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The UK at the UN: Why an 80-year partnership still matters
Barbara Woodward explains why the UN remains vital to the UK’s foreign policy On 10th January 1946, 51 nations gathered in London’s Methodist Hall for the first meeting of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. With the bombed-out buildings of post-war London...
In conversation with… Sir Philip Barton
In this edited summary of an extensive discussion, Peter McDonald talks to the former Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office about the art of diplomacy, organisational resilience, the importance of collaboration across...
A day in the life of… Britain’s Ambassador to Slovenia
Lucy Heywood describes a day in the life of Victoria Harrison – and her “Ambassadog”, Otto Victoria Harrison, Britain’s first blind Ambassador, has been in post in Slovenia for just over a year. Her historic appointment in August 2024 was the culmination...