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14th June 2016 Skopje, North Macedonia

Charles Garrett

Charles Garrett

British Ambassador to Macedonia

When an accident happens who do you call?

If you have ever had to ring fire/police/ambulance, you’ll perhaps agree that you have never been more dependent on someone else’s planning and ability to deliver a timely, effective and coordinated response. How do they do it? I found some of the answers recently when I met a group of visitors from the UK Fire […]

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22nd May 2015 Mumbai, India

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by Vijay Iyer

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

IP – savvy future judges

Imagine speaking to an audience of state level judges-in-training on intellectual property (IP)! Well, I had the honour of doing so at the Odisha Judicial Academy in Cuttack, Odisha on 11 April 2015. At the academy, newly recruited state judicial officers learn about, inter alia, the different areas of law, judicial attitude, aptitude orientation and […]

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15th May 2015 Mumbai, India

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by Vijay Iyer

Senior Science & Innovation Adviser

Engaging with police for Intellectual Property Enforcement

Recently, I spoke at a seminar on counterfeiting and smuggling at the Police Commissioner’s offices in Pune, Maharashtra. Several aspects such as socio-economic impact, legal remedies, and enforcement procedures were discussed. This programme was organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). Sanjay Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police, Pune, in his […]

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14th August 2011

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

Sziget Music Festival Day 3 (part 7)

My day at the Sziget Festival started with participating in a press conference together with the Deputy Police Chief of Budapest. Our two British police officers, together with Netherlands, German and Polish counterparts, were present. I spoke about our long-standing bilateral police cooperation, going back to the early 1990’s. There was media interest in what […]

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12th August 2011 Islamabad, Pakistan

by Adam Thomson

British High Commissioner to Pakistan

The worst of Britain brings out the best of Britain

Over the four nights this week people across the world have seen images of riots, criminality and looting taking place in the UK. These images have been shocking and sickening for anyone like me who cares about the UK’s reputation. And no less shocking has been the loss of life this week of three young […]

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28th June 2011 Islamabad, Pakistan

by Adam Thomson

British High Commissioner to Pakistan

Recognizing fallen martyrs

On Thursday, I visited the Police Lines headquarters in Islamabad. I was accompanying the UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, who wanted to pay his respects to the fallen martyrs of the Pakistani police service and to publicly recognise their sacrifices in serving Pakistan and its citizens. Mr Hague laid a wreath at the police monument […]

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3rd June 2011

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

The teenage traffic victim

The teenager is lying motionless in the road.  The driver of the black Porsche Cayenne stands over him, horrified.  A couple of passers-by are on their mobile phones, perhaps calling the police or an ambulance. I saw this scene recently in Kyiv on Ivana Mazepu Street, down which I walk and drive regularly.  Although the […]

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