SPEECH BY HE Ashraf Uddin, Acting High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the UK at the Conservative Commonwealth and Foreign Affairs Council, Jubilee Room, House of Commons.
A talk presented for the Conservative Foreign & Commonwealth Council in the House of Commons on the 26th of March 2007, Dr. Arjan Gjonça, London School of Economics.
Defence Diplomacy = to provide forces to meet the varied activities undertaken by the MoD to dispel hostility, build and maintain trust and assist in the development of democratically accountable armed forces, thereby making a significant contribution to conflict prevention and resolution.
Dr John Swenson-Wright, Lecturer in Modern Japanese Studies and a Fellow of Darwin College, Cambridge. Talk in the House of Commons on Monday 27th November 2006
Coming to the House of Commons is always a reminder of the strong historical ties that Mauritius has with Great Britain. The British legacy in Mauritius is very strong and visible. And we both have a lot in common: the way we conduct government and public affairs are strikingly similar. The judicial system of Mauritius has many similarities with your judicial system here. Our highest court of appeal is still the Privy Council. For young Mauritians the most favoured destination for tertiary studies is Great Britain. Interestingly, more than half of the Cabinet Ministers in Mauritius are UK educated.
Frances Adamson is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She has been Deputy High Commissioner in London since July 2005, having served as Counsellor at the Australian High Commission from 1993 to 1997. She has had previous postings in Hong Kong and Taipei and did a brief stint at Australia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Mark Tokola is the Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs and is a member of the US Senior Foreign Service. His most immediate posting before London was as Deputy Chief of Mission in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
