Letter from the Head, Parliamentary Relations
Team to the Committee Specialist
FCO STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
TEAM
Thank you for your letter of 19 December requesting
further information in connection with the FCO 2007-08 Annual
Report. I am writing in reply to your question 2 which asked for
further details on the work of the FCO Stakeholder Engagement
Team.
During 2007-2008, the FCO's Stakeholder Engagement
Team moved away from undertaking traditional outreach activities
itself to providing advice and support to emerging stakeholder
liaison teams across the FCO. A dedicated network of "stakeholder
managers" was established Office-wide to develop and maximise
relationships with the FCO's key stakeholders, focusing on both
geographical regions and particular interest groups (such as NGOs,
business, faith communities and academics).
This support and advice included publication
of a comprehensive internal guide to best practice (attached for
information) on stakeholder engagement; developing stakeholder
engagement training courses for FCO staff; advice on mainstreaming
stakeholder objectives into all departmental/directorate Business
Plans; and facilitating increased interaction (for example, through
round table discussions) between senior FCO officials/Ministers
and stakeholder groups. Areas of particularly effective dialogue
and co-ordination with—and outreach to—stakeholders
include the international climate change agenda, global arms trade
negotiations and counter-radicalisation/counter-terrorism.
More recently, the Stakeholder Engagement Team
has, after wide consultation, identified a group of priority stakeholders
judged key to the delivery of our eight Departmental Strategic
Objectives. Appropriate individual leads across the Office have
been tasked with promoting and co-ordinating an enhanced relationship
with these "top tier" stakeholders. We are also currently
developing an electronic "customer relationship tracking
system" to enhance our oversight of the broad range of FCO
stakeholder relations."
I trust this answers your question regarding
the Stakeholder Engagement Team.
MINISTERIAL VISITS
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs has visited the following countries/cities in an official
capacity since his appointment in June 2007.
| 18 July 2007 |
Paris and Berlin |
| 22-23 July 2007 | Brussels
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| 24-27 July 2007 | Afghanistan and Pakistan
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| 28-30 July 2007 | Washington
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| 4-7 September 2007 | Romania, Turkey, Italy and Spain
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| 7-8 September 2007 | Portugal
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| 26-29 September 2007 | New York, USA
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| 14-15 October 2007 | Luxembourg
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| 18-19 October 2007 | Lisbon, Portugal
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| 22-23 October 2007 | New York and Washington, USA
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| 15 November 2007 | Bruges
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| 17-20 November 2007 | Israel, OPTs and Egypt
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| 21-23 November 2007 | Uganda
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| 26-27 November 2007 | Annapolis, USA
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| 6-7 December 2007 | Brussels
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| 10 December 2007 | Brussels
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| 13-14 December 2007 | Brussels
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| 15-18 December 2007 | Iraq
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| 19 January 2008 | Ljubljana
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| 22 January 2008 | Berlin
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| 24-26 January 2008 | Davos, Switzerland
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| 27-28 January 2008 | Brussels
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| 6-11 February 2008 | Afghanistan and Bangladesh
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| 18 February 2008 | Brussels
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| 23-29 February 2008 | China
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| 6 March 2008 | Brussels
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| 10 March 2008 | Brussels
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| 13-14 March 2008 | Brussels
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| 17-19 March 2008 | Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen
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| 28-29 March 2008 | Ljubljana
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| 31 March 2008 | Paris
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| 3-4 April 2008 | Bucharest
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| 17 April 2008 | Berlin
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| 19-24 April 2008 | Pakistan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iraq
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| 13-16 May 2008 | Turkey
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| 18-23 May 2008 | New York, Washington and California
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| 28-30 May 2008 | Stockholm and Oslo
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| 8-10 June 2008 | Lebanon, Israel and OPTs
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| 12 June 2008 | Paris
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| 16 June 2008 | Luxembourg
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| 19-20 June 2008 | Brussels
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| 25-28 June 2008 | Japan
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| 5-10 July 2008 | South Africa and Sudan
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| 13-14 July 2008 | France
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| 22 July 2008 | Brussels
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| 13 August 2008 | Brussels
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| 19-20 August 2008 | Brussels and Georgia
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| 27 August 2008 | Ukraine
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| 1 September 2008 | Brussels
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| 4-6 September 2008 | Paris and Avignon
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| 11 September 2008 | Dublin
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| 15 September 2008 | Brussels
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| 24-26 September 2008 | New York, USA
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| 8 October 2008 | Brussels
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| 13 October 2008 | Luxembourg
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| 15-16 October 2008 | Brussels
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| 21-23 October 2008 | Slovenia and Slovakia
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| 24-26 October 2008 | China
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| 3-4 November 2008 | Marseille, France
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| 4-5 November 2008 | Serbia and Kosovo
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| 10 November 2008 | Brussels and Bosnia & Herzegovina
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| 16-19 November 2008 | Israel, OPTs, Syria & Lebanon
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| 23-27 November 2008 | United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan and Pakistan
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| 2-5 December 2008 | Brussels, Norway, Finland
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| 8 December 2008 | Brussels
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| 11-12 December 2008 | Brussels
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| 14-16 December 2008 | USA
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| Foreign and Commonwealth Ministers have visited the following countries in an official capacity since their appointments in June 2007.
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| THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR EUROPE
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| Jim Murphy MP |
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| 3-4 September 2007 | Belgium, The Netherlands and France
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| 15 October 2007 | Luxembourg
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| 5-6 November 2007 | Slovenia
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| 14-15 November 2007 | Germany and France
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| 29 November 2007 | Spain
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| 10 March 2008 | Belgium
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| 18-20 March 2008 | Bosnia & Herzegovina
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| 31 March-1 April 2008 | Turkey
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| 23-24 April 2008 | Spain and Gibraltar
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| 29 April 2008 | Luxembourg
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| 6-8 May 2008 | Azerbaijan and Georgia
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| 13-14 May 2008 | Czech Republic
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| 20-21 May 2008 | Italy
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| 26 May 2008 | Belgium
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| 16 June 2008 | Luxembourg
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| 30 June-1 July 2008 | Germany
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| 4-11 July 2008 | USA
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| 16-18 September 2008 | Hungary, Poland and France
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| Caroline Flint MP |
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| 8-10 October 2008 | Cyprus and Greece
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| 27-29 October 2008 | France and Czech Republic
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| 5-7 November 2008 | Bulgaria and Croatia
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| 10 November 2008 | Belgium
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| 12-13 November 2008 | Belgium
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| THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AFRICA, ASIA AND THE UN
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| The Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown
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| 26-30 August 2007 | China
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| 6-7 September 2007 | France
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| 9-14 September 2007 | Sudan
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| 21 September-2 October 2007 |
New York, USA |
| 14-19 October 2007 | Afghanistan
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| 20-27 November 2007 | Egypt and Uganda
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| 3 December 2007 | Germany
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| 16-19 January 2008 | Japan
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| 27 January-2 February 2008 |
Kenya and Ethiopia |
| 13-17 February 2008 | New York, USA
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| 20 February 2008 | France
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| 4-5 March 2008 | Switzerland
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| 11-14 March 2008 | Mongolia
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| 14-19 April 2008 | Beijing, China and New York, USA
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| 2 May 2008 | Geneva, Switzerland
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| 13-18 May 2008 | Thailand, Singapore and Burma
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| 4-5 June 2008 | Paris, France
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| 24-25 June 2008 | Geneva, Switzerland and Norway
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| 29 June-1 July 2008 | Egypt
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| 13-19 July 2008 | Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal
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| 1-4 September 2008 | Zambia
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| 8-11 September 2008 | Nigeria
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| 19-26 September 2008 | New York, USA
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| 3-5 October 2008 | Austria
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| 13-18 October 2008 | Bangladesh and India
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| 6-7 November 2008 | Kenya
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| 14-16 November 2008 | Cairo, Eqypt
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| 16-18 November 2008 | DRC
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| 19-20 November 2008 | Rwanda
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| 10-11 December 2008 | South Africa
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| THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
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| Dr Kim Howells MP |
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| 22-26 July 2007 | Jordan, Libya and Egypt
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| 30 August-7 September 2007 |
USA |
| 11-19 September 2007 | Brazil, Peru and US
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| 22-25 October 2007 | Nigeria and Ghana
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| 2-3 November 2007 | Turkey
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| 5-6 November 2007 | Portugal
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| 29 November-2 December 2007 |
Colombia |
| 17-20 December 2007 | Lebanon
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| 8-15 January 2008 | USA and Jamaica
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| 7-11 January 2008 | Iraq
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| 31 January 2008 | Canada
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| 22-25 February 2008 | Saudi Arabia and Oman
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| 6-14 March 2008 | Brazil and Chile
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| 28-31 March 2008 | Bahrain and Qatar
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| 6-9 April 2008 | South Africa
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| 21-3 April 2008 | Morocco
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| 2-6 May 2008 | Yemen
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| 10-17 May 2008 | Bolivia and Peru
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| 15-19 June 2008 | Ethiopia and Eritrea
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| 23-24 June 2008 | Germany
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| 26-28 June 2008 | USA
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| 3-9 July 2008 | Canada and USA
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| 13-25 September 2008 | USA
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| Bill Rammell MP |
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| 13-17 October 2008 | Kuwait and Iraq
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| 27-29 October 2008 | Jordan
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| 12-14 November 2008 | USA
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| PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE
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| Meg Munn MP |
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| 8-17 September 2007 | Mexico, Panama and Jamaica
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| 14-23 October 2007 | New Zealand and Tonga
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| 18-3 November 2007 | Singapore
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| 9-15 December 2007 | Dominican Republic and Cayman Islands
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| 2-7 January 2008 | Falkland Islands
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| 27 February-2 March 2008 |
Thailand |
| 27-30 March 2008 | Bermuda
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| 13-20 April 2008 | Belize, Guatemala and Barbados
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| 30 April-11 May 2008 | Philippines and Australia
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| 4-10 June 2008 | Cambodia and Malaysia
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| 29 June-1 July 2008 | Greece
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| 17-22 August 2008 | Singapore, New Zealand and Niue
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| 17-20 September 2008 | Spain
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| 28 September-5 October 2008 |
Mexico and Costa Rica |
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| Gillian Merron MP |
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| 1-7 November 2008 | Jamaica and Trinidad
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| 5 January 2009 |
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