Year in Review 2016 - Our People

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Serving our people at home and abroad and promoting reconciliation and cooperation is one of the high level goals of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in our Statement of Strategy 2017-2020, and part of our overall mission statement as a Government Department.

- Sustained peace, enhanced reconciliation and political progress in Northern Ireland;
- Increased North-South and British-Irish cooperation;
- Effective delivery of passport and consular services for our citizens;
- Support for our emigrants and deepened engagement with our diaspora

The stories below are examples of how we delivered this goal in 2016.