News and communications

Ambassador Holland calls on Russia to release members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission who have been unlawfully detained in Ukraine for more than two years.

• Updated: 9 May 2024

Alison Blackburne has replaced Sarah Montgomery OBE as the UK Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa and Red Sea.

• Updated: 9 May 2024

UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Russia’s human wave attacks are a grotesque approach that demonstrates the depths to which Putin will go to prop up Russian elite.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

Statement from the UK at Cambodia's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

Statement from the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley, at Vietnam's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

London plays host to the UK-Germany Cultural Commission for the first time in over 30 years, and Minister for Europe emphasises culture’s role in Ukraine war

• Updated: 7 May 2024

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Sudan.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

The Foreign Secretary, along with England and Scotland bosses, looks ahead to Euro 2024. Fans are advised to check travel information before heading overseas.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

As part of the UK's commitment to support the Bangsamoro peace process, the British Embassy Manila is inviting bids for normalization track projects.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

Mr Patrick Lynch has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar in succession to Mr David Ashley.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

Statement from the UK at Eritrea's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

The two-day visit will strengthen UK-Bangladesh modern economic, security and migration partnership.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

Mr Ramin Navai has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador in succession to Mr David Lelliott OBE.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

The UK, US and Australia have sanctioned the Russian leader of cyber-crime gang LockBit.

• Updated: 7 May 2024

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum.

• Updated: 6 May 2024

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN General Assembly debate on the Outer Space Treaty.

• Updated: 6 May 2024

Statement from the UK at Slovakia's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

• Updated: 6 May 2024

The UK's statement at Comoros' Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

• Updated: 6 May 2024

Lord Cameron’s visit, the first by a UK Foreign Secretary to Turkmenistan, marked a historic milestone in the history of UK-Turkmen bilateral relations.

• Updated: 6 May 2024

Ahead of the historic visit, several documents were signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Turkmenistan.

• Updated: 6 May 2024