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5th September 2013 Washington DC, USA

Thomas Whitehead

by Thomas Whitehead

Senior Trade Policy Advisor

WTO: Bali and beyond

I had the fortune to spend summer on the beautiful shores of Lake Geneva representing the UK at the World Trade Organization (WTO), a 159 country organisation that governs international economic relations. It was a welcome respite from the heat and humidity of DC during the summer – several weeks soaking up the fresh mountain […]

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7th December 2011

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Holy See joins International Organisation for Migration

Good news this week as the Holy See on 5 December joined the Geneva-based International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Why is this important? The Holy See’s “Ambassador” (Permanent Observer) to the UN in Geneva, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, summed it up well in an interview he gave to Vatican Radio: “as we are witnessing a continuous […]

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