This week on the Foreign Office Global Conversations blog
Sudan, Libya and Refugees were amongst the topics discussed by Foreign Office bloggers.
Foreign Secretary William Hague published discussing the Arab Spring and what political freedom could mean for the people of the region.
In Sudan remarked that 鈥淲ith less than one month to go until independence for Southern Sudan, the people of Sudan on both sides of the lines are losing family and friends to senseless violence.鈥�
Meanwhile in Khartoum, saying that 鈥淩eports mount of civilians being killed by one side or another on the basis of their political affiliation or ethnic origin. 皇冠体育app accuracy and extent of such incidents is still unclear. But nobody should be in any doubt about the universal abhorrence such acts evoke. If reports prove to be true, then those responsible will need to be brought to account. Justice will have its day.鈥�
皇冠体育app new British Ambassador to Egypt James Watt, previously Ambassador to Jordan, shifted his blogging focus with a new blog post called
Anticapating World Refugee Day on Monday 20th June Amelia Bate, Digital Communications Manager . She stressed the importance of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees saying that 鈥済iven recent events in Libya, Cote d鈥橧voire, Syria and Sudan alone, it鈥檚 clear to me that the 1951 Convention is just as relevant as it was when it was agreed 60 years ago - and the role of international agencies, NGOs and local volunteer organisations just as vital, not least in providing that lifeline of hope.鈥�
In Japan Tom Burn, Head of the Media and Communications explores the