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Update by Peter Wilson, UK Permanent Representative to the OPCW, following the OPCW Technical Secretariat's assistance to the UK after the Salisbury attack.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
G7 foreign ministers unite to condemn the nerve agent attack and share the UK's assessment that it is highly likely that the Russian Federation was responsible.
Statement by Peter Wilson, Permanent Representative at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, to the OPCW Executive Council Meeting 58.
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, to the Security Council on the Middle East situation and the use of chemical weapons in Douma, Syria.
Dr Laurie Bristow briefed the international diplomatic community on the UK government's response to the OPCW report on the chemical used in the Salisbury attack.
The Head of UK Delegation to the OSCE gave a statement to the OCSE Permanent Council on the Salisbury attack following the publication of the OPCW report.
Letter from Sir Mark Sedwill UK National Security Adviser to Jens Stoltenberg NATO Secretary General, regarding the Salisbury attack.
Boris Johnson has commented on the report issued by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) following the Salisbury attack.
Prime Minister Theresa May spoke with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine.
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at Security Council session on the use of chemical weapons by Syria in Douma.
Ambassador Karen Pierce statement following Security Council vote on resolution to establish an independent investigation into Syrian chemical attacks.
Writing in the Sunday Times, the Foreign Secretary examines the facts in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the Salisbury attack.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemns use of chemical weapons and calls for the reports to be urgently investigated.
The UK calls on Asad regime and its backers, Russia and Iran, to stop the violence against innocent civilians.
Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council meeting requested by Russia on the Salisbury attack.
Statement on the use of a nerve agent in the Salisbury attack delivered by John Foggo, Acting UK Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
The international community stood with the UK following Russian attempts at the OPCW to obscure the truth relating to the Salisbury attack.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his counterparts in France, Germany and the United States issued a statement on the nerve gas attack in Syria 1 year ago.
The Rt Hon Alistair Burt, Minister of State for the Middle East, outlines how chemical weapons have no place in today’s world.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said that the UK will be at the forefront of international effort to stand up to those who threaten the rules-based system.
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