Tag: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

• Wednesday, April 6th 2011 - 15:48 UTC

  UK increases funds for South Georgia and the British Antarctic Territory

  

  The UK Government has announced it is to increase funds for South Georgia and the other UK Overseas Territories. On March 10th the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, announced the increase of the Overseas Territories Programme Fund to £7m per year and a special one off payment of £1 million to GSGSSI this year, reports the March edition of South Georgia Newsletter.

• Thursday, January 27th 2011 - 18:36 UTC

  Foreign Office Ministers Meet Colombian Vice-Minister in London

  

  Colombian Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Patti Londoño is visiting the UK to discuss UN Security Council (UNSC) business. Colombia has a non-permanent seat at the UNSC and their first Presidency begins in April.

• Monday, December 13th 2010 - 01:19 UTC

  Falklands’ friends: HMS Scott to Antarctica; HMS Invincible to the scrap

  

  The future of the Royal Navy’s ice patrol vessel HMS Endurance may remain in doubt well over a year after it nearly sank in the Straits of Magellan and returned to Portsmouth on the lift ship MV Target, but there is no doubting the UK’s ongoing commitment to the Antarctic Treaty.

• Thursday, December 9th 2010 - 15:21 UTC

  Foreign Secretary lays out policy to help Commonwealth achieve its potential

  

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague laid a statement in Parliament on how the UK plans to reinvigorate the Commonwealth with a vision to strengthen the Commonwealth as “a focus for promoting democratic values and development”.

• Thursday, August 19th 2010 - 05:50 UTC

  African coastal states organize network to tackle illegal fishing

  

  Representatives from African coastal states attend a workshop in the United Kingdom designed to build capacity in tackling illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing. IUU fishing is damaging to fish stocks, the marine environment, food security and wider economic growth and development.