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Ministers to launch the UK national action plan on women, peace and security.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
All parties to the conflict must continue to allow unhindered commercial and humanitarian access throughout Yemen to avert the risk of mass starvation.
UK is contributing to a vaccination programme which will protect more than 350,000 vulnerable Rohingya children from a deadly outbreak of diphtheria.
UK, US and Norway condemn violations of the Cessation of Hostilities agreement in South Sudan.
Statement by Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, on the Situation in the Middle East.
Dr Phil Evans and Bill Kilby recognised in the New Year Honour list
New package of support for humanitarian crises in the coming year, after UK aid delivered life-saving support to millions of people around the world in 2017.
International Development Secretary announces that Britain will extend its demining work to save lives in Angola, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
Writing in The Times, the Foreign Secretary says that a new global consensus, driven by UK leadership, is emerging that buying or selling ivory is unacceptable.
More than 40 British doctors, nurses and firefighters from the UK’s Emergency Medical Team are going to Bangladesh to treat the disease.
Ukraine and the Russian-backed separatists in the east have exchanged over 300 prisoners.
Prime Minister Theresa May reflects on the events of 2017 in her Christmas message to the people of the Falkland Islands.
Alistair Burt thanks DFID aid workers who have been helping to get emergency support in 2017 to those that so urgently need it
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson looks back over the work of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office helping British people overseas in the past year.
Mark Field spoke in a Westminster Hall debate to mark International Human Rights Day on how the UK government is promoting human rights across the world.
Statement by Ambassador Matthew Rycroft at the Security Council Open Debate on Addressing Complex Contemporary Challenges to International Peace and Security.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister for the Americas Sir Alan Duncan has announced an increase in financial support for Colombia's peace process.
Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, on Syria Cross-Border Aid.
Minister for Africa Rory Stewart gave a statement on the attack in Borno State, Nigeria on 16 December 2017.
On International Migrants Day, International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt sets out how UK aid will help tackle root causes driving people to migrate.
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