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Shirley Cooper OBE has been appointed as the new Crown Representative for small businesses
Lord Ahmad was first appointed as Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and as Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations in June 2017. Lord Ahmad was Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the...
Dame Barbara Woodward became the UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York in December 2020. Barbara served as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to China from 2015 to 2020. She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO )...
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Bahrain.
Mark Matthews was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Chad from April 2021 until August 2022. Previously Mark was Deputy Head of Joint Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development (FCO-DFID) North Africa Unit between 2017 to...
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Haiti.
Rachel Galloway took up her appointment in Atlanta as His Majesty’s Consul General in July 2022. Curriculum Vitae 2018 - 2022 Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of North Macedonia 2015 - 2018 Chair Mashrek Maghreb Working Group, European External...
Information for British nationals who have been affected by rape or sexual assault abroad, including how to contact the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and how to access medical attention and legal advice when returning to the UK.
Statement by Colin McIntyre, UK Legal Adviser to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Sudan.
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dame Mariot Leslie joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1977. Her overseas postings have included Singapore (1978-81), Bonn (1982-86) and Rome (1998-2001), as well as two years spent on secondment to the French Foreign Ministry in Paris (1990-92). From 2002-06...
John Dennis is Representative at the British Office in Taipei. He was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Angola from February 2014 until February 2018. John joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (formerly Foreign & Commonwealth Office, FCO) in 1981 and...
STAR-Ghana aims to increase the influence of civil society and parliament by improving the accountability and responsiveness of Ghana’s government.
Ambassador James Kariuki assumed the role of UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, New York in August 2021. He previously served as Multilateral Policy Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from 2018 to 2021 where he was...
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Sudan.
Nigel Casey is His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation. Nigel was the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan from May 2021 until January 2023. He was also the Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan Directorate (APD) in the...
UK’s Minister of State for the UN, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, on his official visit to Geneva to attend the United Nations Human Rights Council High-Level Panel.
Ms Natacha Alexander was appointed the UK Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in June 2021. Curriculum Vitae Full name: Natacha Alexander Married to: Benjamin Saoul Children: Three Dates Roles 2018 to 2020 Her Majesty’s...
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