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| | Secretary of State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In France, a Secretary of State is a junior minister, responsible to a minister or the Prime Minister. | | | In the individual states of the United States, the Secretary of State is an administrative officer responsible for a variety of governmental functions, depending on the constitution and laws of the particular state. | | | The Secretary of State is a member of the Council of Ministers (Congresso di Stato). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State
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| | Yemen at Westminster: House of Commons motions, debates, questions |
| | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what meetings have taken place since 1 May involving representatives from his Department at which (a) Oman and (b) Yemen were discussed; and how many meetings he and his ministers have had with representatives of the (i) Oman and (ii) Yemeni Governments...... | | | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) when a representative of the British Embassy in Yemen first met with a member of the Yemeni Government to discuss the five detained British citizens;..... | | | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the British Consul General in Aden first learnt of the detention of the five British citizens being detained in Aden...... |
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http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/parly.htm
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| | Foreign & Commonwealth Office Margaret Beckett |
| | She was appointed President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the Labour Party was elected to Government in May 1997, and served in that post until July 1998 when she was appointed President of the Privy Council and Leader of the House of Commons. | | | Margaret Beckett was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in May 2006. | | | Mrs Beckett was appointed shadow Minister for Social Security from 1984-1989, shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1989-1992, and shadow Leader of the House from 1992-1994. |
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http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1145893702017
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| | Hamamböcüleri Alternatif Haberler |
| | Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the conditions which should be met by the leaders of the Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus before negotiations for a settlement can be resumed; and if he will make a statement. | | | Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the action to be taken by the authorities in occupied Cyprus if Famagusta port is to be reopened; and if he will make a statement. | | | Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he is taking to ensure the electoral roll for the elections in occupied Cyprus is fairly compiled; and if he will make a statement. |
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http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/~durduran/hamambocu/haberler/fullnews.php?id=222
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| | The Court Service - Court of Appeal - Judgment |
| | The conventional view is that where a state intervenes by diplomatic action in aid of a subject who has been treated by another state in a manner which infringes international law, the injury that has been done is to the state and the right asserted is that of the state. | | | United States (1892) 142 U.S. We are informed that the decision in Rasul is subject to appeal. | | | It is clear that international law has not yet recognised that a State is under a duty to intervene by diplomatic or other means to protect a citizen who is suffering or threatened with injury in a foreign State. |
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http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/judgmentsfiles/j1354/abassi_judgment.htm
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| | Current Affairs |
| | Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar has congratulated Jack Straw, on his appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the UK. | | | It was with great pleasure that I learnt of your appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs following the unparalleled victory of the Labour Party at the recent General Elections. | | | You bring to your distinguished office long years of parliamentary experience and a successful tenure as Home Secretary in the previous government. |
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http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200106/20010613Kadirgamar_congratulates_British_Secretary.htm
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| | January 2001 |
| | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has recently had with the Turkish Government on the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Loizidou against Turkey; and if he will make a statement. | | | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met President Clerides of the Republic of Cyprus. | | | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the British High Commissioner in Cyprus about the detention of Mr. |
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http://enostos.net/parliament/parl_01jan.htm
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| | House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 11 Dec 2001 (pt 25) |
| | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the constitutional arrangements agreed between the UK and the Irish Republic involving joint decision-making in the affairs of Northern Ireland are being used as a model for the future constitutional status of Gibraltar. | | | Friend the Secretary of State and the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs when they met under the Brussels Process in Barcelona on 20 November has been placed in the Libraries of the House. | | | Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs reiterated this in response to a |
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http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo011211/text/11211w25.htm
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| | International Law In Brief March 14, 2003 |
| | United States (U.S.) Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: Dardana Limited v. | | | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Case No. C/2002/0617A; 0617B (November 6, 2002) | | | November 20, 2001 ILIB for the summary of the Military Order), holding that relevant precedents demonstrate that English courts "will not sit in judgment on the sovereign acts of a foreign government or state." The Court also held that the U.K. Government had no direct responsibility for Mr. |
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http://www.asil.org/ilib/ilib0605.htm
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| | 1984 Nuclear Forum: Participants Bios |
| | He was British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 1979 to 1982. | | | Owen served as Labour Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from February 1977 to May 1979. | | | He became leader of the SDP in June 1983 and currently represents the Social Democrats as a Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Devonport. |
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http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/nuclearforum/1984forum/participants.html
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| | CFP 2005 > PANOPTICON'05 |
| | Lee clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States and for Judge Abner J. Mikva of the United States Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia Circuit. | | | She clerked for Judge Amalya L. Kearse of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. | | | Professor Kerr is a former law clerk for two federal judges: Judge Leonard I. Garth of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court. |
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http://www.cfp2005.org/Speakers.html
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| | Statement on India/Pakistan by Secretary of State Rt. Hon Jack Straw MP |
| | As to the Government of India's becoming a permanent member of the Security Council of the United Nations, that has long been the position of Her Majesty's Government; indeed, it was the position of my predecessor. | | | David Chidgey (Liberal Democrat - Eastleigh): The Foreign Secretary has already confirmed that there are contingency plans for British military advisers to be sent to help to seal the line of control if asked to do so. | | | There has been intensive diplomatic activity from the United States and the United Kingdom Governments, Russia, China, other European Union and G8 countries and, of course, from countries in the region. |
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http://www.hvk.org/articles/0602/93.html
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| | Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 1749 |
| | (2) Any reference which is, or is to be construed as, a reference to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs or a minister in his Department shall be construed as a reference to the Secretary of State for International Development. | | | This Order transfers to the Secretary of State for International Development functions of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs under certain Royal Charters and in relation to certain companies. | | | (a) the functions which were entrusted to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs immediately before 1st May 1997 and which have, before the making of this Order, been entrusted to the Secretary of State for International Development, and |
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http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1997/19971749.htm
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| | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department last met members of the (i) Government of the Maldives and (ii) Maldivian Democratic Party; and what was discussed. | | | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of respect for human rights in the Maldives. | | | The High Commissioner will be visiting the Maldives later on this month, and will seek calls on the President, Foreign Minister, and Deputy Foreign Minister. |
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http://www.maldivesculture.com/news/torture_arrests_maldives_uk04.htm
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| | House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 14 July 1997 |
| | Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many complaints have been received since 1990 from EU Governments concerning the interception of diplomatic and commercial communications by US personnel based in the UK. | | | Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to ensure that American personnel based at Menwith Hill do not monitor United Kingdom diplomatic and economic communications. | | | Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what factors underlay the decision to redesignate Menwith Hill Station as RAF Menwith Hill. |
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http://www.fas.org/irp/facility/menwith/970714.htm
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| | Letter to the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Human Rights Watch, 8-9-2005) |
| | Kabungulu, the Executive Secretary of Héritiers de la Justice, a Congolese human rights organization, was murdered by three armed men in his home, in the presence of his family, on July 31, 2005 in Bukavu, eastern DRC. | | | Assassination of Pascal Kabungulu Kibembi, Executive Secretary of Héritiers de la Justice | | | Re: Assassination of Pascal Kabungulu Kibembi, Executive Secretary of Héritiers de la Justice |
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http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/09/08/congo11702.htm
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| | Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs - Free Encyclopedia |
| | The position of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was created in the United Kingdom's governmental reorganization of 1782, in which the Northern and Southern Departmentss became the Home and Foreign Office. | | | For holders of this Secretaryship of State, see Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. | | | In 1968, the Foreign Office merged with the Commonwealth Office, to form the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. |
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http://www.wacklepedia.com/s/se/secretary_of_state_for_foreign_affairs.html
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| | Timeline |
| | By 1979, there is a citizen-governed humanities council in each of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. | | | A separate Division of State Programs is established to provide federal support for the state humanities councils. | | | Sociologist Edward Shils delivers the eighth Jefferson Lecture, "Government and Universities in the United States," in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Austin. |
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http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/timeline.html
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| | The House of Commons - Foreign Affairs Reports |
| | Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Mr Douglas Alexander, a Member of the House, Minister for Europe, Mr Anthony Smith, Director, European Political Affairs, and Mr Simon Manley, Former Head, Economic/Central Europe, Foreign and Commonwealth Office: uploaded on 8 May 2006 | | | Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Philippe Sands QC, Professor of Law and Director, Centre of International Courts and Tribunals, University College London and Sir Christopher Meyer KCMG, Former Ambassador to the USA: uploaded on 25 April 2006 | | | Corrected transcript of Oral Evidence given by Philippe Sands QC, Professor of Law and Director, Centre of International Courts and Tribunals, University College London and Sir Christopher Meyer KCMG, Former Ambassador to the USA: uploaded on 18 May 2006 |
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http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmfaff.htm
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| | Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The position of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs was created on August 1, 1966 by the merger of the old positions of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and Secretary of State for the Colonies. | | | In 1968 the position was merged with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to create the new position of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. | | | The position dealt with British relations with members of the Commonwealth of Nations. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Commonwealth_Affairs
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| | This determined lobbying has resulted in over 100 states signing and ratifying the Convention ahead of the Second Meeting of the States Party to the Convention, which took place in Geneva in September this year. | | | President Clinton noted, in his 1 September speech announcing his decision not to proceed with NMD deployment, that: "Our NATO allies... | | | To that end the Government is working closely with the United States and all other States Parties actively engaged in the negotiations. |
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http://www.nautilus.org/archives/pub/ftp/npp/0010UK_NMD_Report.txt
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| | House of Commons Hansard Debates for 8 Jul 2003 (pt 3) |
| | Given the report in today's edition of the Washington Post that states: | | | I have not read the Washington Post this morning. | | | link The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. |
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http://www.sparklefluff.com/blatantoptimism/docs/treated.html
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| | House of Commons Hansard Written Ministerial Statements for 30 Oct 2003 (pt 2) |
| | The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Mr. | | | The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. | | | The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. |
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http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo031030/wmstext/31030m02.htm
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| | Online edition of Daily News - News |
| | The Foreign Secretary referred to issues pertaining to immigration and requested that early progress be made on the arrangement for the repatriation of Sri Lankan citizens who have no right to enter or remain in the UK. | | | Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar met Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the UK on Thursday at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. | | | The meeting was chaired by Baroness Flather, a member of the UK House of Lords. |
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http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/07/17/new21.html
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| | Code of Ethics Online - The British Council |
| | They shall be elected by the Board and shall be previously approved by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; they shall hold office for such period or periods not exceeding three years as the said Secretary of State shall approve. | | | The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Members Affairs may nominate two persons to be nominated Board members and may also at any time replace any person so nominated. | | | The Board may from time to time appoint a President and a Vice-President or Vice-Presidents who may, but need not, be members of the Council. |
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http://ethics.iit.edu/codes/coe/British_Council.html
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| | NATO Press Release (96)22 |
| | Solana will meet with the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Secretary of State for Defence and the Vice Chief of Defence Staff. | | | NATO Secretary General to visit the United Kingdom | | | Dinner given by Her Majesty's Government, hosted by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Rt Hon. |
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http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/1996/p96-022e.htm
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| | PRESS CONFERENCE BY UK SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS |
| | Asked whether he had discussed Iraq and smart sanctions with the Foreign Minister of Russia, Mr. | | | Asked if the United Kingdom and the United States would provide security during the initial phase, Mr. | | | The liberation of Kabul would not have taken place without military action by the coalition of States and the determination of world leaders like President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Jack Straw told journalists at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, |
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http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2001/strawconf.doc.htm
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| | Embassy of France in the US - London terrorist attacks |
| | Letter of condoleance from Philippe Douste-Blazy, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | | | Embassy of France in the United States - July 8, 2005 | | | I was deeply shocked to learn this morning of the heinous terrorist attacks which hit public transport in London. |
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http://www.info-france-usa.org/news/statmnts/2005/london_attacks_blazy070705.asp
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| | M2 Presswire: British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs refers to Cyprus' EU accession course.@ ... |
| | M2 Presswire: British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs refers to Cyprus' EU accession course.@ HighBeam Research | | | British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs refers to Cyprus' EU accession course. | | | The British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Mr Jack Straw replying to questions put forward by members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons on 13 March 2002 also made a reference to Cyprus. |
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http://highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:84268464&...
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| | Speech by The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to the 58th UN General ... |
| | This site is maintained by British Information Services, the New York based Press and Public Affairs Office of the British Embassy in Washington DC, an overseas post of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London. | | | Speech by The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to the 58th UN General Assembly - Britain and the UN: United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations | | | But nation-building is a collaborative effort, requiring the resources and commitment of Member States if the UN’s peace-building is to be effective. |
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http://www.ukun.org/articles_print.asp?SarticleType=17&Article_ID=698
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| | Jack Straw due in Islamabad today -DAWN - Top Stories; 14 February, 2005 |
| | He will also call on President Gen Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz the same day before he leaves for Lahore in the evening. | | | On Monday, the British foreign secretary will hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Kasuri at the foreign ministry. | | | In Lahore, Secretary Straw is scheduled to speak on the "Enlightened Moderation" at a British Council function. |
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http://www.dawn.com/2005/02/14/top10.htm
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| | LIBRARY-Energy |
| | If government steers, not rows, then competitive enterprise, supported by judicious policy and vibrant civil society, can turn the oil challenge into an unprecedented opportunity for wealth creation and common security. | | | The United States has the world's mightiest economy and most mobile society. | | | The United States can eliminate its oil dependence and revitalize its economy—not by passing federal laws, taxing fuels, biasing markets, subsidizing favorites, mandating technologies, limiting choices, or crimping lifestyles, but by adopting smart business strategies. |
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http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid171.php
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| | World Economic Forum - Setting the 2004 Agenda: Iraq |
| | Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom will share his analysis of the situation in Iraq. |
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http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/_S11236
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| | LETTER TO SIR GEOFFREY HOWE, UNITED KINGDOM SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, JULY 21, 1986 |
| | Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | | | We accept that the European Community, and possibly even the United States Government, have since assumed responsibility for the mission. | | | We have over the years benefited from discussions we have had at various levels of governments with most of the member States of the European Community, and would welcome an opportunity for closer contact. |
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http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/or/or86-11.html
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| | The Avalon Project : Secretary Colin L. Powell Joint Press Availability with British Secretary of State of Foreign and ... |
| | SECRETARY POWELL: First of all, that is speculation, and so I can't respond with a concrete answer on that speculation. | | | Joint Press Availability with British Secretary of State of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw | | | SECRETARY POWELL: Well, I think it's important for us to try to get back to where we were a week-and-a-half or so ago, when we started to see some movement toward the Mitchell Committee implementation, interrupted by the tragic, tragic death of the Israeli cabinet minister. |
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http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/sept_11/powell_brief29.htm
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| | NATO Who's who?: MFA Iceland |
| | The Rt Hon Jack Straw MP was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 8 June 2001. | | | Mr Straw was Home Secretary May 1997-June 2001. | | | He was Shadow Home Secretary 1994-97, Shadow Environment Secretary 1992-94, and Shadow Education Secretary 1987-92. |
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http://www.nato.int/cv/mfa/uk/straw.htm
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| | UK Expands Public Access to Environmental Decisions |
| | The event will feature Bill Rammell, the United Kingdomâs Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. | | | Bill Rammell, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, UK Hon. | | | A press conference to announce new commitments by the UK Government to expand public access to information and participation in decision-making. |
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http://newsroom.wri.org/advisory_text.cfm?MediaAdvisoryID=101
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| | In a speech 27 June this year the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jack Straw highlighted the UK’s priorities regarding the UN reform, based on the Report of the High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change and the report In Larger Freedom by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. | | | Mr Annan states that development, security and human rights are inter-connected and he broadens the security concept to include poverty and environmental issues. | | | Still violence against women is seen as a private matter, instead of it being recognised as a threat against national and international security, despite the fact that women themselves state that their physical integrity is a key to their security. |
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http://www.peacewomen.org/un/September_Summit/KtKM5Summit.doc
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| | PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED KINGDOM SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS |
| | Replying to a further question, he said that the Canadian proposal was very constructive and he had had talked to the Canadian Foreign Minister. He had to look at all the constructive suggestions and see how they could be distilled, but he also had to take into account the realities. | | | Asked specifically if he would consider amending the resolution to include a new deadline and whether there was any “wiggle room”, he said that “wiggle room” was not the appropriate phrase for the Iraqis, which had been wiggling for the last 12 years and had mocked the international community, particularly the permanent five members. | | | Blair accepted that the Government of Iraq stayed in place. That had always been clear, he emphasized. |
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http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2003/UKPressCfc.doc.htm
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