“EU Foreign Policy After Lisbon”
by
The Rt Hon David Miliband, MP
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Monday, 26 October 2009
10:00-11:00am
Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room at Arundel House
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In preparation for the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Secretary of State will discuss the EU's role as a global actor and the benefits for the UK of a strong EU foreign policy.
The Rt Hon David Miliband MP was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in June 2007. He was Secretary of State at the Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs from May 2006 until June 2007. He entered the Cabinet as Minister of Communities and Local Government in May 2005. He was appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office in December 2004 and Minister of State for Schools in June 2002. He has been MP for South Shields since June 2001. The Rt Hon David Miliband MP was educated at Haverstock Comprehensive School in London. After graduating with first class honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, he completed a masters degree in Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Kennedy Scholar.
This meeting will be chaired by Adam Ward, IISS Director of Studies and will take place in the Lee Kuan Yew Conference Room at Arundel House. Please could all participants arrive by 9:45.
Please RSVP to receive confirmation of attendance as spaces may be limited:
Clara Lane-Spollen
lane-spollen@iiss.org
Arundel House, 13–15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX
