Mr. Asada Teruo honoured by Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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In recognition of his distinguished services to relations between the UK and Japan in a variety of fields, Julia Longbottom, the British Ambassador to Japan, has presented Mr. Asada Teruo, former Chairman of Marubeni Corporation with an Honorary Commander of the...Read More »
Mr. Hayashi Haruki honoured by Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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In recognition of his distinguished services to relations between the UK and Japan in a variety of fields, Julia Longbottom, the British Ambassador to Japan, has presented Mr. Hayashi Haruki, former CEO, Mitsubishi Corporation, Europe and Africa and CEO, Mitsubishi Corporation...Read More »
PM: UK and South Africa will turbocharge growth together
The UK and South Africa will join forces to drive economic growth and turbocharge infrastructure investment, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced today [Tuesday 22nd November] at the start of President Ramaphosa’s formal State Visit.
The next phase of the UK-South Africa Infrastructure Partnership is being launched today, supporting South Africa’s...Read More »
Hundreds of formerly outstanding schools reinspected
From 2012, schools that had been judged outstanding were legally exempt from further regular inspection, unless there were specific concerns about the school. The exemption was lifted in 2020.
Today’s commentary notes that over 80% (308) of these schools that had a graded inspection last year did not retain the outstanding...Read More »
A return to dialogue remains the only means of resolving insecurity on the Korean Peninsula
Thank you President, and I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
We too condemn in the strongest terms DPRK’s further serious breach of Council resolutions, which threatens international peace and security.
The Council last discussed the DPRK’s ballistic missile launches just over two weeks ago. At that meeting, all but two Council...Read More »