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In a speech at the Foreign Press Association in London, Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, stressed the importance of building a global low carbon economy and pledged to put the UK at the forefront of the fight against climate change and its effects. Read his speech

- Foreign Secretary's Statement on 60th Anniversary of Burmese Independance (04/01/08)
- Record Of Burma stakeholder meeting (19/12/07)
- Burma: Foreign Secretary comments on Pinheiro Report to UNHRC (12/12/07)
- Meg Munn Speech to EU - ASEAN Summit (27/11/07)
- Burma: Foreign Office Amends Travel Advice (27/11/07)
- Foreign Office Minister, Meg Munn, meets Burma delegation (30/10/07)
- Statement by International Development Secretary in the House of Commons (29/10/07)
- Statement by International Development Secretary at the World Bank Annual Meetings (20/10/07)
- Prime Minister's statement on Burma: International community 'will not turn away' (15/10/07)


For more updates on the situation in Burma, see FCONewsfile:Burma for the latest news, statements and videos.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has launched a new blogging platform. This is a new platform for UK Ministers to engage in a dialogue about international affairs and the work of the FCO. To begin with there will be six bloggers including Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and Europe Minister Jim Murphy, as well as staff from throughout the organisation. The FCO has also launched a new YouTube video channel and Flickr photo account.