The Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT),formally known as the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere,in Outer Space and Under Water,prohibited all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground. It is also abbreviated as the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT) and Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (NTBT),though the latter may also refer to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT),which succeeded the PTBT for ratifying parties.
Disarmament is the act of reducing,limiting,or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction,such as nuclear arms. General and Complete Disarmament was defined by the United Nations General Assembly as the elimination of all WMD,coupled with the “balanced reduction of armed forces and conventional armaments,based on the principle of undiminished security of the parties with a view to promoting or enhancing stability at a lower military level,taking into account the need of all States to protect their security.”
Maurice Harold Macmillan,1st Earl of Stockton,was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac",he was known for his pragmatism,wit,and unflappability.
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George,Prince of Wales,while he was acting as prince regent for his father,King George III. It is named in honour of two military saints,Michael and George.
David Hugh Alexander Hannay,Baron Hannay of Chiswick is a British diplomat.
Arthur Christopher Watson was a British colonial administrator and politician who served as Governor of Montserrat,Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British High Commissioner to Brunei.
Sir Frank Kenyon Roberts was a British diplomat. He played a key role in British diplomacy in the early years of the Cold War,and in developing Anglo-German relations in the 1960s.
Sir Robert John Sawers FRUSI is a British intelligence officer,diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6),a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014. He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2007 to November 2009.
Sir Nigel Elton Sheinwald is a former senior British diplomat,who served as Ambassador to the United States of America between October 2007 and January 2012. He was appointed "Special Envoy on intelligence and law enforcement data sharing" in September 2014.
Douglas A. Ross is a Canadian political scientist specializing in international relations,specifically Canadian foreign and defense policies,nuclear strategy,and arms control. He is currently Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University. Having obtained his BA in political science and economics,he went on to receive an MA and PhD in political science,all from the University of Toronto. His PhD thesis,completed under the supervision of the former Canadian diplomat John Wendell Holmes,was subsequently published as In the Interests of Peace:Canada and Vietnam,1954–1973. It is widely considered the most comprehensive and authoritative account of Canadian foreign policy with regard to the Vietnam War.
Gordon Geoffrey Wetherell is a British diplomat who was the former governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He was appointed on 5 August 2008,replacing Richard Tauwhare in the position. On 14 August 2009,he assumed direct political control when the British government imposed direct rule on the islands in response to a Foreign Office inquiry which found "information in abundance pointing to a high probability of systematic corruption or serious dishonesty" in the islands' administration under former premier,Michael Misick.
The Department of War Studies (DWS) is an academic department in the School of Security Studies within the Faculty of Social Science &Public Policy at King's College London in London,United Kingdom. Along with other politics and international studies units at King's College London,it ranks amongst the top places for international relations in the world. For international relations in the UK,which is taught within the War Studies Department and the Department of European &International Studies,King's ranks second nationally. The department is devoted to the multi-disciplinary study of war and diplomacy within the broad remit of international relations. It remains one of the only academic departments in the world that can be described as such.
Ahmet Üzümcü is a Turkish career diplomat,who previously served as the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Damian Roderic Todd is a career British diplomat who has served as Ambassador to Slovakia,Ambassador to Poland,Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands and High Commissioner to Cyprus.
Sir Michael Aidan Pakenham is a British retired diplomat.
John Stewart Duncan OBE is a British diplomat. He was Ambassador for Multilateral Arms Control and Disarmament and UK Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament,Geneva,2006–11. In June 2013,he was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the British government,to represent the Queen as Governor of the British Virgin Islands,and to act as the de facto head of state in the Territory. Duncan arrived at the Islands on 14 August 2014 and was sworn in the following day and his term would last until 8 August 2017 when he was succeeded by Robert A. Mathavious.
Sir Timothy Earle Barrow is a British diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 2017 to 2020 and as the British Ambassador to the European Union from 2020 to 2021. He served as National Security Adviser from 2022 to 2024.
The history of the foreign relations of the United Kingdom covers English,British,and United Kingdom's foreign policy from about 1500 to 2000. For the current situation since 2000 see foreign relations of the United Kingdom.
Nigel John Dakin (born 28 February 1964 is a British diplomat and soldier who served as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands between 15 July 2019 and 29 March 2023.
