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Mr. Halvard Lange (Minister of Foreign Affairs) signs the NATO Treaty for Norway.
The North Atlantic Treaty :
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm?
A thematic overview of NATO's most important official texts :
www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/57772.htm
NATO Declassified 1949-1959
Taken for the Active Assignment Weekly group.
Subject: Foreign yet nearby
What it took: As I drove through some of the forestry roads this morning near my home, I took a turn down one that I haven't visited in about 6 years, and about a mile in, what do I spot hanging from a tree twenty feet above the ground? Looks like some loggers were bored one morning. Post processing in Adobe Photoshop CS2: Desaturated. Selected tire using magnetic selection tool, 3-pixel feathering, color replacement tool set to bright red. As always, image size reduce by 50%, pixels per inch reduced from 300 to 72.
Thread: Aunt Lydia 10. Color: #201 White.
Hook: Tulip GP #5/1.50mm.
Size: 13.25" dia.
Made: April 15, 2011.
11/08/2025. Locarno, Switzerland. Foreign Secretary David Lammy visits Argor-Heraeus Gold Refinery on his visit to Switzerland. Picture by Ben Dance / FCDO
Defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic. This is part of the oath that everyone takes in public service, be it Military or Civilian Civic duty.
Second Amendment Rally
Denver, CO
Feb 2013
Liverpool diversion, the 07.02 ex Lime st awaits time at Wilmslow to run in the path of the 07.55 ex Picc....25/5/20
an after festival party at the foreign cinema space on mission street - san francisco, california(2006)
Imagine living in a strange, dark city for twenty years.
There are some dismal dwellings on the east side
and one of them is yours. On the landing, you hear
your foreign accent echo down the stairs. You think
in a language of your own and talk in theirs.
Then you are writing home. The voice in your head
Recites the letter in a local dialect; behind that
Is the sound of your mother singing to you,
All that time ago, and now you do not know
Why your eyes are watering and what’s the word for this.
You use the public transport. Work. Sleep. Imagine one night
You saw a name for yourself sprayed in red
against a brick wall. A hate name. Red like blood.
It is snowing in the streets, under the neon lights,
as if this place were coming to bits before your eyes.
And in the delicatessen, from time to time, the coins
in your palm will not translate. Inarticulate,
because this is not home, you point at the fruit. Imagine
that one of you says, Me not know what these people mean.
It like they only go to bed and dream. Imagine that.
24/11/2025. London, United Kingdom. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper attends Women Peace and Security with Summit with HRH Duchess of Edinburgh. Picture by Ben Dance / FCDO
16/06/2023. London, United Kingdom. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly meets Cyprus Foreign Minister Dr. Constantinos Kombos for a bilateral at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street
We've taken over the second floor dining room/living area-- for good! Here are some study models for a weekend house project in Karuizawa. We are playing with stairs, chimneys, and fireplaces!
Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey at the Wilton Park Annual Address in London, 23 November 2011.
Left to right: Ambassador Alexander Vershbow (NATO Deputy Secretary General) with Maia Panjikidze (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Georgia)
Hội An is a city of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is located in Quảng Nam Province and is home to approximately 120,000 inhabitants. It is recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Hội An Ancient Town is an exceptionally well-preserved example of a South-East Asian trading port dating from the 15th to the 19th century. Its buildings and its street plan reflect the influences, both indigenous and foreign, that have combined to produce this unique heritage site.The city possessed the largest harbour in Southeast Asia in the 1st century and was known as Lâm Ấp Phố (Champa City). Between the seventh and 10th centuries, the Cham (people of Champa) controlled the strategic spice trade and with this came tremendous wealth. The former harbour town of the Cham at the estuary of the Thu Bồn River was an important Vietnamese trading centre in the 16th and 17th centuries, where Chinese from various provinces as well as Japanese, Dutch and Indians settled. During this period of the China trade, the town was called Hai Pho (Seaside Town) in Vietnamese. Originally, Hai Pho was a divided town with the Japanese settlement across the "Japanese Bridge" (16th-17th century). The bridge (Chùa cầu) is a unique covered structure built by the Japanese, the only known covered bridge with a Buddhist temple attached to one side.
ETYMOLOGY
Hội An translates as "peaceful meeting place". In English and other European languages, the town was known historically as Faifo. This word is derived from Vietnamese Hội An phố (the town of Hội An), which was shortened to "Hoi-pho", and then to "Faifo".
HISTORY
The early history of Hội An is that of the Cham. These Austronesian-speaking Malayo-Polynesian peoples created the Champa Empire which occupied much of what is now central and lower Vietnam, from Huế to beyond Nha Trang. Various linguistic connections between Cham and the related Jarai language and the Austronesian languages of Indonesia (particularly Acehnese), Malaya, Cambodia and Hainan has been documented. In the early years, Mỹ Sơn was the spiritual capital, Trà Kiệu was the political capital and Hội An was the commercial capital of the Champa Empire - later, by the 14th century, the Cham moved further down towards Nha Trang. The river system was the transportation for goods between the highlands, inland countries of Laos and Thailand and the low lands.In 1535 Portuguese explorer and sea captain António de Faria, coming from Đà Nẵng, tried to establish a major trading center at the port village of Faifo. Hội An was founded as a trading port by the Nguyễn Lord Nguyễn Hoàng sometime around 1595. The Nguyễn lords were far more interested in commercial activity than the Trịnh lords who ruled the north. As a result, Hội An flourished as a trading port and became the most important trade port on the South China Sea. Captain William Adams, the English sailor and confidant of Tokugawa Ieyasu, is known to have made at least one trading mission to Hội An (around 1619). The early Portuguese Jesuits also had one of their two residences at Hội An.
In the 18th century, Hội An was considered by Chinese and Japanese merchants to be the best destination for trading in all of Southeast Asia, even Asia. Japanese believed the heart of all of Asia (the dragon) lay beneath the earth of Hội An. The city also rose to prominence as a powerful and exclusive trade conduit between Europe, China, India, and Japan, especially for the ceramic industry. Shipwreck discoveries have shown that Vietnamese and Asian ceramics were transported from Hội An to as far as Sinai, Egypt.Hội An's importance waned sharply at the end of the 18th century because of the collapse of Nguyễn rule (thanks to the Tây Sơn Rebellion - which was opposed to foreign trade).
Then, with the triumph of Emperor Gia Long, he repaid the French for their aid by giving them exclusive trade rights to the nearby port town of Đà Nẵng. Đà Nẵng became the new center of trade (and later French influence) in central Vietnam while Hội An was a forgotten backwater. Local historians also say that Hội An lost its status as a desirable trade port due to silting up of the river mouth. The result was that Hội An remained almost untouched by the changes to Vietnam over the next 200 years.
Today, the town is a tourist attraction because of its history, traditional architecture and crafts such as textiles and ceramics. Many bars, hotels, and resorts have been constructed both in Hội An and the surrounding area. The port mouth and boats are still used for both fishing and tourism.
WEATHER
Calm mild weather is now limited to the season of May/June - end of August when the seas are calm and wind changes direction and comes from the South. The remainder of the year the weather is intermittent between rain & cold and hot & mild. Popular activities such as visiting offshore Cù lao Chàm islands are only guaranteed to be likely during the short season of end of May to end of August, which is the high season for domestic tourism.
HERITAGE AND TOURISM
In 1999, the old town was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with buildings that display a unique blend of local and foreign influences. According to the UNESCO Impact Report 2008 on Hội An, tourism has bought changes to the area which are not sustainable without mitigation. Due to the increased number of tourists visiting Hoi An a variety of activities are emerging which allow guests to get out of the old quarter and explore by motorbike, bicycle, Kayak or motorboat. The Thu Bon River is still essential to the region more than 500 years after António de Faria first navigated it and it remains an essential form of food production and transport. As such kayak and motorboat rides are becoming an increasingly popular tourist activity.
MUSEUM
The city has four museums highlighting the history of the region. These museums are managed by the Hoi An Center for Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation. Entrance to the museum is permitted with a Hoi An Entrance Ticket.
The Museum of History and Culture, at 13 Nguyen Hue St, was originally a pagoda, built in the 17th century by Minh Huong villagers to worship the Quan An, and is adjacent to the Quan Cong temple. It contains original relics from the Sa Huynh, Champa, Dai Viet and Dai Nam periods, tracing the history of Hoi An's inhabitants from its earliest settlers through to French colonial times.
The Hoi An Folklore Museum, at 33 Nguyen Thai Hoc St, was opened in 2005, and is the largest two-storey wooden building in the old town, at 57m long and 9m wide, with fronts at Nguyen Thai Hoc St and Bach Dang St. On the second floor, there are 490 artifacts, organised into four areas: plastic folk arts, performing folk arts, traditional occupations and artefacts related to the daily life of Hoi An residents.
The Museum of Trade Ceramics is located at 80 Tran Phu St, and was established in 1995, in a restored wooden building, originally built around 1858. The items originating from Persia, China, Thailand, India and other countries are proof of the importance of Hội An as a major trading port in South East Asia.
The Museum of Sa Huỳnh Culture, is located at 149 Tran Phu St. Established in 1994, this museum displays a collection of over 200 artifacts from the Sa Huỳnh culture - considered to be the original settlers on the Hội An site - dating to over 2000 years ago. This museum is considered to be the most unique collection of Sa Huỳnh artefacts in Vietnam.
WIKIPEDIA
Tax relief on capital gains (CGT) on foreign investments is for international investors investing in India. An endless relief came for the Foreign Investors after Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia explained that Foreign Investors in India don’t want to pay tax on prior gains on investments in the equity market. Read more this blog. bit.ly/2SwFpXx
26 October 2011 - Pre-CHOGM Foreign Ministers Meeting in Perth, Western Australia. ©Annaliese McDonough/Commonwealth Secretariat
24/05/2023.The Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, learns to cook authentic Brazilian food at the Tia Zelia restaurant whilst on a visit to Brasilia. Picture by Rory Arnold / No 10 Downing Street.
Foreign Language Preparation is a new course this year required of all seventh-graders and will provide an excellent foundation for Latin, French or Spanish. Read more about this innovative class at wsa.net/blog/foreign-language-with-a-twist/
Mr. Rafeeuddin Ahmed, presently the Associate Administrator of UNDP, was the sixth Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) from 1992 to 1994. He previously held the post of Under-Secretary-General for International Economic and Social Affairs, while also serving as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs in South-East Asia. Prior to that, from 1 January 1983, he was Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Trusteeship and Decolonization.
Mr. Ahmed joined the United Nations Secretariat in May 1970 as Secretary of the Economic and Social Council, and from February 1973 served as Director of the Resources and Programme Planning Office in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. From May 1975, he held the post of Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General until September 1978, when he became Chef de Cabinet.
Mr. Ahmed entered the Foreign Service of Pakistan in October 1955 and held diplomatic posts in Beijing, Cairo and Ottawa. He served as Director for United Nations Affairs and Economic Coordination in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from February 1968 until joining the Secretariat. While a member of the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations from 1965 to 1968, Mr. Ahmed was his country's representative in the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) during the twentieth to the twenty-fourth sessions of the General Assembly.