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  • Sir William Patey on President Hamid Karzai's Afghanistan transition announcement

    Statement from the British Ambassador to Afghanistan on the latest phase of the transition Process.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK pledges £10million to reduce deforestation in Brazil

    The UK Government is giving £10 million to a joint project to tackle deforestation in Brazil, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman announced…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities

    Foreign Office staff are taking part in a range of activities to mark the day on 3 December, as the UK prepares to host the Paralympic Games in 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

    On the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery the UK has re-affirmed its commitment to combating the threat of slavery at home and overseas.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Chief Fire Adviser urges fire safe behaviour over the festive period

    The distractions of Christmas celebrations can often mean people put fire safety to the back of their minds.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Community budget pilots move one step closer as shortlisted areas named

    In October 2011 the Communities Secretary announced details of how areas can bid to trial 2 new localist approaches to integrated services.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Storming of British Embassy in Iran

    Latest developments following an incursion by demonstrators on 29 November at the British Embassy premises in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister welcomes progress in the Nepal Peace Process

    Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne has welcomed significant progress in the Nepal Peace Process

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Deputy Prime Minister meets Spain's Mariano Rajoy

    Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg today visited Spanish Prime Minister elect, Mariano Rajoy

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Champion for elimination of violence against women, Lynne Featherstone, to focus on women’s rights at the Afghanistan Civil Society Forum

    Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone will attend the Civil Society Forum on Afghanistan in Bonn on 2 and 3 December to discuss women’s rights and empowerment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK Statement to the UN Human Rights Council Special Session on Syria

    UK Permanent Representative to the UN Peter Gooderham delivered the following statement on 2 December.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • This week at the Foreign Office

    A look at the work of the Foreign Office and its embassies overseas this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Syria: "These crimes cannot be allowed to continue"

    FCO Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has welcomed the strong action taken by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister comments on sentencing of metro bomb suspects in Belarus

    Minister for Europe David Lidington calls on the authorities of Belarus to commute these sentences immediately and to establish a formal moratorium with a view to abolition of the death penalty.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Deputy Prime Minister meets Spain's Mariano Rajoy

    Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg today visited Spanish Prime Minister elect, Mariano Rajoy

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Roll up for the British Military Tournament

    Following last year’s successful debut, the Tournament will take place this year from 2 to 4 December, with Her Majesty The Queen attending …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Victory to be restored

    HMS Victory, the world's oldest commissioned warship, is to be returned to her former glory thanks to a ten-year restoration programme.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Royal Navy saves Spanish vessel from pirate attack

    The Royal Navy has come to the aid of a Spanish fishing vessel under pirate attack in the Indian Ocean this week.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • MOD says 'you're hired' to apprentices

    Young apprentices from across the UK were singled out as engineers of the future in yesterday's MOD Apprentice Awards 2011 which saw prestigious prizes presented to a total of 29 apprentices for their work across Defence.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Social mobility business compact

    As part of the coalition government’s social mobility strategy, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg launched a business compact asking businesses to contribute.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government