Dennis Waters, Chairman CPF and Treasurer CFCC, The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH - Guest Speaker and Patron CFCC, Sir Ronald Halstead CBE, Chairman CFCC.
Sir Ron Halstead, Melissa Crawshay-Williams, Elizabeth Hallett and Dennis Waters: Officers of CFCC, reported that this year's Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council summer diplomatic garden party was successful.
HE James R Wright, High Commissioner for Canada, spoke to the CONSERVATIVE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH COUNCIL at The Jubilee Room, Westminster Hall, London.
The Committee are delighted to announce that Jo Johnson MP has agreed to be our new Deputy Chairman, replacing Jacqui Lait MP who retired at the last Election.
The Ambassador of Switzerland, HE Alexis P Lautenberg, gave the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council a brief foreign and European policy outline from the Swiss point of view as a non-EU member, at the Swiss Ambassador's Residence in London.
Ambassador Tandar spoke of the future of Afghanistan as a free and democratic society where the freedom of press gives people equal voice to all citizens. Freedom of press in Afghanitan is an important achievement and will help in national reconciliation.
Tonight, the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council, assembled in the House of Commons, London, heard a presentation by H.E. Zef Mazi, the Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the UK, entitled “Albania’s Foreign and Security Policy, NATO and the EU”
Our vision for international development, as in other areas of policy, is to achieve progressive aims through Conservative means. We believe we can bring to the fight against global poverty weapons and techniques that will make more of a difference to more people: a focus on aid effectiveness and value for money; an understanding of the importance of wealth creation and the means to foster it; a recognition that security is the precondition for sustainable development and hard-headed proposals to improve conflict resolution.
