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	Heads of the United Kingdom Mission in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in Japan, 1859–2004.
		Before 1859 there was no treaty and no diplomatic relations, because Japan was isolated from the world by the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation called sakoku (literally chained country).
		Sir Alvary Gascoigne, 1946-1951 (head of liaison mission)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heads_of_the_United_Kingdom_Mission_in_Japan (200 words)

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	Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, more commonly known as the Foreign Office (or the FCO), is the United Kingdom government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom abroad.
		The head of the FCO is the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which is commonly abbreviated to Foreign Secretary.
		The FCO was formed in 1968 out of the merger of the short-lived Commonwealth Office and the Foreign Office, the Commonwealth Office having been formed only in 1966 by the merger of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Colonial Office.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hugh Fraser
		Hugh Fraser (February 22, 1837– June 4, 1894) headed the British Legation in Tokyo as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary in the final stages of the negotiations which led to the signing on July 16 1894 of the revised treaty (called the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation) between Britain and Japan.
		Thus was Japan freed from the semi-colonial status imposed by the unequal treaties signed with foreign countries.
		Fraser died aged 57 in his post at Tokyo and was buried on June 6, 1894 in the foreigners' section of the municipal cemetery at Aoyama in central Tokyo.
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	Claude Maxwell MacDonald - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		He presided over the Tokyo Legation in years of harmony between Britain and Japan (1900-12), swapping posts with Sir Ernest Satow who replaced him as Minister in Peking.
		In 1900 MacDonald had led the defence of the foreign legations which were under siege during the Boxer Rebellion, and worked well with the Anglophile Japanese Colonel Shiba.
		He also became Britain's first ambassador to Japan when the status of the legation was raised to an embassy in 1905, and was made a Privy Councillor in 1906.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Claude_Maxwell_Macdonald (272 words)

	Encyclopedia: Rutherford Alcock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In 1858, he was appointed consul-general in the newly opened empire of Japan, and in the following year was promoted to be minister plenipotentiary.
		In those days, residence in Japan was surrounded with many dangers, and the people were intensely hostile to foreigners.
		In 1864, he returned to Japan, and after a year's further residence he was transferred to Peking, where he represented the British government until 1871, when he retired.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rutherford-Alcock (731 words)

	Encyclopedia: Foreign Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom abroad.
		The FCO is headed by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
		The two departments' foreign affairs responsibilites became the Foreign Office, whilst their domestic affairs responsibilities were assigned to the Home Office.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Foreign-Office (678 words)

	Ernest Mason Satow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ernest Satow is best known as the author of the fascinating A Diplomat in Japan which describes the years 1862-1869 when Japan was changing from rule by the Tokugawa shogunate to the restoration of Imperial rule.
		Satow was one of the founder members at Yokohama in 1872 of the Asiatic Society of Japan whose purpose was to study the Japanese culture, history and language (i.e.
		He was also in a position to oversee the transition to the ending of extraterritoriality in Japan which finally ended in 1899, as agreed by the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation signed in London on July 17, 1894.
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	Modern History Sourcebook: Commodore Matthew Perry: When We Landed in Japan, 1854
		The land bordering the head of the bay was gay with a long stretch of painted screens of cloth, upon which was emblazoned the arms of the Emperor.
		A luxuriant valley or gorge, walled in with richly wooded hills, opened at the head of the bay, and breaking the uniformity of the curve of the shore gave a beautiful variety to the landscape.
		The United States flag and the broad pennant were borne by two athletic seamen, who had been selected from the crews of the squadron on account of their stalwart proportions.
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	Order of Precedence of Heads of Mission accredited to Denmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Order of Precedence below is a list of the Heads of Missions to Denmark and the dates of when their credentials were presented to Her Majesty Queen Margaret II.
		Below are listed the Heads of Missions in Copenhagen and the Heads of Missions accredited from abroad.
		A * next to the country's name indicates that the Head of Mission is resident in Copenhagen.
	www.ambassade-info.dk /precedence.php3 (186 words)

	Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations - 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Work continued on draft relationship agreement between the United Nations and the Court, on the fnancial regulations and rules, on the privilegies and immunities of the Court, and the rules of procedure of the assembly of states parties, as well as on the crime of aggression.
		The EU Head of Missions in New York also decided that Weast Africa would be used as a test case for the implementation of Article 19.
		He pointed out that EU's commitment to the primary role of the United Nations in the maintenance of international peace and security and to the core function of peacekeeping was evident in the contributions of troops, police officers, military observers, and civilian personnel from the Member States of the European Union to UN peacekeeping operations.
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	Rutherford Alcock - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		He worked there until 1846 and made it an especial part of his duties to superintend the established Chinese government and lay out the British settlement, which had developed into such an important feature of British commercial life in China.
		Alcock's native interpreter was murdered at the gate of the legation, and in the following year the legation was stormed by a body of Ronin, whose attack was repulsed by Mr.
		Hugh Cortazzi 1994, 'Sir Rutherford Alcock, the first British minister to Japan 1859-1864: a reassessment', Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan (4th series) 8: pp.
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	Electricity Reform Abroad and U.S. Investment, Chapter 2
		The United Kingdom was one of the first nations to embark upon widespread privatization of its electric utilities.
		Electricity privatization in the United Kingdom has occurred in the larger context of the privatization of much of the formerly state-owned UK industries and the diminution of the central government's role in the national economy.
		In the United Kingdom, public flotations were used to transfer ownership of electricity industry assets.
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		In a statement issued in Kinshasa, the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC) said the "mini-summit" came at a crucial moment of rising tensions between the neighbouring countries - both of which are implicated in the conflict in the DRC - and coincided with a resurgence of violence in the eastern part of the country.
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	General Information - Commodore Perry - 1852-4 - Japan Expedition - Lithographs
		One mission assigned to the squadron was to proceed to Japan and enter into a treaty with that country.
		Further, Japan was on the shipping routes to China and was considered a key to the efficient flow of maritime commerce in that area.
		He had been on the Preble mission that called in Okinawa and Japan in 1849 and his firsthand experience in those waters proved to be an invaluable asset for the expedition.
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	UNIDO - UNIDO at a Glance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mission: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) helps developing countries and countries with economies in transition in their fight against marginalization in today's globalized world.
		As part of the United Nations common system, UNIDO has responsibility for promoting industrialization throughout the developing world, in cooperation with its 171 Member States.
		Haruko Hirose of Japan, the Managing Director of the Programme Coordination and Field Operations Division (and Deputy to the Director- General), and Mr.
	www.unido.org /doc/3352 (1403 words)

	Columbia Newsblaster: Japan abandons Mars mission after probe fails to reach orbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A Delta II rocket carrying the Spirit vehicle lifted clear of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 1758 GMT on Tuesday.
		Agustin Chicarro, project scientist for Europe's first solo mission to Mars, talks to BBC News Online's Helen Briggs about the search for water and life on the planet.
		The United States and Russia have spent billions since the 1960s on a handful of space craft designed to land on Mars.
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	World War 1 and 2 - Hugh Cortazzi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sir Hugh Cortazzi GCMG retired after four years service as British ambassador to Japan in 1984, but has since been a leading scholar and promoter of better relations between Britain and Japan.
		He also writes a regular column in the Japan Times.
		His autobiography is Japan and Back, and places elsewhere (Global Books Ltd., 1998) ISBN 1901903206.
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/Hugh_Cortazzi (100 words)

	Read about Foreign and Commonwealth Office at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Foreign and Commonwealth Office and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		United Kingdom government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom abroad.
		Northern Departments, each of which covered both foreign and domestic affairs in their respective geographical parts of the Kingdom.
		The two departments' foreign affairs responsibilites became the Foreign Office, whilst their domestic affairs responsibilities were assigned to the
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Foreign_Office (437 words)

	Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations
		Her Excellency, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, at the last ASEM summit strongly supported the Indonesian and British proposal for an inter-faith dialogue to help prevent terrorism and to promote religious understanding through inter-faith dialogue as a component of the dialogue among civilizations and cultures.
		The President of Spain proposed during last month’s General Debate the creation of an Alliance of Civilizations between western and the Arab and Muslim worlds and intends to submit a proposal to the Secretary-General for the establishment of a High Level Group to consider the matter.
		In our host country, the United States of America, there are inter-religious fellowships, which are successfully cooperating to help the homeless and address other social problems.
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	JS Online: Barrett heads to China on critical commerce mission
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		The latest trade mission will keep up the momentum by opening doors in boardrooms, chambers of commerce and business parks in China.
		Given the importance of trust, Sheehy said the mayor's October trade mission is just another building block in a long-term process.
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	Permanent Mission of Angola to the United Nations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A government delegation headed by Aguinaldo Jaime, assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, arrived in Washington on 20 February to discuss with the International Monetary Fund the terms of reference of the signing of a formal agreement enabling Angola to have access to the soft loans needed for Angolaâs economic reconstruction and development.
		A British commercial mission headed by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce was in Luanda in mid-February on a five-day visit for exploratory talks aimed at expanding trade with Angola.
		This was revealed to the press on 7 May by Mário Cabral, head of an Angolan technical commission in São Tomé to prepare for the 5th meeting of the Angola-São Tomé and Príncipe joint commission.
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	Planet Ark : Focus - nuclear cargo heads for Japan via Cape
		Global environmental group Greenpeace, which says the ships' cargo could be quickly made into bombs if hijacked at sea, urged all countries along their route to ban the two vessels from their territorial waters.
		As the cargo ships headed south, Greenpeace called on the Spanish government to act quickly and ban the ships from entering the country's waters, but Madrid said it had been told the vessels would not do so.
		On board the boats was a special force recruited from the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency Constabulary.
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