Report by OSCE Head of Mission to Montenegro: UK response, June 2022
Thank you Chair.
Welcome Ambassador Waag to the Permanent Council. Thank you to you and your team for the Report on the Mission’s activities. The UK values the work of the Mission and appreciates the achievements highlighted.
We recognise that the backdrop to the Mission’s activities saw a number of challenges, both...Read More »
UK Ambassador celebrated the Queen's Birthday Party in Beirut
Last night, the British Ambassador to Lebanon, Dr Ian Collard, hosted the Queen’s Birthday Party in honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee and her 96th birthday. This year, Her Majesty became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, which marks 70 years of service to the people of the United...Read More »
Russia must be held accountable for their crimes in Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE
Thank you, Mr Chair. On 24 February, the world watched in horror as Russia invaded Ukraine, a sovereign democratic state. Yesterday was International Children’s Day – I don’t even know where to start to express the heart-breaking and this gut-wrenching impact this devastating Russian invasion is having on the most...Read More »
FCDO staff lead Platinum Jubilee celebrations around the world
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office HQ in London will be lit up tonight in honour of Her Majesty The Queen
- tributes include Red Arrows flypast in France and world record attempt as renowned light artist illuminates Swiss Alps
- Foreign Secretary pays homage UK’s longest serving Monarch as Posts across the globe...Read More »
Lawrie Haynes awarded CBE in Queen's Platinum Jubilee Honours List

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The NDA group is delighted to congratulate Lawrie Haynes, who has been awarded the honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Her Majesty the Queen in the Platinum Jubilee Honours List.