their stories on my blog, and the first guest post is signed by our Head of Communications, Raluca Bragarea, who helped launch this initiative. Ten years, about 150 students or young professionals, an idea exported […]
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13th July 2015 Singapore
Scaling Up Solar PV in Thailand: The Drive toward a Strong Vision
This guest blog is from Dr. Sopitsuda Tongsopit, a researcher at the Energy Research Institute of Chulalongkorn University, who conducted the project Thailand Solar PV Roadmap Initiatives supported by the South East Asia Prosperity Fund, under the priority of supporting Low Carbon Development.
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10th July 2015 Dublin, Ireland
‘NATO: STRONG AND STEADFAST – A Guest Post by Gareth Chappell, Deputy Head of the Security & Political Team’
NATO: STRONG AND STEADFAST As many of my FCO and MoD colleagues will promptly confirm, hosting a NATO Summit is a massive undertaking, presenting a wide range of diverse and complex challenges. For example, the last Summit in Wales involved 22 meetings in 29 hours plus 170 bilateral get-togethers; five dinners in four locations, two […]
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10th July 2015
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Pope Francis and Bolivia
The following is a guest blog by Steve Townsend, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy to the Holy See Pope Francis is currently in Latin America, visiting Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay. There is a particular interest for me, as I spent over three years in Bolivia as Deputy Head of Mission, which left me with many […]
10th July 2015 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Who you gonna call? Consular services in Colombo
Sri Lanka and the Maldives have never been more popular for beach-lovers, backpackers or Brits: over 144,000 British tourists visited Sri Lanka last year, and almost 16,000 holidayed in the Maldives in February alone this year. Around five thousand British Nationals have set down permanent or semi-permanent roots here too. For the most part, travellers […]
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9th July 2015 Toronto, Canada
Canadian science news: 29 June-5 July 2015
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9th July 2015 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Importance of a Humanitarian Pause
The people of Yemen have been suffering for too long. On 1 July the UN declared the crisis in Yemen to be a Level Three Emergency: a category reserved for the most severe, large scale and complex crises in the world. This highlights that the Yemeni people are in dire peril. Many civilians have died […]
7th July 2015 Geneva, Switzerland
Magic Numbers
UN diplomats spend much of their lives fretting about securing exactly the right words in international documents. I’ve seen a whole day of negotiations conclude with only a comma added, to mutual back-slapping and a general sense of a job well done, and have spent weeks painfully debating the insertion of a footnote or an […]