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UK support will help the UN Relief and Works Agency to continue delivering on its mandate to support and protect Palestinian refugees.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
UK International Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, delivers a statement during the Item 4 General Debate.
Foreign ministers of Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UK, and the United States issued a statement supporting the United Nations' work in Syria.
Minister Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon spoke on media freedom at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 25 September 2019.
The governments of Egypt, France, Italy, the UAE, the UK and the US have given a statement on the ongoing hostilities in Tripoli and the situation in Libya.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Thirty countries’ human rights developments are analysed in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s annual report.
Foreign Secretary joins others in support for the UN’s efforts to achieve a political solution to the conflict in Syria, at the UN General Assembly.
Sir Geoffrey Adams KCMG has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt in succession to Mr John Casson CMG.
Event to launch the 2017 Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report laid in parliament on 16 July.
Minister for Human Rights Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon, publishes the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s 2017 annual Human Rights and Democracy Report.
The Minister for Human Rights wishes Muslims across the world Eid Mubarak
Lord Ahmad spoke at the UN Human Rights Council's 37th Session that included important resolutions on Syria, Iran, DRPK, Burma, South Sudan, Libya and Georgia.
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson mark seven years of the Syria conflict.
Giving students the skills they need for success: UK/ Egyptian workshop on Higher Education gathers university leaders from across Egypt
Human Rights Minister gives speech to mark Human Rights Day
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson gave a speech on counter-terrorism and how the UK government is working to defeat Islamist terrorism across the world.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson strongly condemns attack on a mosque in Egypt’s North Sinai and offers his condolences to the people of Egypt.
The governments of Canada, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK are deeply concerned by the ongoing detention of human rights lawyer Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy.
The Foreign Secretary spoke to media following high level talks in London about Hurricane Irma, North Korea and Libya.
The Foreign Secretary comments that the Emir of Qatar's commitment to combat terrorism will help resolve the dispute.
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