Foreign And Commonwealth Office

Dr Anthony Seldon tells the history of this world-famous institution, and takes us on a guided tour of the building. The book contains 200 exclusive photographs of the interiors specially commissioned from a leading architectural photographer.

This report presents information on the work of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) during July 2001 to July 2002 to promote human rights around the world. It incorporates comments and recommendations received from the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and a number of human rights non-governmental organisations. The report provides an overview of the main challenges to human rights, and explains the Governments policies and activities to address those challenges, in both multilateral and bilateral contexts. Specific examples are used to illustrate each theme. Individual chapters are included on: challenges and progress; multilateral actions; conflict; the economy and society; justice; democracy and discrimination; womens and child rights. A number of annexes contain the texts of key Government speeches on the topic; FCO funding to promote human rights issues; a guide to multilateral organisations; details of ratifications of the main international human rights treaties; and information on other sources of human rights information.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

This book examines the evolution of the Foreign Office in the 20th century and the way in which it has responded to Britain's changing role in international affairs. The last century was one of unprecedented change in the way foreign policy and diplomacy were conducted. The work of 'The Office' expanded enormously in the 20th century, and oversaw the transition from Empire to Commonwealth, with the merger of the Foreign and Colonial Offices taking place in the 1960s. The book focuses on the challenges posed by waging world war and the process of peacemaking, as well as the diplomatic gridlock of the Cold War. Contributions also discusses ways in which the Foreign and Commonwealth Office continues to modernise to meet the challenges of diplomacy in the 21st century. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Contemporary British History.