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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon welcomes conclusions of the 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
On Tuesday 1 October Brian Olley presented his credentials as the new British Ambassador to Lithuania.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab gave a statement following today's (1 October 2019) protests in Hong Kong.
Delivered by Nicola Murray, Deputy Head of the UK Delegation to the OSCE, at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM), 27 September 2019.
Laura Clarke, British High Commissioner to New Zealand, delivered the closing dinner address at the Federation of Māori Authorities (FOMA) 32 Conference.
EU Member States impose sanctions on seven more individuals for their involvement in human rights violations in Venezuela.
Statement by Ambassador James Roscoe at the UN Security Council briefing on the situation in Syria.
The UK acknowledges the decline in human rights violations in CAR, and seeks the Independent Expert’s views on how the CAR Government can ensure Central Africans are able to take ownership of the peace agreement.
Starting in South Korea, Minister Wheeler will travel to the region to help strengthen the UK ties with the 3 countries as the UK prepares for Brexit.
Ambassador Julian Braithwaite commended Somalia for recent progress it has made in the field of human rights and recognise it´s recovery from over 25 years of conflict is ongoing.
Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon gave some remarks at Small Island Developing States Summit as part of the United Nations General Assembly 2019.
The permanent 5 members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, Kuwait and Sweden signed a communiqué underlining support for the UN-led Yemen peace process.
The British Embassy and the British Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala (BritCham) visited today the Economics Committee in the Guatemalan Congress.
Minister for Europe and the Americas at the Foreign Office, Christopher Pincher, will attend the annual UK-Italy Pontignano Conference.
15 people have been arrested in joint Belgo-British operation to disrupt an Albanian crime group attempting to smuggle migrants to the UK in lorries.
Statement by the Foreign Secretary following the release of the Stena Impero on 27 September 2019.
Ambassador Julian Braithwaite thanked the main sponsors Fiji, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland and Uruguay for the exemplary way in which they have led negotiations on this important resolution.
Ambassador Rita French repeated the UK's call for a Syrian-led political process under the auspices of the UN. She welcomed the announcement by the Secretary General of the formation of the Syrian Constitutional Committe…
Dominic Raab wishes Jewish communities around the world a happy and peaceful Jewish New Year.
Ambassador Julian Braithwaite outlined that this resolution aimed to establish an independent international mechanism to carry out an investigation.
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