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Foreign Secretary meets Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno in London

Foreign Secretary meets Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno in London

Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at Lancaster House on Wednesday 14 October. ...

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Media Freedom Coalition’s Executive Group statement on Miroslava Breach case in Mexico

Media Freedom Coalition’s Executive Group statement on Miroslava Breach case in Mexico

Wednesday, 14 October 2020

Media Freedom Coalition’s Executive Group welcome the action taken by Mexican authorities in relation to the Miroslava Breach case...

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UK elected to UN Human Rights Council for the term 2021 23

UK elected to UN Human Rights Council for the term 2021 23

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

The UK has today been successful in its bid for election to the UN Human Rights Council for the term 2021-23 ...

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WTO General Council: UK statement on work programme on electronic commerce

WTO General Council: UK statement on work programme on electronic commerce

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

UK's Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered statement under Item 9 Work Programme on electronic commerce and moratorium on imp...

WTO General Council: item 8: procedural guidelines on WTO councils addressing trade concerns

WTO General Council: item 8: procedural guidelines on WTO councils addressing trade concerns

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

UK's Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered statement under Item 8: procedural guidelines for WTO Councils and Committees addr...

WTO General Council:  importance of market orientated conditions to the world trading system

WTO General Council: importance of market orientated conditions to the world trading system

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

UK Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivers joint statement with Brazil, Japan and United States under Item 7: importance of mark...

Protecting human rights and ensuring regional cooperation in the Great Lakes Region

Protecting human rights and ensuring regional cooperation in the Great Lakes Region

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Statement by Ambassador James Roscoe at the Security Council briefing on the situation in the Great Lakes region...

UK Note Verbale 197/20 logged with UN Treaty Section

UK Note Verbale 197/20 logged with UN Treaty Section

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

UK Note Verbale 12 Oct 2020 on continued extension of the 1994 Agreement relating to the implementation of Part XI of UNCLOS to BIOT...

Note Verbale 196/20 logged with UN Treaty Section

Note Verbale 196/20 logged with UN Treaty Section

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Note Verbale on continued extension of the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of UNCLOS relating to the Conservation and Manageme...

Proposed UN programme plan and budget for 2021

Proposed UN programme plan and budget for 2021

Monday, 12 October 2020

Statement by Richard Croker, UK Minister-Counsellor to the UN on the introduction of the proposed programme plan and budget for 2021...

Opening Session of the UN General Assembly Fifth Committee

Opening Session of the UN General Assembly Fifth Committee

Monday, 12 October 2020

Statement by Richard Croker, UK Minister-Counsellor to the UN at the Opening of the Main Session of the Fifth Committee of the 75th General Assembly...

UK Note Verbale 195/20 logged with the UN Treaty Section

UK Note Verbale 195/20 logged with the UN Treaty Section

Monday, 12 October 2020

UK Note Verbale on continued extension of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to BIOT...

UK statement to the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee

UK statement to the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee

Monday, 12 October 2020

The UK's Deputy Permanent Representative to the WTO in Geneva, Andy Staines delivered the following statement to the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee ...

Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Madagascar: David Ashley

Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Madagascar: David Ashley

Sunday, 11 October 2020

Mr David Ashley has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar in succession to Dr Phil Boyle....

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Honours for services to the UK internationally in 2020

Honours for services to the UK internationally in 2020

Friday, 09 October 2020

This year 104 people are recognised for exceptional and outstanding service to the UK overseas as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours....

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Joint Communiqué: Fifth Brazil United Kingdom Strategic Dialogue

Joint Communiqué: Fifth Brazil United Kingdom Strategic Dialogue

Friday, 09 October 2020

Meeting between The Rt Hon. Dominic Raab, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, and Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreig...

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Minister for Africa announces closer UK Southern Africa partnerships on visit to Malawi and Zambia

Minister for Africa announces closer UK Southern Africa partnerships on visit to Malawi and Zambia

Friday, 09 October 2020

James Duddridge's visit shows how Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office brings together development and diplomacy to act as a force for good in t...

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Virtual Climate Vulnerable Forum Leaders’ Event: Lord Ahmad's statement

Virtual Climate Vulnerable Forum Leaders’ Event: Lord Ahmad's statement

Friday, 09 October 2020

At the event chaired by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Lord Ahmad spoke on post-COVID recovery based on a fairer, greener, more resilient global ec...

Measures to eliminate international terrorism

Measures to eliminate international terrorism

Thursday, 08 October 2020

United Kingdom statement at the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee...

Singapore International Cyber Week: Adapting to the new normal

Singapore International Cyber Week: Adapting to the new normal

Thursday, 08 October 2020

Minister of State, James Cleverly, on cyber threats, digital inclusion, disinformation, data privacy and the future global digital and cyber landscape...

Citizens' Rights Specialised Committee meeting, 8 October 2020: joint statement

Citizens' Rights Specialised Committee meeting, 8 October 2020: joint statement

Thursday, 08 October 2020

This statement follows the meeting of the Citizens’ Rights Specialised Committee between the European Commission and UK government via video conferenc...

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Building stability and peace in Mali

Building stability and peace in Mali

Thursday, 08 October 2020

Statement by Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on MINUSMA...

Case of Mr Yuri Dmitriev: UK statement

Case of Mr Yuri Dmitriev: UK statement

Thursday, 08 October 2020

Delivered by Ambassador Neil Bush at the OSCE Permanent Council on 8 October 2020....

Attacks on freedom of opinion and expression and media freedom in Belarus: UK statement

Attacks on freedom of opinion and expression and media freedom in Belarus: UK statement

Thursday, 08 October 2020

Delivered by Ambassador Neil Bush at the OSCE Permanent Council on 8 October 2020....

UK and Ukraine sign Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement

UK and Ukraine sign Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement

Thursday, 08 October 2020

The agreement will ensure ambitious cooperation in political, security and foreign matters with Ukraine, while also securing continued preferential tr...

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Situation in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova: UK statement

Situation in the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova: UK statement

Thursday, 08 October 2020

Delivered by Ambassador Neil Bush at the OSCE Permanent Council on 8 October 2020. ...

UK intervention in response to Ambassadors Çevik and Grau: UK statement

UK intervention in response to Ambassadors Çevik and Grau: UK statement

Thursday, 08 October 2020

Delivered by Ambassador Neil Bush at the OSCE Permanent Council on 8 October 2020....

World Trade Organisation's Director General selection process: UK statement to the General Council

World Trade Organisation's Director General selection process: UK statement to the General Council

Thursday, 08 October 2020

UK Permanent Representative to the WTO in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, gave a statement after the latest DG selection round, when the UK withdrew the c...

Russia: UK responds to French and German statement on the poisoning of Alexey Navalny

Russia: UK responds to French and German statement on the poisoning of Alexey Navalny

Wednesday, 07 October 2020

The Foreign Secretary has responded to a statement by France and Germany following further verification that novichok was used to poison Alexey Navaln...

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UK statement to the WTO Committee on Government Procurement

UK statement to the WTO Committee on Government Procurement

Wednesday, 07 October 2020

The UK's Ambassador to the WTO in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, delivered this statement at the WTO's Committee on Government Procurement....

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