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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

  • Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council adoption of Resolution on South Sudan sanctions

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Independent technical experts from the OPCW have been invited to travel to the UK early next week to independently confirm the identity of the nerve agent.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Three Ukrainian nationals currently in Russian detention are on hunger strike to demand Russia release Ukrainian political prisoners.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The leaders of France, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States issued a statement on the resumed work of Libya’s National Oil Corporation on behalf of all Libyans.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, will begin a four-day trip today to Washington (12th-13th July) and Riyadh (14th-15th July).

    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 the Climate and Security

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt gave a statement on the anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, remembering those who tragically lost their lives.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Harriett Baldwin, Minister of State for Africa, has welcomed the Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The fifth Western Balkans Summit concluded on 10 July with the signing of joint declarations on Good Neighbourly Relations, War Crimes and Missing Persons.

    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 on security issues in the Sahel.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Mark Field, the Minister for Asia, has welcomed the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from flooded caves in Thailand.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Statement by Permanent Representative to the UK, Peter Wilson, to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Amesbury and the use of chemical weapons.

    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.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The UK and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) co-hosted a talk on “Gender-Based Violence in Humanitarian Settings and Girls’ Empowerment” by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General, and Executive Director of the U…

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the General Assembly.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The UN HRC concluded its 38th Session with strong support for a UK-led statement on girls’ education & important resolutions on Syria, DRC, Eritrea and Belarus

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the United Nations Security Council

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Today (Thursday 5 July), Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Minister of State for the Middle East Alistair Burt hosted the first UK-Morocco Strategic Dialogue.

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • This UK statement was delivered at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council during the discussion on the human rights situations in Colombia, Cambodia, Georgia and Sri Lanka

    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government