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UK Statement for Universal Periodic Review Adoption on Afghanistan. Delivered at the 57th HRC in Geneva.
Address by Minister for the Middle East in Washington DC to mark the 10th anniversary of the Global Coalition against Daesh.
Item 4: General Debate on the human rights situations that require the Council’s attention. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO & UN, Simon Manley.
The government will bring forward a new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill in this parliamentary session to crack down on fraud in the social security system.
Statement by Jess Jambert-Gray, Deputy Political Coordinator, at the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.
UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Afghanistan as delivered at the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Afghans resettled in the UK under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme will be reunited with their families.
The ‘truly dire’ state of the labour market has been revealed today with the number of people classed as economically inactive has spiralled to 9.4 million, as the Work and Pensions Secretary reaffirms her Plan to Get Britai…
Statement by Fergus Eckersley, UK Political Counsellor, at the Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Statement during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.
The UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO & UN, Simon Manley, delivered a statement at Afghanistan’s Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council.
UK Statement for Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan.
UK National Statement, delivered by Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK's Minister of State (Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, United Nations and the Commonwealth).
Explanation of vote by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.
At second Global Refugee Forum, the UK announces 15 pledges to support refugees and the countries that host them.
Minister for the Middle East Lord Ahmad is attending the Doha Forum and holding meetings with senior Qatari leaders to discuss the Israel and Gaza conflict.
Statement from special representatives and envoys for Afghanistan from Canada, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, UK and USA after their 18 October 2023 meeting.
This statement was delivered by the UK Human Rights Ambassador Rita French at the 74th UNHCR Executive Committee.
UK welcomes the release of 4 British men detained in Afghanistan.
The UK does not support anyone seeking to achieve political change through violence in Afghanistan.
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