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29th April 2013
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Travel in White Nile, Sennar and Gezira
One of the pleasure as well as duties of an Ambassador is to visit as much as possible of the country to which he is posted. How else can you get a sense of the size, diversity and make-up of a country? You can’t really understand a country and its people by just sitting in […]
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29th April 2013 Toronto, Canada
29 April: Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare
“The Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare is an occasion to mourn those who have suffered from these inhumane arms and to renew our resolve to eradicate them from our world.” – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon On 29 April 1997, the Chemical Weapons Convention came into force. Its broad aim is to […]
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26th April 2013 London, UK
Serbia and Kosovo’s historic agreement
Dealing with the legacy of conflict is a leading theme in foreign policy. The guns may fall silent, but years can pass before progress is made on a lasting settlement. That’s why this historic agreement between Serbia and Kosovo is to be profoundly welcomed. This is not the end of the story, but it is […]
26th April 2013
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Giving Hope
Yesterday I met the members of Project Harar’s Surgical Mission to Ethiopia. It was really inspiring to learn about the project’s efforts to transform the lives of many young Ethiopian people with facial disfigurements – enabling them to smile, eat and lead normal lives, often for the first time. Many will be surprised to hear […]
26th April 2013 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
A Chevening Scholar Writes…
The following is a post by Tojiniso Olimnazarova, Chevening Scholar for Tajikistan 2011-2012. In 2011, I succeeded in receiving the Chevening scholarship funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the UK to do my master’s degree in Education (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) at the University of Birmingham. My one year in Birmingham was an […]
26th April 2013
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35,000 silent mourners at ANZAC Day commemoration
The silence of 35,000 people gathered in pre-dawn darkness is a genuinely spine-tingling experience. Every year more and more Australians seem to want to turn out for what is both an annual commemoration of Australia’s war sacrifices and a proud expression of national identity. Before the service, Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, one of Australia’s four living […]
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25th April 2013 Montreal, Canada
Science and the Food Paradox
Each April 7, the world celebrates World Health Day to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. When thinking about your health, I am certain that access to – healthy – food pops up immediately in your mind. Indeed, food is a major contributor to a healthy well-being, […]
25th April 2013 Houston, USA
Out of the Lab and into the Living Room
Can you name a living scientist? If you are reading this ‘Partners in Science’ blog, it is likely you can. Unfortunately, a ‘Research! America’ survey conducted in 2011 says that only 34 per cent of Americans can actually name a living scientist. As someone who works everyday with scientists who are doing some truly revolutionary […]
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25th April 2013 Washington DC, USA
Celebrating Happy Feet
Today, I dressed up in black and white in solidarity with my dearest feathered, slithery and loud-mouthed friends, Penguins. Today is World Penguin day (no offense taken if you were not informed), celebrating the many millions of happy-feet who accumulate impressive mileage swimming around the coldest parts of the southern hemisphere. I became a fan […]
25th April 2013 New Delhi, India
India-UK IP framework now available
The new India-UK Intellectual Property (IP) Toolkit has been launched and all of the documents are available here. Details on our journey to this launch are available on my earlier blog. The aim of this toolkit is to provide guidance and examples of agreements to support IP negotiations in bilateral R&D partnerships. This is an […]
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