Part of Digital Diplomacy
19th December 2014 London, UK
List time! My favourite Foreign Office social media content of 2014
In no particular order:
1. The FCO’s first foray into Buzzfeeding
2. This gif to outline the UK priorities for UNGA in September
3. Some brilliant visualisations of the conversation around the End Sexual Violence in Conflict Summit
Mapping the online conversation around the Global Summit to End #SexualViolence in Conflict: http://t.co/uWF2tsf5Cb pic.twitter.com/3Q8Fw2AGfF
— SexualViolenceInWar (@end_svc) August 29, 2014
Speaking of the ESVC Summit, the #TimeToAct hot air balloon and lit up buildings around the world
The #TimeToAct balloon flying high over #Canberra. Join the campaign to End #SexualViolence in Conflict #ESVCpic.twitter.com/38dJyDwTQY — UK in Australia (@ukinaustralia) June 12, 2014
The Pope showed his support
Let us pray for all victims of sexual violence in conflict, and those working to end this crime. #TimeToAct — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 10, 2014
4. Philip Hammond’s first tweet
Pleased to join Twitter and proud to represent the United Kingdom at the United Nations today. #UNGA69 #UNGA — Philip Hammond (@PHammondMP) September 22, 2014
5. Helping Russia identify its tanks
#Putin still denying #Russia’s troops & hardware are in #Ukraine. Here’s a guide to help the #Kremlin spot its tanks: pic.twitter.com/RYPeeK0Paf — UK in Ukraine (@UKinUkraine) November 19, 2014
6. This tour of the new British Embassy in Paraguay
7. This Sina Weibo post from our Consul General in Shanghai
Brian Davidson married his partner in one of the first same-sex marriages registered on UK diplomatic premises in China
8. This video showing the building of ‘Bureucratia’
A maze commissioned by our Embassy in Hungary highlighting the burden of inefficient or unnecessary EU regulation faced by European companies, find out more here.
9. This video to thank Wales for hosting the NATO Summit
#Diolch #Cymru! #ThankYou #Wales! #NATOSummitUK
A video posted by NATO Summit Wales 2014 (@natowales) on
10. ‘Real time’ tweeting of original Foreign Office correspondence during the build-up to the First World War
News received here heir apparent and his consort assassinated this morning by means of an explosive nature. — J.F. Jones (@WW1Jones) June 28, 2014
It is conjectured that the murdered pair were probably the victims of a carefully prepared plot.
— Sir M. de Bunsen (@WW1deBunsen) July 2, 2014