Greg Houston

Diplomat, cyclist, VW enthusiast, husband and dad of three. RTs are not endorsements.

[David Clay @dave_clay]

1. It takes two to negotiate.

“Diplomats know only too well that apparently irreconcilable differences can often be settled, given time, patience, understanding and imagination (…) Nothing ventured, nothing win.”

[Amy Pope @IOMchief]

Thank you, @AndrewmitchMP, Minister of State (Development & Africa) @FCDOgovUK for your generous support to IOM’s development & humanitarian work.

I look forward to strengthening our cooperation on the most crucial migration issues worldwide.

[Disasters Emergency Committee @decappeal]

#HMTheKing met with all 15 @decappeal charities and @FCDOGovUK at Buckingham Palace today. They recognised the life-changing impact of donations from the UK public to humanitarian crises including the #PakistanFloodsAppeal which has now raised over £38 million. Thank you!

[Alex Ellis @AlexWEllis]

A lot of you have been in touch about visa delays; many apologies, as I know this is causing a lot of problems.

Here’s what we’re doing, and what you can do.

[Mohammed Abdiker @AbdikerM]

Very good to meet @FCDOGovUK and @ukhomeoffice in London today to discuss the challenges and opportunities of migration in East and Horn of Africa. Grateful for their continued support to @UNmigration in the region.

[Mohammed Abdiker @AbdikerM]

Thanks to @IOM_UK for hosting the ‘Eastern Route’ photo exhibition, showing the challenges African migrants traveling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen and the Gulf face, and the enormous lifesaving humanitarian needs.

#MRP2022

[The HALO Trust @TheHALOTrust]

A HALO medic-deminer in a battlefield near Kyiv. HALO teams are on the ground, urgently clearing landmines in Ukraine.
📸 Our first mine of the latest war was a TM-62M – found in a field where a farmer had been injured.

[UK at the UN 🇬🇧🇺🇳 @UKUN_NewYork]

The first Declaration of Progress against the #GCM has been adopted👏

🇬🇧joins fellow🇺🇳Member States in reaffirming our collective ambition to:

➡️Make migration safe, orderly & regular
➡️Maximise benefits of regular migration
➡️Mitigate risks

#Migration2022 #IMRF @UNMigNetwork

[Aidan Liddle @AidanLiddle]

On #MineAwarenessDay, we still see land mines and cluster munitions being used in conflict, and threatening the lives, limbs and livelihoods of civilians long after. As Cluster Munitions Convention Presy & leading mine action donor, 🇬🇧 is committed to a #MineFreeWorld #IMAD2022

[Ed Barnett @edwardabarnett]

As Ukrainians flee the brtual conflict at home, @FCDOGovUK is stepping up regional support.

Teams of UK 🇬🇧 experts are working with humanitarian partners to bolster the international response.

Thank you to Laura and the team for your vital work. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇬🇧

[United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) @UNMAS]

Recently UNMAS in #Sudan in collaboration with the National Mine Action Center of Sudan (NMAC) and the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), celebrated the graduation ceremony of the 28 female deminers.

[Hugo Shorter @HugoShorter]

Delighted to have arrived in Doha to take up my post as Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the UK Mission to Afghanistan (@UK4Afghanistan ). Straight to work to continue our efforts to support the Afghan people at this critical time.

[Councillor Rowan Battley @CllrBattley]

My wife Lola will be selling her crocheted dolls in the precinct this Saturday, all proceeds to the drop-in-centre. For God's sake buy one, she's made 600 of the bloody things. They're all over the house. Every time I open the airing cupboard it's like being attacked by Chucky.

[(((Jon Benjamin)))🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇱✡️ ⚒🇬🇭 @JonBenjamin19]

No place for hate👇

#rugby

[Duncan Chisholm @DuncanWChisholm]

Today I’m at Plodda Falls - ‘Eas Ploda’ near Tomich, where the Allt na Bodachan falls 46 metres
Despite the snow and ice it feels as if Spring is close🏔☀️
Here is a tune to reflect that feeling, Donogh Hennessy’s beautiful ‘Iníon Ní Scannláin’
#TuneWithAView
@CreativeScots

[Stewart Wood @StewartWood]

Presumably there are actually two Covid strains in Kent - the 'Kentish Variant' for cases west of the River Medway, and the 'Variant of Kent' for cases east of it.

[Anita Singh @anitathetweeter]

Lol come back when your kid is three and let me know how it’s going

[Felipe Roa-Clavijo, PhD @FelipeARoa]

Hoy se dejaron ver los nevados desde Monserrate. ¡Es la primera vez que los veo desde Bogotá!