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James Dauris

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26th July 2017

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Charge d'Affaires, Panama

50 years on: LGB&T equality brings success

On 27th July the United Kingdom will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality.  On this day in 1967 the Sexual Offences Act was passed, decriminalising same-sex acts between consenting adults over the age of 21. Homosexual acts had until then been outlawed by legislation passed in the nineteenth century. Today we take […]

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22nd April 2014

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by James Dauris

Charge d'Affaires, Panama

Peru and the Falkland Islands: history of a Latin American common cause

Earlier this month the Peru-Argentina Friendship League organised a meeting in Congress under the title “Peru and the Falkland Islands: history of a Latin American common cause”*.  I wasn’t invited to attend but I have read a report of the event with interest. The topics of the Falkland Islands, of the invasion of the islands […]

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18th June 2013

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by James Dauris

Charge d'Affaires, Panama

G8 Summit

Today the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is hosting the annual G8 Summit in Northern Ireland, with the Heads of State of Germany, Canada, USA, France, Italy, Japan, the UK and Russia. With these countries still comprising half of global GDP, the bold steps we take by working together through the G8 can make a […]

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19th April 2013

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by James Dauris

Charge d'Affaires, Panama

A celebration of friendship between UK and Peru

This Sunday 21st of April we celebrate The Queen’s birthday, an opportunity to celebrate the good relationship between our countries as well. I am frequently asked by children here what the difference is between Great Britain and Scotland and England and the United Kingdom.  It can seem rather complicated, I know.  In the United Kingdom […]

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8th March 2013

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by James Dauris

Charge d'Affaires, Panama

The Falklands referendum – the islanders’ right to be heard and to decide

On 10th and 11th March voters in the Falkland Islands will be taking part in a referendum on whether they want to stay being British. They have decided to organise the referendum because they want the world to hear what they think and want for the islands where they live and for future generations. They want […]

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5th December 2012

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by James Dauris

Charge d'Affaires, Panama

The Falkland Islands referendum and their right of self-determination

In June this year the Falkland Islands Government announced their intention to hold a referendum on their sovereignty in 2013. The islanders want to tell the world what their views are in a clear, democratic and incontestable way. Their government has decided a referendum is the best way to achieve this. They will be looking […]

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27th August 2012

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by James Dauris

Charge d'Affaires, Panama

Renewable energies in Peru’s stratagic planning

By James Dauris, British Ambassador to Peru On August 10th, I attended a presentation by Pedro Gamio and Henry García – two Peruvian specialists in the energy sector – on their latest work on renewable energies within the Peruvian context. It focused on highlighting the importance of renewable energies  when  the world’s energy needs are […]

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13th July 2012

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by James Dauris

Charge d'Affaires, Panama

Hats Off to Good Government in Peru

This year, for the second year running, I have had the honour of sitting on the Technical Team that considers the applications to be considered in the “Good Practices in Public Management Prize”, a competition organised each year by Ciudadanos al Dia (CAD).   As CAD explain on their website (www.ciudadanosaldia.org), the organisation is a private, […]

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15th June 2012

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by James Dauris

Charge d'Affaires, Panama

We should listen to the Falkland Islanders

By James Dauris, British Ambassador to Peru If you’ve been reading the papers in Peru yesterday and today you’ll have seen quite a bit about the Falkland Islands.  Yesterday ceremonies were held on the Islands, in Britain and in Argentina to remember the civilians and the many members of the armed forces of both countries […]

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About James Dauris

James Dauris is the British Chargé d'Affaires in Panama, an appointment he took up in February 2024. James joined the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in 1995 and served as…

James Dauris is the British Chargé d'Affaires in Panama, an appointment he took up in February 2024.

James joined the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in 1995 and served as Head of the Latin American Department (2019 to 2023). Before this he was British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and to Maldives (2015 to 2019), Ambassador to Peru (2010 to 2014), and has also worked as Deputy Head of Mission in Colombia (2005 to 2009) and in the British Embassy in Moscow (1998 to 2002). He has had various roles at the Foreign Office in London covering European Union, South Asian and maritime policy.

James has a degree in law from the University of Cambridge and worked as a solicitor in the City of London before joining the Foreign Office.