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This UK statement was delivered at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council during the discussion of the Item 4 General Debate.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Statement by Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, at Security Council Briefing on Sudan
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Statement by ambassadors of France, Germany, Italy, UK, US and EU following the meeting with Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Statement by Stephen Hickey, UK Political Coordinator at the UN, at the Security Council Open Debate on Silencing the Guns in Africa: Cooperation between the UN Regional and Subregional Organisations in Maintaining International Peace and Security
We remain concerned by the repression and the arbitrary use of force against peaceful protesters, journalists and human rights defenders, treatment of political detainees and the disproportionate use of terrorism charges to criminalise dissent.
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on UNMISS.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has expressed the UK's regret at the continued refusal by President Saleh to sign the peace agreement brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Lebanon held its first parliamentary elections since 2009 and Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, issued the following statement, welcoming the event.
Prime Minister David Cameron says, "those who now run Egypt have a duty to reflect the wishes of the Egyptian people".
Response to media articles about the UK and Hong Kong.
H.E. Mr Aidan Liddle, UK Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament delivers statement on the P5 process in General Debate at the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly First Committee.
Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, Deputy Permanent Representative, at the Security Council Meeting on UNMIL.
Speech by Baroness Verma at the United Nations Economic and Social Council in New York.
The Minister for International Development Alistair Burt launches a major Stabilisation Unit report at Chatham House.
We strongly support a peaceful resolution to the crisis in Ukraine and hope that any high-level talks between the two leaders...
Deputy Prime Minister's speech during his visit to Brazil
FCO Minister for South Asia Lord Ahmad has commented on the outcome of the Afghan presidential election last week.
Declaration by High Representative Catherine Ashton on behalf of the European Union regarding the treatment of human rights defenders and their relatives in China
Cross-Regional Statement on Egypt expressing concern about escalating violence and restrictions on peaceful assembly, expression and association.
Statement by James Duddridge MP, UK Foreign Office Minister, at the UN Security Council Open Debate on the Great Lakes Region
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