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Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual report 2006-07

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual report 2006 07 Book PDF

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215037308

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office annual report 2006-07 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

This report is the Committee's annual review of how the FCO is managing its resources. This year a key area off interest has been the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review because the Committee think it is one of the tightest in Whitehall and it risks jeopardising some of the FCO's important work. Apart from this the other subjects covered are: measuring performance; operational efficiency; management and leadership; FCO services; diplomatic representation overseas; transparency and openness; public diplomacy; British council; BBC World Service.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007-08

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007 08 Book PDF

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215526279

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2007-08 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

This report is the Committee's annual review of how the FCO is managing its resources, examining the departmental annual report for 2007-08 (Cm. 7398, ISBN 9780101739825). Chapters cover: new strategic framework; performance measurement; global network; essential services; FCO Services; personnel issues; transparency and openness; financial management; public diplomacy and communication; the British Council; the BBC World Service. The Committee is concerned that the FCO is facing serious financial pressures in this financial year due to the Treasury's withdrawal of its support for the Overseas Pricing Mechanism (OPM) which used to protect departments from the weakening of sterling. There is a risk that the FCO may not be able to meet higher international subscriptions over the next two financial years, causing its performance against Public Service Agreement targets to suffer. The likely increase in the UN Regular Budget and other international subscriptions will push this figure even higher. The FCO should have to shoulder the financial burden from within its already tight budget to pay for subscriptions which also benefit other Government departments. The Committee recommends that additional nondiscretionary costs should properly be met by the Treasury.

First Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee Session 2007-08

Great Britain: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
First Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee Session 2007 08 Book PDF

Author : Great Britain: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0101730225

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First Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee Session 2007-08 by Great Britain: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Pdf

Government reply to 1st report, HC 50 (ISBN 9780215037305)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2008-09

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2008 09 Book PDF

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215544943

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office Annual Report 2008-09 by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

The FCO departmental report and resource accounts 2008-09 published as HC 460-I,II (ISBN 9780102961614)

Third Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee Session 2006-07

Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee,Great Britain: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Staff
Third Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee Session 2006 07 Book PDF

Author : Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee,Great Britain: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0101712723

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Third Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee Session 2006-07 by Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee,Great Britain: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Staff Pdf

Response to 3rd report, HC 269, session 2006-07 (ISBN 9780215033673)

Wilton Park Annual Report and Accounts 2006/07

Wilton Park
Wilton Park Annual Report and Accounts 2006 07 Book PDF

Author : Wilton Park
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0102946345

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Wilton Park Annual Report and Accounts 2006/07 by Wilton Park Pdf

Wilton Park was established in 1946 as part of an initiative to help re-establish peace and democracy in Europe. Since then, it has developed a unique status as an academically independent Executive Agency of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). It has become one of the world's leading institutions for discussion of international issues and policy challenges. This report covers the work of the Agency during the year 2006-07.

Human Rights Annual Report 2007

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Human Rights Annual Report 2007 Book PDF

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215521935

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Human Rights Annual Report 2007 by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

The Human rights annual report 2007 from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office published as Command paper Cm. 7340 (ISBN 9780101734028)

Human rights annual report 2008

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Human rights annual report 2008 Book PDF

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215540832

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Human rights annual report 2008 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

This report examines the Government's record in relation to securing the human rights of British citizens and others overseas and its work in promoting human rights in other countries. The report covers rendition, allegations of UK complicity in torture, transfers of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan and the regulation of private military and security companies. It also provides an examination of the international human rights framework and human rights abuses in individual countries of concern including Burma, China, Colombia, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Zimbabwe and also in the UK's overseas territories.

The work of the Committee in 2007

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
The work of the Committee in 2007 Book PDF

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215513339

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The work of the Committee in 2007 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

Work of the Committee In 2007 : Fourth report of session 2007-08, report, together with formal Minutes

Overseas Territories

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Overseas Territories Book PDF

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215521471

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Overseas Territories by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

This is the seventh report of the 2007-08 session from the Foreign Affairs Committee (HCP 147-I, ISBN 9780215521477) and focuses on the issue of Overseas Territories. Altogether 45 conclusions and recommendations are set out under the following headings, covering: constitutional relationships; governance; rule of law; human rights; environmental governance; contingent liabilities; sovereignty disputes. Specific recommendations include: that the Committee commends the Government's encouragement of Overseas Territories in reviewing their constitutions and setting out proposals for reform; that Gibraltar's presence on the UN list of non-self-governing territories is an anachronism; that territory governments should be given the opportunity to pass on their opinions of the candidates for Governor before appointments are made; that the FCO should ensure it takes Overseas Territories' interests into account in its relations with the EU; the Committee recommends that the FCO should strongly encourage all Overseas Territories to introduce freedom of information legislation; that the FCO must ensure that judicial decisions in Overseas Territories should not have any interference either from the Governor or the local government; that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender status should be made illegal in all Overseas Territories; the Committee believes the Government has been highly negligent in not carrying out a strategic assessment of Overseas Territories funding requirements for conservation and ecosystem managment; that Governors within Overseas Territories should use reserve powers to deal with irregularities, such as money laundering, in offshore financial services (for a related publication, see HCP 4, session 2007-08 NAO: Managing Risk in Overseas Territories). The Committee states that the Government has acted decisively in some Overseas Territories but in some other cases, has been too hands-off (eg. the corruption allegations on the Turks & Caicos Islands). Also that the choice of Governor for a Territory is crucial. Finally, the Committee deplores any retaliatory measures taken against indivduals who have assisted the Committee. For Volume II, Oral and Written Evidence, see (HCP 147-II, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215521507).

British Diplomacy in Turkey, 1583 to the present

Geoffrey R. Berridge
British Diplomacy in Turkey 1583 to the present Book PDF

Author : Geoffrey R. Berridge
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789047429838

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British Diplomacy in Turkey, 1583 to the present by Geoffrey R. Berridge Pdf

This book describes the evolution of the component elements of the British Embassy in Turkey up to the First World War. It then explains why, without changing radically except in its communications, it remained indispensable to British diplomacy in Turkey afterwards.

British Foreign and Defence Policy Since 1945

Robert Self
British Foreign and Defence Policy Since 1945 Book PDF

Author : Robert Self
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230313538

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British Foreign and Defence Policy Since 1945 by Robert Self Pdf

Foreign policy has dominated successive governments' time in office and cast a consistently long shadow over British politics in the period since 1945. Robert Self provides a readable and incisive assessment of the key issues and events from the retreat from empire through the cold war period to Humanitarian Intervention and the debacle in Iraq.

FCO performance and finances

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
FCO performance and finances Book PDF

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215556372

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FCO performance and finances by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

This report focusses on the FCO's financial situation and the implications of the Spending Review 2010 for its work and performance, and that of its associated body, the British Council. The FCO is one of the major departmental 'losers' in the Spending Review. Reductions in spending on the FCO, if they result in shortfalls in skilled personnel and technical support in key countries and regions, can have a serious effect in terms of the UK's relations with foreign countries, out of all proportion to the amounts of money involved, especially in relation to the UK's security and that of its Overseas Territories. Cuts to the core FCO budget of even 10% may have a damaging effect on the Department's ability to promote UK interests overseas. The FCO will also face cuts of 55% to its capital budget. The target of raising £50 million per year through selling existing buildings may be difficult to achieve, and may not secure savings in the long-term. A further reduction in the opportunities for more junior UK-based staff to serve in overseas posts, and a consequent diminishing of experience and morale among FCO employees, could over time have a damaging effect on the quality of British diplomacy and the effectiveness of the FCO. The British Council, facing a 25% cut in spending, should give detailed information on its strategy for implementing the cut, which may well trigger fundamental rethinking of the role and work of the Council.

The role of the FCO in UK government

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
The role of the FCO in UK government Book PDF

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215559479

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The role of the FCO in UK government by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee Pdf

The Foreign Affairs Committee believes the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) will not be back at the centre of Government and able to lead UK foreign policy, in line with the Foreign Secretary's ambitions, unless it can provide deep foreign policy expertise and judgement to underpin and implement Government decision-making. The FCO must have the resources and skills required to fulfil this role, especially specialist geographical expertise and knowledge of foreign languages. The FCO has a vital role to play for the Government, namely the timely provision of world-class foreign policy information, analysis, judgement and execution. Finances, people and buildings must be well-managed, but managerial requirements must not divert time and focus disproportionately from the FCO's core foreign policy functions. Given the resource constraints facing the FCO, however, there is doubt whether the department can achieve the Government's ambitions for enhanced commercial work while maintaining its core foreign policy functions at the required standard. The committee regards the FCO's network of overseas posts as integral to the department's ability to discharge its functions, and recommends that the FCO should seek to maintain a global UK presence. The committee also called "confusing" the fact that under the current Government the FCO has three sets of priorities: the Foreign Secretary's, the Cabinet Office's Business Plan for the department, and the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.

Ministry of Defence annual report and accounts 2006-07

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Ministry of Defence annual report and accounts 2006 07 Book PDF

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0215038339

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Ministry of Defence annual report and accounts 2006-07 by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Defence Committee Pdf

This report analyses the Annual Report and Accounts 2006-07 of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) (published as HC 697, session 2006-07, ISBN 9780102946369). The MoD's assessment of its expected achievements against its six Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets, which run until the end of March 2008, has deteriorated since the previous year's Annual Report and Accounts. At the end of 2007, the MoD did not expect to meet the target relating to generating forces and expects "only partly" to meet targets relating to recruitment and retention, and defence equipment procurement. The failure to meet the target for generating forces is a consequence of the continuing high levels of deployment of the Armed Forces. The Committee is concerned that the Armed Forces have been operating at or above the level of concurrent operations they are resourced and structured to deliver for seven of the last eight years, and for every year since 2002. Achieving manning balance in all three Service continues to be a challenge. Shortages remain within many specialist trades in all three Armed Services, but especially in the Army Medical Service. The report notes the failure to meet harmony guidelines in the Army and the Royal Air Force - another indicator of the pressure on the Armed Forces from the continuing high level of operations - and another target missed by all three services is for ethnic minority recruitment. The MoD continues to experience substantial forecast cost increases on equipment programmes, and the report notes delays in delivering equipment programmes to the planned in-service dates. The MoD faces difficult choices in the face of expected cuts in the defence programme and the management of a streamlining exercise to reduce civilian posts in the headquarters.