Mar. 12 2024
Source Page: Security and Policing 2024Found: Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Oman Pakistan Peru Philippines
Mar. 20 2024
Source Page: Security and Policing 2024Found: Organisation) Netherlands* New Zealand* Nigeria* North Macedonia Norway* Oman Pakistan Peru Philippines
Mar. 03 2008
Source Page: A guide to retirement pensions (January 2001) and a guide to maternity benefits (April 2001). 5 p.Found: agreementendson28February2001),Barbados,Bermuda,Canada,Cyprus,Israel,Jamaica,JerseyandGuernsey,Malta,Mauritius,NewZealand,Philippines
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: UK to increase maritime security links in Southeast Asia, reopen diplomatic mission in Timor-LesteFound: vital collaboration between maritime countries in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether representatives of (a) India, (b) the Philippines, (c) Indonesia, (d) Nigeria, (e) Ghana and (f) South Africa were invited to the Global Fraud Summit held at Lancaster House from 11-12 March 2024.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Home Secretary convened the first ever Global Fraud Summit, featuring Ministers and representatives from across 11 countries as well as international institutions to agree a co-ordinated action plan to dismantle international fraud networks. With over 70% of the UK fraud threat having an overseas element, strengthening international collaboration is critical.
The countries included in the summit were those with a similar pattern of victimisation, aiming to develop joint working and share best practice. We are also working bilaterally with a number of countries, including some of the ones listed in the question and have already agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Government which includes a strategic dialogue on online fraud.
Apr. 15 2024
Source Page: Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to TunisiaFound: then University of Amman, Arabic Language Training 1985 to 1986 FCO, Desk Officer for Indonesia and Philippines
May. 07 2024
Source Page: Research and Innovation for Development in ASEAN (RIDA)Found: project locations: Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines lead institutions: Yunus Thailand partner institutions
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ratify the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions; when they expect to be able to ratify the Agreement; and what discussions they have had with international partners to encourage other countries to ratify it.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Work is in hand on the legislation and other measures needed to translate the detailed and complex provisions of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (the BBNJ Agreement) into UK law before we can ratify the Agreement. Legislation will be taken forward when parliamentary time allows.
The UK continues to be proactive in supporting other, particularly developing, countries to implement and ratify the BBNJ Agreement. This includes contributing to the BBNJ Voluntary Trust Fund to enable participation by developing countries in UN discussions on preparatory work, and supporting the BBNJ Informal Dialogues, discussions that bring together participants from a wide range of countries online to discuss implementation. The UK also co-funded and organised a workshop for Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries to share best practice and support the implementation and ratification of the BBNJ Agreement in the Philippines in November 2023. The UK is supporting a Commonwealth Secretariat project to provide technical assistance on implementation and ratification to smaller Commonwealth countries.
Mentions:
1: Lord Laming (XB - Life peer) contact with a residential care home where it seemed that many of the front-line care staff were from the Philippines - Speech Link