Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth)

Organisations: Department for International Development and Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Responsibilities

The Minister’s responsibilities include:

• South Asia
• Commonwealth
• UN and multilateral
• governance and democracy
• open societies and anti-corruption
• human rights, including Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI)
• treaty policy and practice
• sanctions
• departmental operations: human resources and estates

Previous holders of this role

1. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon KCMG

   2017 to 2020

2. The Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE

   2014 to 2017

Announcements

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• Tackling the diverse challenges of COVID-19: Lord Ahmad's statement at UNGA 2020
  • 24 September 2020
  • Speech
• UN Human Rights Council 44: UK's closing statement
  • 23 July 2020
  • Speech
• UK calls for states to protect immunisation programmes alongside search for COVID-19 vaccine
  • 22 July 2020
  • Press release
• Human Rights and Democracy Report 2019
  • 16 July 2020
  • Corporate report
• Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon statement to the OSCE on corruption
  • 15 July 2020
  • Speech
• Building a greener, more resilient global economy
  • 13 July 2020
  • Speech
• New sanctions regime among push to boost protection for persecuted religious groups
  • 08 July 2020
  • Press release
• UK launches landmark draft ‘Murad Code’ to support survivors of conflict-related sexual violence as COVID-19 pandemic increases suffering
  • 19 June 2020
  • Press release
• Adapting MINUSMA while working toward lasting peace in Mali
  • 11 June 2020
  • Speech
• Minister for Human Rights chairs coronavirus roundtable with faith leaders
  • 08 June 2020
  • Press release

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