"Russia's War in Ukraine: How Cities and Businesses Build Resilience and Contribute to the War Effort – The Case of Lviv and the Lviv Region" Monday, 21 October, 2024 Ukrainian Delegation to UK Houses of Parliament With Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE and Rt Hon Baroness Neville-Jones Five members of the Lviv City Council, led by the Deputy Mayor, were in London on 21 and 22 October. Their visit will focussed on Parliament and they talked about the course of the war and its impact on the economy and daily life. It was a fascinating opportunity to hear from... Reports
Diplomatic Garden Party 28th June 2017 A good number of diplomatic corps graced the CFCC Annual Garden Party this year. Sir Ronald Halstead CBE, President, spoke as did Lord Sheikh: he was brought up... Reports
High Commissioner for Canada to the UK 15th June 2017 An excellent Briefing was held at Canada House chaired by The Rt Hon the Baroness Chalker of Wallasey. The new Foreign Office/Department for International... Reports
HE Mr Dinesh K Patnaik, Deputy High Commissioner of India 22nd May 2017 H.E. Ambassador Mr. Dinesh K. Patnaik is a career diplomat of the Indian Foreign Service with experience of over 25 years in a variety of interesting and... Reports
The Rt Hon The Baroness Chalker of Wallasey 21st April 2017 Baroness Lynda Chalker spoke about African affairs: "Never dull, the African Continent will always challenge the developed World". This was a broad-ranging... Reports
CFCC New Facebook Page 19th April 2017 **NEWSFLASH** Join the conversation on foreign affairs at our new Facebook Page, see here Articles
HE Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain 20th March 2017 His Excellency gave an excellent overview of his role and challenges as well as a briefing on progress in Bahrain and as President of the Gulf Co-operation... Reports
The Hon Alexander Downer, AC, Australian High Commissioner to the UK 7th February 2017 His Excellency was introduced to all assembled in the Downer Room, Australia House, by Sir Ron Halstead CBE, President of the CFCC. The Rt Hon the Lord Howell... Reports
Commonwealth High Commissioners' Christmas Reception 5th December 2016 The Rt Hon Lord Howell of Guildford, CFCC Patron, gave an inspiring and visionary introductory speech to numerous High Commissioners and members present... Articles
Rt Hon Lord Hamilton of Epsom 14th November 2016 Lord Hamilton of Epsom gave a rousing speech about current political activity in the UK, EU and US. He said 10% of the House of Lords wanted to leave but... Articles
