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At the London-based think tank Asia House, Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan gave a keynote speech on the UK’s ongoing commitment to the Indo-Pacific region.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
At an FCDO stakeholder event for International Human Rights Day, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly gave a statement by video on the global human rights situation.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will this week reiterate the importance of enhancing support to Ukraine with NATO allies.
At Australia’s National Press Club in Canberra, UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to Australia and the wider region.
Following their meeting in Münster, G7 foreign ministers gave a joint statement on a range of international issues including Russia's war against Ukraine.
The Prime Minister will emphasise the importance of the Indo-Pacific region to global security and prosperity as he continues to hold talks with his counterparts at the G20 Summit in Indonesia today.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the Foreign Minister of France Catherine Colonna issued a joint statement following their talks in Paris.
This joint statement was published on behalf of 50 countries in the United Nations General Assembly Third Committee, on the human rights situation in Xinjiang.
UK Ambassador James Kariuki delivered the UK national statement on human rights at the UN Third Committee.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Ambassador Simon Manley delivered a general remark after a vote on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
Ambassador Simon Manley, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, made the below comments following the vote on whether the UN Human Rights Council should hold a debate on the situation of human rights in Xinjiang Uyghu…
Ambassador Simon Manley delivered a general comment ahead of the draft decision to hold a debate on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, delivered a statement on the cases of reprisals in Venezuela, Belarus and China, calling on them to be ceased.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly spoke at the Milken Institute Asia Summit about the strategic importance that the UK places on the Indo-Pacific region.
The UK Permanent Representative to the UK in Geneva, Ambassador Simon Manley, delivered a statement on the possible crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, China, Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, protests in Iran, the …
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly met with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, delivered a statement on the Acting High Commissioner's Oral Update on Xinjiang, Sudan and South Sudan.
As a mark of respect, British Embassy and all Consulates General across China will be closed on Monday 19 September.
Liz Truss gave a statement after the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights report provided new evidence of China's human rights violations in Xinjiang.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has summoned China's Ambassador to explain his country’s actions against Taiwan.
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