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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The department of the British government responsible for advising on and executing foreign policy and matters related to the Commonwealth of Nations (which primarily consists of former territories of the British Empire). It also has an administration role in British overseas territories. It was created in its current form in 1968 but traces its origins to 1782. The chancellor of the exchequer is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister.
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This decision came one after the Foreign and Commonwealth Office decided to pullout British diplomats and their families from the embassy in Juba.
ISLAMABAD, May 16, 2011 (Balochistan Times): Permanent Under Secretary of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Simon Fraser called on Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on Sunday.
Commonwealth Games England have been in regular discussions with the British High Commission in Delhi, the Metropolitan Police, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as well as fellow home nations Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey over security in India.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband said: "FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) officials immediately contacted the Iranian authorities in London and in Tehran."
The Royal Commonwealth Society organised the event alongside the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
According to the Foreign and Commonwealth office website, the UAE has a relatively good human rights record.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has awarded pounds 200,000 to Death Row campaign group Amicus.
The talks were led on the British side by Rosalind Marsden, director of the Asia-Pacific, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and on the North Korean side by Kim Chun Kuk, director general of the Foreign Ministry's European Affairs Department.
The meeting was held under the chair of Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry from the Omani side and Alistair Burt, Minister of State for the Middle East at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from the British side.
Summary: London [U.K], Nov 22 (ANI): United Kingdom's Conservative Party leader Bob Blackman on Wednesday asserted that he has raised the issue of human rights abuses against people of Balochistan in the country's Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The webpage attributed the cancellation to consistent reports by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office that discourage travel flights to the Sharm El Sheikh airport.
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