New British department
New British department
New British department designed to ‘maximise’ local aid assistance
The British Government has launched its new Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The department will aim to use the UK’s diplomatic levers and aid expertise to build a stronger international consensus to fight back against the devastating impacts of Coronavirus, conflict and climate change in Cambodia.
Speaking to Khmer Times, British Ambassador to Cambodia Tina Redshaw said the new FCDO brings together international effort to maximise British influence around the world – ensuring the UK speaks with a single, powerful voice overseas.
“We are committed to doing our part toward the recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic and this new department will allow us to seize the opportunities ahead as we prepare to take on the G7 presidency and host COP26 next year.
“This year we have already adjusted the aid budget to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, pledging £774 million ($1.02 billion) to help stop the spread of the virus around the world, find a vaccine and save lives.”
The ambassador also outlined the need for the UK to assist Cambodia to invest in science, education and female empowerment to build young Cambodians’ capacity for the jobs of the future.
“Through our Chevening scholarships, we will continue to offer the opportunity for exceptional young talent to experience studying and living in the UK and then to apply their learning on their return to Cambodia.
“The embassy also promotes women empowerment and gender equality by supporting women and entrepreneurs to get the best out of their business.”
The United Kingdom has committed to spending 0.7 percent of its national income on aid and the formation of the FCDO, it is hoped, will bring diplomatic influence and development expertise to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab said he hopes the FCDO will assist the UK in combating both the most serious concerns of Coronavirus and famine.
“Coronavirus and famine threaten millions in some of the world’s poorest countries and give rise to direct problems that affect the UK, including terrorism and migration flows,” he said.
“Global Britain, as a force for good in the world, is leading by example and bringing the international community together to tackle these deadly threats, because it’s the right thing to do and it protects British interests.
“We can only tackle these global challenges by combining our diplomatic strength with our world-leading aid expertise.”
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50761340/n ... ssistance/
The British Government has launched its new Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). The department will aim to use the UK’s diplomatic levers and aid expertise to build a stronger international consensus to fight back against the devastating impacts of Coronavirus, conflict and climate change in Cambodia.
Speaking to Khmer Times, British Ambassador to Cambodia Tina Redshaw said the new FCDO brings together international effort to maximise British influence around the world – ensuring the UK speaks with a single, powerful voice overseas.
“We are committed to doing our part toward the recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic and this new department will allow us to seize the opportunities ahead as we prepare to take on the G7 presidency and host COP26 next year.
“This year we have already adjusted the aid budget to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, pledging £774 million ($1.02 billion) to help stop the spread of the virus around the world, find a vaccine and save lives.”
The ambassador also outlined the need for the UK to assist Cambodia to invest in science, education and female empowerment to build young Cambodians’ capacity for the jobs of the future.
“Through our Chevening scholarships, we will continue to offer the opportunity for exceptional young talent to experience studying and living in the UK and then to apply their learning on their return to Cambodia.
“The embassy also promotes women empowerment and gender equality by supporting women and entrepreneurs to get the best out of their business.”
The United Kingdom has committed to spending 0.7 percent of its national income on aid and the formation of the FCDO, it is hoped, will bring diplomatic influence and development expertise to the Kingdom of Cambodia.
Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab said he hopes the FCDO will assist the UK in combating both the most serious concerns of Coronavirus and famine.
“Coronavirus and famine threaten millions in some of the world’s poorest countries and give rise to direct problems that affect the UK, including terrorism and migration flows,” he said.
“Global Britain, as a force for good in the world, is leading by example and bringing the international community together to tackle these deadly threats, because it’s the right thing to do and it protects British interests.
“We can only tackle these global challenges by combining our diplomatic strength with our world-leading aid expertise.”
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50761340/n ... ssistance/
Always "hope" but never "expect".
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They seem to help every other fucker except their own people abroad
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Their default response seems to start with, "We cannot...."
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Quote - “This year we have already adjusted the aid budget to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, pledging £774 million ($1.02 billion) to help stop the spread of the virus around the world, find a vaccine and save lives.”
No fucker has died here, but plenty have in the UK. They could not save them there, so is this a good feel factor to jump into a country that has shown very little problems.
No fucker has died here, but plenty have in the UK. They could not save them there, so is this a good feel factor to jump into a country that has shown very little problems.
Always "hope" but never "expect".
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Taking money from poor people in rich countries and giving it to rich people in poor countries.pledging £774 million ($1.02 billion) to help stop the spread of the virus around the world,
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Doesn't seem to matter what they do or say, there are always some people who will happily criticise everything they do
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I like to think I'm pretty laid back, perhaps too laid back. I often give organisations the benefit of the doubt when they appear to be doing a terrible job. I made a point of standing up for the UK government when the virus first hit, as I believed too much criticism wouldn't help anybody. They needed space to work out the best course of action and that people need to accept the inevitability of mistakes being made along the way.jaynewcastle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:25 pm Doesn't seem to matter what they do or say, there are always some people who will happily criticise everything they do
But I struggle to find any empathy for the British Embassy in Cambodia based on the, I'm tempted to say 'lack of' but even that's not right, the truth is there was a complete and total absence of any sympathy, empathy, practical help, advice, concern and god-damn straight up curtesy. To close down the embassy and post guards outside to push away people, British citizens, in their desperate hour of need during a worldwide pandemic is shameful beyond belief.
Until the pandemic, we all had the belief that the primary role of an embassy was to protect and offer assistance to it's own citizens abroad. Of course they do other diplomatic work as well, but fundamentally, they are representatives of the domestic government, and in much the same way as a governments first job is to protect it's own citizens, we assumed, naturally, that embassies worked on the same principles for citizens living or travelling abroad.
While this may be the case for embassies of other countries, what the pandemic frighteningly highlighted, was that this simply isn't the case for the British Embassy in Cambodia. Not only are British Citizens not their priority at a time of global crisis, but they seemed not to register on the list of concerns at all.
We had British citizens, who, through no fault of their own, became trapped here with a limited budget having only intended to stay for a week or two, with no way of leaving. Stuck in a country many of them had little knowledge of with dwindling resources, wondering how they would ever get back to their loved ones. While all around them they saw governments of other countries bending over backwards to help their citizens get home, either laying on repatriation flights or offering real, practical assistance in other ways. Even the Khmer government, aware of the terrible situation many tourists were in, did what they could by allowing tourists to remain in the kingdom until such a time they could leave, without fear of overstaying their visa.
And all the while, the British Embassy in Cambodia did nothing. Absolutely nothing. Whatsoever. Nada. Could. Not. Care. Less. Not a priority. Who cares? You shouldn't have come here in the first place. Not my job. Just sort yourselves out. Stop bothering us. Bye.
Utterly, utterly shameful. The rage I feel as I type this is making it more and more difficult to write. How they have the utter balls to post all these things on Facebook saying how much they're helping international development and helping citizens of this country and that country and expect us to applaud their gestures when we all know full well what their attitude towards their own citizens is,... there are simply no words.
I have to stop typing now before my laptop ends up on the other side of the closed window right next to me.
**and........breathe...**
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100% agreexandreu wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:03 pmI like to think I'm pretty laid back, perhaps too laid back. I often give organisations the benefit of the doubt when they appear to be doing a terrible job. I made a point of standing up for the UK government when the virus first hit, as I believed too much criticism wouldn't help anybody. They needed space to work out the best course of action and that people need to accept the inevitability of mistakes being made along the way.jaynewcastle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:25 pm Doesn't seem to matter what they do or say, there are always some people who will happily criticise everything they do
But I struggle to find any empathy for the British Embassy in Cambodia based on the, I'm tempted to say 'lack of' but even that's not right, the truth is there was a complete and total absence of any sympathy, empathy, practical help, advice, concern and god-damn straight up curtesy. To close down the embassy and post guards outside to push away people, British citizens, in their desperate hour of need during a worldwide pandemic is shameful beyond belief.
Until the pandemic, we all had the belief that the primary role of an embassy was to protect and offer assistance to it's own citizens abroad. Of course they do other diplomatic work as well, but fundamentally, they are representatives of the domestic government, and in much the same way as a governments first job is to protect it's own citizens, we assumed, naturally, that embassies worked on the same principles for citizens living or travelling abroad.
While this may be the case for embassies of other countries, what the pandemic frighteningly highlighted, was that this simply isn't the case for the British Embassy in Cambodia. Not only are British Citizens not their priority at a time of global crisis, but they seemed not to register on the list of concerns at all.
We had British citizens, who, through no fault of their own, became trapped here with a limited budget having only intended to stay for a week or two, with no way of leaving. Stuck in a country many of them had little knowledge of with dwindling resources, wondering how they would ever get back to their loved ones. While all around them they saw governments of other countries bending over backwards to help their citizens get home, either laying on repatriation flights or offering real, practical assistance in other ways. Even the Khmer government, aware of the terrible situation many tourists were in, did what they could by allowing tourists to remain in the kingdom until such a time they could leave, without fear of overstaying their visa.
And all the while, the British Embassy in Cambodia did nothing. Absolutely nothing. Whatsoever. Nada. Could. Not. Care. Less. Not a priority. Who cares? You shouldn't have come here in the first place. Not my job. Just sort yourselves out. Stop bothering us. Bye.
Utterly, utterly shameful. The rage I feel as I type this is making it more and more difficult to write. How they have the utter balls to post all these things on Facebook saying how much they're helping international development and helping citizens of this country and that country and expect us to applaud their gestures when we all know full well what their attitude towards their own citizens is,... there are simply no words.
I have to stop typing now before my laptop ends up on the other side of the closed window right next to me.
**and........breathe...**
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It absolutely matters what they do and say, and more to the point it matters what they don't do and don't say. Since the departure of Stephen Bridges, the British embassy in Cambodia has deteriorated into an embarrassment for anyone associated with it, and a disgrace to the country it represents. Trying to mask that with some charades about covid 19 relief for a country that has had zero covid 19 fatalities is just an addition to the clown show.jaynewcastle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:25 pm Doesn't seem to matter what they do or say, there are always some people who will happily criticise everything they do
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