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22nd March 2011

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by Nigel Baker

Ambassador to the Holy See (2011-2016)

Libya

As I write, British military forces are engaged – with partners from many other countries – in enforcing UN Security Council Resolution 1973 over Libya. No country takes military action lightly. It is always a last resort. But as I wrote in La Razon on 22 March, the United Kingdom believes that the action to […]

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7th February 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

Skills for millions

A guest blog from Margaret Jack, Director, British Council Ukraine Sixty Education Ministers developing policies for half a billion young people to help ensure that progress beyond the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals will improve the competitiveness of nations.  This was the World Education Forum in London last month. Education Ministers on the steps of […]

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29th October 2010

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

"No man is an island": Developments in development

Having worked and lived in various countries, but in particular during several years spent in Pakistan (where I also worked on development issues in Afghanistan), I am strongly convinced of the critical importance for us all of international development work. And specifically the need to implement the 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDG). In recent months, […]

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12th October 2010 New York, USA

UN General Assembly in NYC

Guest blog: Mike Niles, Press & Public Affairs, British Consulate-General, New York Word to the wise: if you are ever in New York the third week of September and feel like a quiet walk through midtown Manhattan, I suggest taking a look at Central Park or Wall Street instead. When world leaders descend on midtown […]

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