DAO 02/24 – Accounts Directions 2023-24

'Dear Accounting Officer' letters provide advice on accountability, regularity, propriety, value for money and annual accounting exercises.




New UK sanctions to crack down on Putin’s war machine

UK announces 50 new sanctions designations and specifications to degrade Putin’s war machine, in co-ordinated action with G7 partners to support Ukraine [ 13 June 2024].




Operation Ancord – Multiple seizures of veterinary products

Veterinary products seized during an FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) Operation.




Two World War One Soldiers Buried in France

Two soldiers, whose remains were found in a cave, have been laid to rest with full military honours more than a century after their deaths.




Media Freedom remains a vital component of shared security: UK statement to the OSCE, June 2024

Ambassador Neil Holland recalls the vital contribution of media freedom to security in the OSCE region, and calls on Russia and Belarus to live up to their OSCE commitments.