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Recently, the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released last year reported that the climate is already changing and the impacts are already being felt. And, further climate change is inevitable in the coming decades. The scientists have reported, and I quote “Climate change – once considered an issue for a…

Most people of my father’s generation remember exactly where they were on November 22, 1963, when President Kennedy was shot. For me and my generation, most will remember exactly where they were on September 11, 2001.

The idea of a united Europe emerged from the ruins of two world wars. Then French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman conceived the European Coal and Steel Community, premised on the firm belief that binding states together in the production of coal and steel…

I am indeed honored to consider myself a friend of Arnold Foote; with a curriculum like his listing a breathtaking number of awards and different important positions over more than 50 years, many of them in pro-bono and honorary work.

Even though the world has known about the deadly Ebola virus, the diagnosis of the first Ebola patient on U.S. soil put Americans in a panic, fearing the virus that ironically few knew about even though it has been around for almost 40 years.

CVQO is an education charity which was established in its own right in 2001. It is based in the United Kingdom but covers many countries throughout the world. Our vision is to improve the lives of young people and adults through vocational education, training and development. We exist because we wanted to meet a need.

A special award was presented to Mr. Irving Fourcand, Director of Protocol and International Affairs, Miami International Airport, in recognition of this excellent project developed by MIA. We thank them most sincerely for the excellent service they are providing to all Consuls in Miami.

Congratulatory notes have been received by our President The Hon. Arnold Foote.

The President of the Democratic Republic of Sri Lanka, His Excellency Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa, seen above receiving the FICAC Meritorious Medal of Distinction from the President of the World Federation of Consuls, The Honourable Arnold Foote OJ, at a reception held at the Presidential Palace recently. Also present from left; the Minister of External Affairs,…