Hugo Shorter

UK Ambassador to Iran.
Head, UK Mission to Afghanistan 2022-23.
Director Americas 2019-22.
Ambassador to Lebanon 2015-18.

[Hamish Cowell @HamishCowell]

Honoured to be in Lebanese Parliament today to see election of President Joseph Aoun. A signal of hope for 🇱🇧 after so many challenges.

Key next step under his leadership is swift formation of government committed to take forward much-needed reforms. 🇬🇧 stands ready to support.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

🎂 Wishing His Majesty The King a very Happy Birthday today.

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

#LestWeForget #RemembranceSunday

[🇬🇧وزارة الخارجية والتنمية البريطانية @FCDOArabic]

"الانفجارات في لبنان في الأسبوع الحالي وقصف إسرائيل لجنوب بيروت اليوم هما أحدث دائرة عنف مميتة، ويقلقنا بشدة سقوط ضحايا مدنيين نتيجة تلك الأحداث. ووجود أطفال من بين الضحايا مؤلم بشكل خاص."

- نص كلمة السفير جيمس كاريوكي https://t.co/bhQRrnlWAf

[UK in Lebanon 🇬🇧🇱🇧 @ukinlebanon]

On the fourth anniversary of the devastating Beirut port blast on August 4, 2020 at 18:07, our hearts go out to all those affected then and now.

Our flag at half mast.

#٤_اب #انفجار_بيروت #انفجار_مرفأ_بيروت #Beirut #lebanon

[Hamish Cowell @HamishCowell]

تكرر المملكة المتحدة دعوة اليونيفيل إلى وقف الأعمال العدائية على طول الخط الأزرق وتجديد الالتزام بتنفيذ قرار مجلس الأمن الدولي 1701.

إن الهدوء الذي ساد يوم أمس على الخط الأزرق يوفّر فرصة لإعادة التركيز على الحل الطويل الأمد للسلام.

[Hugo Shorter @HugoShorter]

Thinking of Beirut today, and of all those still waiting for justice. It's been far too long.
#BeirutExplosion

[Hugo Shorter @HugoShorter]

Delighted to see again Tacita Dean's evocative "Foreign Policy" at the Fondation Pinault. It took me right back to the Permanent Under Secretary's office, FCO, c. 2015.
@SimonMcDonaldUK
@FCDOGovUK
@BourseCommerce

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows” (George Orwell).

[Hugo Shorter @ShorterHug126]

This year I'm doing the London to Brighton bike ride to fundraise for the British Heart Foundation.
Check out my @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving https://t.co/NEofGmrtDl

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Three cheers for Their Majesties!

#Coronation

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠

The Archbishop of Canterbury places St Edward’s Crown on The King’s anointed head. The clergy, congregation and choir all cry ‘God Save The King’.

#Coronation

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The King turns to each of the four points of the compass before The Archbishop of Canterbury proclaims him the ‘undoubted King’. The congregation shouts ‘God Save King Charles!’.

[Hugo Shorter @HugoShorter]

@himat900 Sadly I only visited (the first time in 1969, and several times in 2022), but never lived there.

[Hugo Shorter @HugoShorter]

Beginning with the city you were born, list every city you’ve lived in chronologically up to today. Don’t be embarrassed if it’s only one city... Mine:
Tokyo 🇯🇵
Lisbon 🇵🇹
Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷
Oxford 🇬🇧
London 🇬🇧 x4
Paris 🇲🇫 x2
Brussels 🇧🇪
Brasilia 🇧🇷
Beirut 🇱🇧
Doha 🇶🇦

[Tobias Schneider @tobiaschneider]

Diez 🇩🇪 > Menton 🇫🇷 > Cairo 🇪🇬 > Nice 🇫🇷 > Fez 🇲🇦 > Menton 🇫🇷 > Tokyo 🇯🇵 > Pristina 🇽🇰 > Beirut 🇱🇧 > Bologna 🇮🇹 > Berlin 🇩🇪 > DC 🇺🇸 > London 🇬🇧 > Berlin 🇩🇪. And soon 🇰🇪!

[Hugo Shorter @HugoShorter]

#ANZAC Day always an important opportunity to remember the courageous contributions of 🇦🇺 & 🇳🇿 in multiple theatres around the world.
I always add a quiet thought for my great grandfather who landed on Gallipoli OTD 1915 w/ 1st Battalion, #LancashireFusiliers. KIA 2 weeks later.

[Royal British Legion @PoppyLegion]

On #AnzacDay we remember the immense contribution made by thousands of men and women from across every part of Australia and New Zealand in operations and conflicts across the globe.

Their service and sacrifice will not be forgotten.

[The Lord (Tariq)Ahmad of Wimbledon KCMG @tariqahmadbt]

نوروز بر همه آنهایی که این آیین باستانی را در سراسر جهان جشن می گیرند پیروز باد. امسال برای خیلی ها، از جمله دوستان ما در افغانستان و ایران سال سختی بود. بریتانیا همچنان در کنار شما خواهد ایستاد. دعاهای ما و بهترین آرزوها برای شما.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

The first International Day to Combat Islamophobia is a call for action to stamp out the poison of anti-Muslim hatred.

Discrimination diminishes us all. We must stand up against it.

Today & every day, we must counter the forces of division by reaffirming our common humanity.

[Hugo Shorter @HugoShorter]

@tomyoungart Mabrouk, Tom! This is one of your finest IMO.

[Hugo Shorter @HugoShorter]

Those who ban women from national life, like the #Taliban, are saying none of these achievements should have happened. The world would have been a poorer, more ignorant & more violent place. That's exactly what will happen to #Afghanistan if #AfghanWomen are erased from society.

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Happy International Women's Day!

We're celebrating women who have changed the world. Here's all of the amazing women who have received the #NobelPrize and their remarkable achievements at the time of the award.

Who are the women who inspire you the most?

#IWD2023