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9th December 2012 Harare, Zimbabwe
Election fever grips Nawa
For four days in early December over 6200 elders and notables from across Nawa District in Helmand made their way to register for the upcoming District Community Council (DCC) election. These DCC’s only occur in Helmand. It is the only province across Afghanistan where its citizens have the option to vote for a district representative […]
7th December 2012 British High Commission, Kingston, Jamaica
My Chevening Experience – Mark Reynolds
My experience as a Chevening Scholar has been an amazing and life changing experience. My preparation to embark on my studies was filled with anticipation. The Chevening Secretariat supplies you with information that you will need to prepare yourself. This information proved to be very useful. The Chevening reception held in August 29, 2012 was […]
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7th December 2012 Athens, Greece
Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict – Introducing a series of blogs
Sexual violence in conflict situations is as much a terrifying crime as a brutal one, wherever it takes place; it has direct and indirect effects on human lives, leaving deep, indelible scars on the victims as well as society itself. As part of the Preventing the Sexual Violence Initiative that the Foreign Secretary has launched, […]
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7th December 2012 New Delhi, India
Working together to tackle global challenges
A recent visit to India by the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir John Beddington to talk about UK and India collaboration on research and innovation got me thinking about some of the fantastic projects that we are currently working on. Research and Innovation partnership between the two countries is growing from strength to strength, […]
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7th December 2012
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The return of Boris to Bollyland: 48 hours of business
Many people in London, and other parts of the UK, think they know a good deal about the Mayor of the capital, Boris Johnson: judging from the number of British tourists who greeted him in hotels or on the streets of Mumbai he must also be one of our most widely recognised politicians. Less well […]
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7th December 2012
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Defence engagements
Yesterday I went to hear the Chief of Army, Lieut. Gen. David Morrison, launch a book by one of his officers, our friend Malcolm McGregor. The book “An Indian Summer of Cricket” is about a love for cricket and for the army. It also tells the story of his brave gender reassignment over the last […]
6th December 2012 Washington DC, USA
Rethinking Development
Back in the days when tweeting was what birds did, a cloud was something in the sky, an app was what you sent to the university admissions office, and Google was simply a misprint for the word which means 10100, who’d have thought that mobile phones could improve the daily lives of the world’s poorest […]
6th December 2012 Paris, France
Green energies: An important sector for our Government
I’m talking to you this morning in the middle of a big conference that we are holding in the Embassy on wind energy. We have about 200 business people, about 50/50 French and British, who are first of all learning about the opportunities in the British energy market.
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6th December 2012
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Facing up to the economic chill: Britain’s response
As winter sets in here, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered what’s called the Autumn Statement to Parliament in London on 5 December. The Government’s economic strategy is focussed on reducing the deficit, restoring stability, rebalancing the economy and equipping the UK to compete in the global race. The government’s new decisions relate to three […]
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5th December 2012
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The Falkland Islands referendum and their right of self-determination
In June this year the Falkland Islands Government announced their intention to hold a referendum on their sovereignty in 2013. The islanders want to tell the world what their views are in a clear, democratic and incontestable way. Their government has decided a referendum is the best way to achieve this. They will be looking […]
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