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UK And UAE Announce Education Partnership

Saturday, 13 October 2007, 1:13 am | UK Government

The United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom reaffirm their commitment to the United Nations Millennium Development Goal that by 2015, all children will be able to complete primary education. More >>

UK Welcomes UN Security Council Action On Burma

Friday, 12 October 2007, 10:29 pm | UK Government

I very much welcome this statement. It is the first time ever that the United Nations Security Council has issued a formal statement on Burma: and it was a statement supported by all 15 members of the Council including all the permanent members. More >>

British Interests Will Be Protected - Gordon Brown

Friday, 12 October 2007, 10:17 pm | UK Government

Speaking at a joint press conference with EU President Jose Manuel Barroso, the Prime Minister said that the UK had succeeded in having its "red-lines" written into the text of the EU amending treaty. More >>

Burma Regime Is Illegitmate, Says British PM

Thursday, 11 October 2007, 8:46 pm | UK Government

Responding to MPs during Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Brown said that the nobel peace prize winner had revailed in democatic elections and should be recognised as the true leaders of the Burmese people. More >>

Peter Hain, UK Sec. of State for Work & Pensions

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 9:54 pm | UK Government

Great to be with you and looking forward to your questions on my vital task of creating full employment in Britain, justice for pensioners and tackling child poverty. More >>

UK's Lord Malloch-Brown On Darfur Peace Talks

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 8:12 am | UK Government

A number of rebel movements have threatened not to attend the talks but speaking to the BBC Britain's Minister for Africa, Lord Mark Malloch-Brown, said they might have no further part to play in discussions over the future of the war torn region. More >>

Britian Will Cut Troops In Iraq To 2,500 Personnel

Tuesday, 9 October 2007, 4:19 am | UK Government

Gordon Brown has outlined Britain's ongoing role in Iraq in a statement to the House of Commons. The British Prime Minister told MPs that troop levels in Iraq would be reduced next spring to around 2,500 personnel. More >>

UK Basra Troops "To Be Reduced By 1,000" - UK PM

Friday, 5 October 2007, 10:31 am | UK Government

British forces on the move in Basra, Iraq, September 2007; image copyright: Reuters Basra province could be handed over to full Iraqi control within the next two months, the Gordon Brown said on his first visit to Iraq as PM. More >>

Gordon Brown's Maiden Speech To Conference

Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 12:15 am | UK Government

Honoured and humbled by the trust you have given me, I speak to you for the first time at our Conference as Prime Minister and Leader of this Party. No one could have foreseen all the events that Britain has been through since June. More >>

British PM Threatens To Boycott Mugabe

Friday, 21 September 2007, 11:47 am | UK Government

The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has said he will not take part in a major EU-Africa summit if Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe is allowed to attend. Writing in the Independent, the PM said the reason for the ban is "the abuse of his own people." More >>

Iraqis To Take Greater Security Role - British PM

Monday, 17 September 2007, 11:29 am | UK Government

In a statement released this morning, Mr Brown said that the UK has trained over 13,000 Iraqi soldiers in the South of the country, which meant that that Iraqi forces were able to increasingly take on responsibility for security in the region. More >>

World's Major Diseases Conquerable - Gordon Brown

Friday, 7 September 2007, 12:03 am | UK Government

The UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that the world's leading nations now had the "science and technology" and the "moral obligation" to wipe out diseases such as measles, diptheria, tuberculosis and pneumonia. More >>

Basra Withdrawal Was Coordinated Decision - UK PM

Friday, 7 September 2007, 12:02 am | UK Government

The UK Prime Minister said that the decision to move around 500 troops from Basra Palace to Basra airport was taken in conjunction with the US and Iraqi military. UK forces would remain responsible for security in the province regardless of the ... More >>

UN Troops To Deploy To Darfur -- UK PM

Saturday, 1 September 2007, 4:12 pm | UK Government

In an article for the Times, the Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that UN and African Union personnel totalling 20,000 troops and 4,000 police will arrive in the war-torn area of Sudan to "ensure the security of Darfur's people" ... More >>