FCO Latest News

• Urgent call for action on climate change (27/11/2009)
  Young people from the Commonwealth countries are featured in a short film, due to be shown at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM), urging world leaders to act on Copenhagen.
• UK and Georgia cooperate on conflict resolution (26/11/2009)
  Minister for Europe Chris Bryant met Georgian Prime Minister Nikoloz Gilauri during his visit to London on Thursday 26 November.
• Good wishes for Eid al-Adha (26/11/2009)
  David Miliband has sent his warmest regards to Muslims, both in the UK and all over the world, at this special time of year.
• UK standing shoulder to shoulder with India (26/11/2009)
  Gordon Brown has pledged to work with India and other international partners in the fight against terrorism on the first anniversary of the terror attacks in Mumbai.
• FCO hosts British-Arab community (26/11/2009)
  On 24 November a 12-strong team from the FCO's Middle East and North Africa Directorate (MENAD) welcomed approximately 50 members of the British Arab Association to a reception in London.
• UK continues to call for full settlement freeze (25/11/2009)
  David Miliband said that Britain continues to call for a full settlement freeze in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
• Global call for end to violence against women (25/11/2009)
  Foreign Secretary David Miliband pledged UK support for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Wednesday 25 November.
• Trial begins on human rights abuses in DRC (25/11/2009)
  Baroness Kinnock welcomed the role the International Criminal Court (ICC) continues to play in the fight against the most serious international crimes.
• Commonwealth leaders head to Trinidad & Tobago (25/11/2009)
  UK seeks focus on climate change and modernisation at Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
• UK support for Kosovo is robust and enduring (24/11/2009)
  Minister for Europe Chris Bryant voiced support for the first UK-Kosovo Investment Forum, which takes place in London, on Tuesday 24 November.