" Pointing out an error on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's website ( FCO ) and accusing the British government of " delaying tactics " in relation to Megrahi's second Lockerbie appeal, UN Observer at the Lockerbie trial Dr Hans Köchler wrote to Foreign Secretary David Miliband on 21 July 2008 saying:

The summary of the diplomatic cable is as follows: " HMG would like to establish a " marine park " or " reserve " providing comprehensive environmental protection to the reefs and waters of the British Indian Ocean Territory ( BIOT ), a senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) official informed Polcouns on May 12.

In 2006, FCO historian Gill Bennett incorporated some of her findings on the Zinoviev letter into chapter four of her biography of SIS agent Desmond Morton.

Within weeks of the election Barber was moved from the FCO to the Treasury to take over as Chancellor from Iain Macleod, who died suddenly on 20 July.

Baroness Amos was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs on 11 June 2001, with responsibility for Africa ; Commonwealth ; Caribbean ; Overseas Territories ; Consular Issues and FCO Personnel.

In addition, Craig Murray, who had been pushed out of his job as ambassador to Uzbekistan, stood against his former boss ( Straw was head of the FCO ) on a platform opposing the use of information gathered under torture in the " War on Terror ".

Following that he became Head of Southern European Department in the FCO and then Assistant Under Secretary for Asia and the Pacific during which time he was Head of the British side of the Working Group engaged in drafting the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong and then, in 1984, the first Senior British Representative on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group ( 中英聯合聯絡小組 ) set up under the Joint Declaration.

Rockingham also advised FCO and MOD policy branches on the provision of UK experts from government and industry to work with UNSCOM and the IAEA as members of inspection teams.

* 1986-1988: FCO ( Counsellor on loan to Cabinet Office )

He has served in UK Embassies in Warsaw, New Delhi, Paris, and Moscow, and within the FCO he has worked on the Central American desk, the Russian desk and held several senior positions.

In 1988-1989 he was on loan to industry, and 1996-1997 at the FCO on the Whitehall Scrutiny Review of Commercial Services.

He was acting Head of Chancery in Luxembourg in 1973 before returning later that year to the FCO to serve firstly in Eastern European and Soviet Department ( Balkans desk ), then in Western European Department ( German desk ) and subsequently in European Integration Department, where he worked on the European Community's Common Agricultural Policy and the European Parliament.

In 1983, British advertising agency FCO Univas set up a visual stunt presentation of the strength of Araldite by gluing a yellow Ford Cortina to a billboard on Cromwell Road, London, with the tagline " It also sticks handles to teapots ".

* British Consulate-General Hong Kong, FCO, visited on 31 December 2007.

" MEGRAHI was first diagnosed on 23 September at Inverclyde Royal Hospital, both the FCO and the Scottish Crown office have told us ; the second diagnosis was on 10 October.

Recently, FCO has been contributing unfiltered magnitude measures to the British Astronomical Association campaign on Blazar OJ + 287.

The FCO says: " In their 2006 report on consular services, the National Audit Office recommended limiting passport production to fewer locations to increase security and reduce expenditure ".

Dijon is home to Dijon FCO, a Football team in Ligue 2. Dijon has its own basketball club ( Pro A ), JDA Dijon Basket.

The first season was very difficult, as ATAC finshed 20 out of 22, only keeping its place in Deuxième division due to the bankruptcy of FC Perpignan and FCO Charleville.

On 4 July 2007 Köchler wrote to Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, to Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, to Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, and to FCO Minister of State with responsibility for Africa, Asia and the UN, Mark Malloch Brown describing the SCCRC's decision as " long overdue " and calling for a full and independent public inquiry into the Lockerbie case.

On 27 June 2007 it was announced that Malloch Brown was joining the Government of incoming Prime Minister Gordon Brown as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) with responsibility for Africa, Asia and the United Nations.

On 17 November 2008, FCO minister Bill Rammell signed five agreements with Libya.

In July 2008, he was appointed EU Director in the FCO.

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) prepared an Order in Council empowering the Constituency Boundaries Commission to recommend to the Governor the number and boundaries of single-member constituencies into which Bermuda should be divided.

Other countries, in particular the United Kingdom, permit a service member to receive the relevant United Nations medal and authorization for it to be worn is given by the FCO ( Foreign and Commonwealth Office ), Numerals may be added to denote multiple tours to one mission, the medals are worn in order of award and take precedence alongside British campaign medals.

** Shielded or full cut-off ( FCO ) lamp housings which conceal the bulb could be used, which should direct light onto the ground or target and away from observers.

* FCO Page for Turks and Caicos Islands

The head of the FCO is the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly abbreviated to " Foreign Secretary " ( currently William Hague ).

The FCO is managed from day-to-day by a civil servant, the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who also acts as the Head of the Diplomatic Service.

Finally, the FCO prepared a second Order in Council for presentation to the Privy Council to effect the proposals made by the commission, including constitutional amendments relating to electoral boundaries and representation.

For example, the former British Ambassador to the United States, Sir David Manning, was appointed a CMG when he worked for the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ), and then after his appointment as British Ambassador to the US, he was promoted to a Knight Commander ( KCMG ).

It is the traditional award for members of the FCO.

The FCO denied there was any direct connection and stated that Murray had been removed for " operational " reasons.

However, despite the claims of preferential honours, the award of a KCMG is normal practice for all heads of SIS and senior FCO and British diplomats.

He has been working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) since 1973.

Leaked US Cables have shown the FCO suggesting to the US counterparts that setting up a protected no-take zone would make it " difficult, if not impossible " for the islanders to return.

The Middle East department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in the United Kingdom stated in early 2006 that it is widely understood that “ Iran ’ s program, which was kept secret from the IAEA for 18 years, became public knowledge largely because of revelations of the NCRI, and this led to heightened international concern .” At the same time Michael Axworthy, former head of the Iran section at the FCO, claimed that the NCRI is a " tightly disciplined front-organization for the MEK and deemed them unreliable.

Sarah Tisdall was a Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) clerical officer who was jailed for leaking British government documents to a newspaper in 1983.

Following successful tests and the installation of further transmitters, from 1978 the site gradually took over responsibility for the BBC's medium-wave services to Europe which had been provided since the Second World War by an FCO transmitting station at Crowborough in Sussex.

Commissioned series of watercolours have included landscapes for Shell, several Oxford Almanacks for the Oxford University Press, and interiors of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the FCO.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a department of the United Kingdom government.

In February 2002, a British Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) report about PMCs noted that the demands of the military service from the UN and international civil organizations might mean that it is cheaper to pay PMCs than use soldiers.

The Wilson administration had merged the Colonial Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office in 1966 into the Commonwealth Office, which, two years later, was merged with the Foreign Office, to form the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ).

In 1968 the Commonwealth Office was subsumed into the Foreign Office, which was renamed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ).

When De Gaulle accepted this, Wilson wanted Holland to become the first economic adviser to the Foreign Office, but was blocked by Sir Paul Gore Booth and Sir Con O ’ Neil, permanent and deputy secretaries at the FCO.

He began his career as a civil servant in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 1972.

He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) in 1971, after completing an MA in Area Studies ( 1971 ) at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, serving in the South Asian Department.

Roberts joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ( FCO ) as Third Secretary in 1968.

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