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Dame Barbara Woodward DCMG OBE, Ambassador for the UK to the United Nations since 2020 spoke to the APPG for the UN. and leads on security, prosperity, and global development for the UK. She was previously UK Ambassador to China, seeing trade between the UK and China double over that time. Her diplomatic career spans
On 12 March 2025 Amnesty International UK (AIUK) organised a drop-in to brief MPs on their work to fight Islamaphobia. The U.N. General Assembly established the International Day to Combat Islamophobia in 2022, designating March 15 as the day of the celebration. The UK also marks Islamophobia Awareness Month in November, to raise awareness and take collective
As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Portugal, I was delighted to host His Excellency Nuno Brito, Ambassador for Portugal to the UK in Parliament for a meeting with MPs , Lords and members of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce.
Ambassador Brito has an impressive career in diplomacy, starting at the age of 24 in
On Tuesday 4 March 2025 MPs and Peers at a meeting chaired by Debbie Abrahams MP, heard from the Ambassadors, H E Manar Dabbas, , Ambassador at the Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ambassador Husam S. Zomlot Head of the Palestinian Mission to the United Kingdom, Ambassador for Saudi Arabia Prince Khalid bin Salman
World Book Day has been celebrated on the first Thursday in March since 1998 in the UK. This year Parliament marked World Book Day on Tuesday 4 March 2025.
As Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing, I was pleased to see that there were many MPs who dropped in to collect the books for
On Tuesday 4 March 2025 the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Human Rights marked International Women's Day celebrated on 8 March. The event was also organised by the British Interparliamentary Union.Representatives of the Peace Brigades International where there. This is an organisation that provides support to women human rights defenders across 7 countries in South America,
As Chair of the APPG on Publishing and in the week of World Book Day, I was able to present some books to Rivers Primary on my visit on 28 February 2025.
The School have invested in a great space for their Library and consulted the children who wanted a campfire so in the centre there
Here you can read the eNews for February 2025