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		<title>Freedom of expression and press freedom – striking the balance between freedom and regulation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 04:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[World Press Freedom Day]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[World Press Freedom Day is celebrated across the globe on 3 May. We, as Ambassadors of Canada and the UK, believe that free and independent media play a vital role in social and economic prosperity, the protection of human rights and in holding the powerful to account. That is why our two countries have recently [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Maritime security cooperation and the importance of the rules based international system</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gareth Ward]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 09:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, international experts came together in Hanoi to discuss maritime security.  We were involved – the Embassies of Britain, France and Australia and the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam – because, our four countries are maritime nations that rely on sea trade routes and freedom of navigation across the globe.  The rules which constitute [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>UK education has something for everyone</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gareth Ward]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2018 04:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve only been Ambassador here in Vietnam for a month, but that’s long enough to pick up on the importance of education. As a society with a Confucian history, I can see that study is valued highly, even if things have changed a lot in the millenium since Hanoi’s Temple of Literature first tested scholars against [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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