Falklands : MLAs HEAD NORTH FOR PARTY CONFERENCES
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 16.09.2011 (Article Archived on 30.09.2011)
The Honourable Sharon Halford, MLA and Roger Edwards, MLA left the Falklands on Tuesday to attend the annual Party Conferences in the United Kingdom. They will be joined in the UK by the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) London Representative Sukey Cameron MBE.
MLAs HEAD NORTH FOR PARTY CONFERENCES
By J. Brock (FINN)
The Honourable Sharon Halford, MLA and Roger Edwards, MLA left the Falklands on Tuesday to attend the annual Party Conferences in the United Kingdom. They will be joined in the UK by the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) London Representative Sukey Cameron MBE.
As one of the longest standing exhibitors, FIG, having attended the Labour and Conservative Party Conferences since 1988; this year FIG will also, as a trial, be exhibiting at the Liberal Democratic Conference having attended International Day in past years.
Attendance at conferences provide an excellent opportunity to meet a large number of delegates ranging from MPs and their constituents, media representatives, diplomatic visitors and fellow exhibitors – some 30,000 people over three weeks. New contacts are made and former contacts updated on issues affecting the Islands. MLAs also have the opportunity to attend a number of fringe meetings that may be relevant to the Islands.
“It is always interesting to find that a large number of people have connections with the Islands, either having visited themselves or know people who have. We are also pleased with the interest shown in the Islands and for the high level of support we always get,” said Sukey Cameron MBE, the Falkland Islands Government’s UK Representative.
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