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  Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos information - Search.com
Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC (born 13 March 1954) is a British Labour Party politician and life peer, currently serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council.
Lady Amos was the principal spokesperson in the House of Lords on International Development as well as one of the Government's spokespersons in the House of Lords on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Lady Amos was born in Guyana, studied at the Universities of Warwick, Birmingham and East Anglia, and was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Thames Valley University in 1995 in recognition of her work on equality and social justice.
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  Valerie Amos
Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State for International Development, Baroness Amos was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs on June 11, 2001, with responsibility for Africa; Commonwealth; Caribbean; Overseas Territories; Consular Issues and FCO Personnel.
Baroness Amos was the principal spokesperson in the House of Lords on International Development as well as one of the Government's spokespersons in the House of Lords on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Valerie Amos was born in Guyana, studied at the Universities of Warwick, Birmingham and East Anglia, and was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Thames Valley University[?] in 1995 in recognition of her work on equality and social justice.
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 valerie_amos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Valerie Amos was appointed Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council in October 2003.
Baroness Amos was Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from June 2001 with responsibility for Africa, the Commonwealth, the Caribbean, Britain 's Overseas Territories, Consular Affairs and Personnel Issues.
Valerie Amos was co-founder and director of Amos Fraser Bernard from 1995 until she joined the government and worked as an adviser to the South African Government on public service reform, human rights and employment equity.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC (born 13 March 1954) is a British Labour Party politician and life peer, currently serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council.
Lady Amos was the principal spokesperson in the House of Lords on International Development as well as one of the Government's spokespersons in the House of Lords on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Lady Amos was born in Guyana, studied at Warwick, Birmingham and the University of East Anglia, and was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Thames Valley University in 1995 in recognition of her work on equality and social justice.
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 interview with baroness amos
prior to her new appointment baroness amos was a british foreign minister, one of five reporting to jack straw, the uk's foreign secretary.
baroness amos has responsibility for africa, the caribbean and britain's overseas territories which have self rule but whose defence and foreign affairs is provided by the uk, places such as gibraltar, falkland islands, cayman islands, montserrat, anguilla and pitcairn.
valerie amos was born in guyana and came to england when she was 9 years of age.
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 Baroness Amos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos - The Right Honourable Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos, PC (born 13 March 1954), is a British Labour Party politician and life peer, currently serving as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council.
The Baroness Amos Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on June 11, 2001, with responsibility for Africa; Commonwealth; Caribbean; Overseas Territories; Consular Issues and as Of Since Bell studied...
Valerie Amos was born in Guyana, studied at the Universities of Warwick, Birmingham and East Anglia, and was an adviser to the sidelines at Beaver Stadium.
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 BBC NEWS | Politics | Profile of Baroness Amos
Baroness Amos is the third ever woman to become leader of the House of Lords.
Baroness Amos was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office since 2001.
She was educated at Townley Grammar School for Girls before completing a degree in sociology at Warwick University in 1976, a masters degree in cultural studies from Birmingham University in 1977 and doctoral research at University of East Anglia.
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 Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
Baroness Amos was a junior minister in the Foreign Office, engaged mostly in speaking for the government in the House of Lords, the upper and relatively powerless chamber of British parliament.
Valerie Ann Amos, 49, was born in Guyana.
Valerie Amos, who is single, was appointed to the House of Lords in 1997 and given the title of Baroness, as Baroness Thatcher was, though for a very different kind of politics.
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 Caribbean Net News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State for International Development, Baroness Amos was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in June 2001 with responsibility for Africa, the Commonwealth, the Caribbean, Overseas Territories, Consular Issues and FCO Personnel.
Lady Amos, according to her official bio, was also the principal spokesperson in the House of Lords on International Development as well as one of the government's spokespersons in the House of Lords on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Amos studied at the Universities of Warwick, Birmingham and East Anglia, and was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Thames Valley University in 1995 in recognition of her work on equality and social justice.
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 Baroness Amos, Honorary Doctor of the University of Bradford   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Baroness Valerie Amos is being made an honorary Doctor of the University in recognition of her distinguished contributions to public life, particularly in the fields of equal opportunities and international development.
Baroness Amos was the fi rst fl woman to sit in cabinet and the third-ever woman to become Leader of the House of Lords.
Baroness Amos was chief executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission from 1989 to 1994, and then director of Amos Fraser Bernard from 1995 to 1998.
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 Newswatch magazine
At the meeting with Baroness Amos at the House of Lords, he said: "We know President Obasanjo has not told anyone he is running for a third term and has said both here (London) and in Germany that he would keep his oath of office and abide by Nigeria's constitution.
Baroness Amos, who is the first fl woman cabinet member and third woman ever to become Leader of the House of Lords, told the governor, the British government was watching developments in Nigeria with keen interest and would be hoping that Nigeria continues to be a beacon of hope for democracy on the African continent.
Both the Baroness and the governor listed areas of cooperation between the two countries, including political and economic reforms and agreed that the cooperation must be strengthened in those areas.
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 Caribbean Guyana Institute For Democracy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Baroness Valerie Amos and David Lammy MP, both of Guyanese origin, have kept their ministerial posts in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's 'Day of the long knives' last Friday in which one third of his Cabinet ministers were sacked or moved from their office.
Baroness Amos, born in Wakenaam in Essequibo, stays as the Leader of the House of Lords - a post which she has occupied for three years.
Both Lammy and Amos are stalwarts of the Guyanese Diaspora in the UK, members of the so-called Guyanese Mafia, recipients of the Guyana High Commission(UK) Award and regular attendees at Diaspora functions.
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 Baroness Valerie Amos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Baroness Valerie Amos holds two degrees from Warwick - a BA in Sociology which she gained in 1976, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws, awarded in the summer of 2000.
Baroness Amos is a striking woman who was born into poverty in Guyana nearly 50 years ago.
Young Valerie’s political education began in earnest in 1973 when she arrived at Warwick, then still thought of as a ‘new’ university.
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 Daily Nation on the Web
Baroness Valerie Amos, who was originally due to visit Nairobi last month had a series of meetings with both the President, opposition leaders and NGOs throughout the day.
Baroness Amos voiced her concerns on the much criticised and shelved media bill indicating that an independent press was "a very important issue."
He told Baroness Amos that the opposition was opposed to the resumption of aid until the government met all donor conditions.
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 New Statesman - Darcus Howe has a job for Valerie Amos
Baroness Amos should intervene in Guyana, the island of her birth
Upon the appointment of Baroness (Valerie) Amos to the post of International Development Secretary, with a place in the cabinet, a journalist from one of the tabloids telephoned me. He wanted dirt on the fine and upstanding baroness.
I recommend to Amos that she despatch without delay a commission made up of Caribbeans from the diaspora in Britain to investigate in detail the conditions under which the Guyanese now live.
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 Kartar Lalwani is UK Entrepreneur of the Year
Baroness Valerie Amos, Britain's Secretary of State for Department for International Development, who was the chief guest, won the 'Hammer Award' the highest award given to an individual for breaking through the 'glass ceiling.'
Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State for International Development in May this year, Baroness Amos was Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
Born in 1954 in Guyana, Baroness Amos began her career in local government, working in various London boroughs from 1981 to 1989.
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 The Sun Online - News: Cabinet first for Valerie
Baroness Amos was appointed International Development Secretary just 35 minutes after Clare Short quit.
Lady Amos came to London when she was nine with her teacher parents and brother and sister in 1963.
Lady Amos was later £50,000-a-year chief executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission, where she met a young Tony Blair when he was Labour’s employment spokesman.
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 100 Great Black Britons - Baroness Valerie Amos
Baroness Amos is one of three fl peers that sit in the House of Lords.
Prior to her appointment as Secretary of State for International Development, Baroness Amos was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs in June 2001 with responsibility for Africa, the Commonwealth, the Caribbean, Overseas Territories, Consular Issues and FCO Personnel.
She was educated at Townley Grammar School for Girls before completing a degree in sociology at Warwick University in 1976, a master's degree in cultural studies from Birmingham University in 1977 and doctoral research at University of East Anglia.
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 Press Releases: Iraq, Valerie Amos allocates more assistance during a visit to Iraq
Baroness Amos is currently in Iraq to see for herself the progress made over the last three months and also to discuss with the UN, Coalition Provisional Authority, and Iraqis what needs to be done.
Whilst in Baghdad Baroness Amos commented, "The first priority is to establish law and order and re-establish basic public services, so that Iraqis can begin to enjoy the benefits of the end of Saddam's regime.
Baroness Amos visited Basra yesterday where she met with representatives of Iraqi civil society, the UN, UK military, and Coalition Provisional Authority South.
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 Abdullahi Adamu|Governor Adamu pleads for understanding in London
Governor Adamu, met and had discussions with Diane Abbott, Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, and Baroness Valerie Amos, Leader of the House of Lords and a member of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s cabinet, at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.
The Nasarawa governor told both politicians that with Nigeria just coming out of dictatorship in the last few years, it was not unlikely that when general elections are near, different groups would jockey for position and press their claims for power.
Baroness Amos, who is the first fl woman cabinet member and third woman ever to become Leader of the House of Lords, told the governor, the British government was watching developments in Nigeria with keen interest and would be hoping that Nigeria continues to be a beacon for democracy on the African continent.
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 Ghana International Airlines - Baroness Amos Flies Ghana International Airlines
2006 --Baroness Valerie Ann Amos, Leader of the British House of Lords, joined the register of high profile personalities to fly Ghana’s National Carrier, Ghana International Airlines.
Baroness Amos, the first Black woman to become leader of the House of Lords sampled GIA’s fine hospitality on a recent private visit to the country.
Passengers who flew GIA last quarter gave the Airline high marks for satisfaction in a recent poll authored by two researchers, Dr. Isaac Baidoo of the Department of Statistics and Professor Clement Ahiadeke of the Institute for Social, Statistical and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana.
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 Baroness Amos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
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 Latest news from Rwanda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
President Kagame briefed Baroness Amos on recent political and economic developments in Rwanda, highlighting the political reform programme, plans for a referendum on the new constitution, and presidential and parliamentary elections in the second half of the year.
President Kagame appraised Baroness Amos about developments in the Great Lakes region, highlighting the need for a strong and able State in Kinshasa, and Rwanda's commitment to peace and security in the region.
Baroness Amos's visit to Rwanda is part of an Africa tour in which she will also visit Kenya.
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However, what I will comment on is Baroness Amos' speech which, like Ruth Kelly and John Reid before her, has questioned the value of multiculturalism.
Quote of yesterday: Blair to express his “sorrow” for the slave tradeAccording to notes seen in the possession of Baroness Amos, the Lead of the House of Lords, earlier this month, the Prime Minister wanted to make a bold gesture that will be ‘internationally recognised’.
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