Sentences with phrase «foreign office briefing»

Emma Dexter (newly appointed Director of Visual Arts at the British Council) was helpfully on hand to quote a recent Foreign Office briefing which had identified core British values as Democracy, Freedom of Speech, Civil Society and Respect for the Rule of Law.

Foreign policy Former Conservative leader William Hague has taken over the Foreign Office brief in the coalition government.

Not exact matches

He shows all the strengths and weaknesses of Geoffrey Howe, notes that John Major's brief period as Foreign Secretary was an uphill task, but greatly admired Douglas Hurd, a former diplomat and junior Foreign Office minister.

William Hague, in his brief stay in the Foreign Office, had to deal with a major foreign policy crisis as Israel carried out military strikes against Iran's nuclear faciForeign Office, had to deal with a major foreign policy crisis as Israel carried out military strikes against Iran's nuclear faciforeign policy crisis as Israel carried out military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.

EU commissioners and senior MEPs were quite clear: some had seen excerpts of the speech (broadcast at the same time as the Commission's weekly meeting) or read it; some had been briefed in advance by the British ambassador in the usual Foreign Office softening - up process.

Mr Geidt, a former Foreign Office mandarin, was briefed to observe proceedings and keep the Queen informed.

Other appointments Miliband's leadership rival, Ed Balls, moves in to replace Johnson in the Home Office brief, while his wife Yvette Cooper — who was widely tipped to take over the Shadow Chancellor role after getting the most votes in the Shadow Cabinet election — takes over from David Miliband as Shadow Foreign Secretary.

The international development secretary, Priti Patel, has accused Foreign Office officials of briefing against her following claims she broke the ministerial code by holding undeclared meetings in Israel.

So the move of Diane Abbott up to the home secretary brief and promotion of Emily Thornberry to shadow foreign (incidentally, the first time a Labour shadow cabinet has seen an even gender split in the «great offices of state» as well as the elevation of a black woman to such a position) ensures that at the very top there's a unanimity of opinion.

In May 2009, an official with the British Foreign Office — Colin Roberts, who is responsible for overseas territories — briefed U.S. diplomatic staff about government plans to create a marine reserve in the archipelago, which is within the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The March 31 briefing, «The Business Case for Carbon Capture and Sequestration,» was sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies in partnership with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the British Foreign Office, and the Mission of the United States of America to the European Union.

SUMMARY Twelve years» operational support of U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) requirements, projects, and personnel case management planning and executing annual site budgets drafting / editing / tracking and briefing deliverables and coordinating priority taskings for the White House, policy makers, Office of General Council Office of Congressional Affairs, USSOCOM, IC, and foreign liaison partners.