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Minister for Human Rights Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, publishes the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s 2017 annual Human Rights and Democracy Report.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council Open Debate on children and armed conflict.
Minister Field and UK’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality, Joanna Roper, are visiting Bangladesh to see how UK aid is helping support Rohingya refugees, and how the Bangladeshi government is supporting more girls to get an e…
Minister for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field, and UK Special Envoy for Gender Equality, Joanna Roper, are to visit Dhaka and refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to discuss the Rohingya crisis and girls’ education in Bangladesh.
The Minister for Human Rights wishes Muslims across the world Eid Mubarak
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland call for greater international support and coordination to the Rohingya crisis.
Minister for Asia and the Pacific Mark Field gave a statement to Parliament on the UN Fact Finding Mission report on Burma.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson welcomed the Bangladesh government's commitment to the voluntary return for the Rohingya community when conditions are right.
Boris Johnson visited Bangladesh, Burma and Thailand to raise and discuss issues including the Rohinghya humanitarian crisis and illegal wildlife trade.
The Foreign Secretary visited Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where over a million Rohingya Muslim people are living in refugee camps.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson today (9 February) met the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will begin a four day tour to Asia today (9 February) where he will visit Bangladesh, Burma and Thailand.
The UK government reassures Bangladesh of its support to address the plight of the Rohingya.
Minister for Asia Mark Field spoke in Westminster Hall about the situation the Rohingya people are facing and how the UK is assisting in Burma and Bangladesh.
Minister of State Mark Field's speech to 13th Asian-European (ASEM) Meeting in Naypyidaw, Burma on 20 November 2017.
The United Nations Security Council has agreed a Presidential Statement on the situation in Burma.
Minister for Human Rights Lord Ahmad spoke to the All Party Parliamentary Group on this issue about progress of freedom of religion or belief internationally.
The UK has led the way in providing support for the Rohingya crisis – the world’s fastest growing humanitarian catastrophe – by committing a further £12 million.
Mark Field, UK Minister for Asia, has called on the international community to keep up pressure on Burma to stop the violence in Rakhine.
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