UK Science and Technology Network Summary: Germany

Updates to this page Published 28 October 2015 Last updated 1 October 2025 + show all updates 1 October 2025 This guidance has been reviewed and updated. 16 August 2024 Summary has been fully reviewed and updated. 25 October 2022 Updated information as of October 2022. 4 October 2021 Updated information as of October 2021. […]

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E3 joint statement on Iran: activation of the snapback

We, the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom (the E3), continue to share the fundamental objective that Iran shall never seek, acquire or develop a nuclear weapon. With this objective in mind, our countries agreed first the Joint Plan of Action (JPoA) in 2013 and subsequently the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action […]

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We must step up our efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls, because everyone has the right to live in freedom from fear: UK Statement at the UNGA 80 side event on Beijing +30

I am honoured to join you today as the United Kingdom’s new Foreign Secretary. And to be here too, alongside the UK’s trailblazing Special Envoy for Women and Girls, Baroness Harriet Harman, who gave me one of my first jobs in politics more than 30 years ago, including research on women’s equality, not long before the Beijing Declaration was […]

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UN Human Rights Council 60: UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue with Group of Independent Experts on Belarus

While we welcome the recent release of some political prisoners in Belarus, we remain gravely concerned. As the Group of Experts has highlighted, the regime continues to violate human rights on a systematic scale through arbitrary arrests, widespread repression, and the silencing of dissent. Dissidents, civil society activists, journalists, human rights defenders and lawyers are […]

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Afghanistan cannot succeed while women and girls are excluded: UK statement at the UN Security Council

We commend the work of UNAMA, OCHA, and UN Women in support of the people of Afghanistan.  And I would like to convey the United Kingdom’s gratitude to SRSG Otunbeyeva for her leadership of those efforts over the last three years. I will make three points. First, I offer the UK’s deep condolences for all […]

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The United Kingdom condemns the detentions of at least 22 United Nations personnel by the Houthis: UK statement at the UN Security Council

I will make 3 points. First, the United Kingdom condemns in the strongest terms the detentions of at least 22 UN personnel by the Houthis, as well as the forced entry into premises of the World Food Programme and UNICEF, and the seizure of UN property. I welcome this Council’s strong condemnation of the detentions […]

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G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) Statement on Iranian Transnational Repression and Other Malign Activities

Today, members of the G7 RRM (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union) as well as G7 RRM associate members (Australia and New Zealand) issued the following statement: “The G7 RRM notes recent statements made by Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, […]

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UN Human Rights Council 60: Core Group Statement on the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Sudan

Mr President, I deliver this statement on behalf of the Item 2 Core Group for Sudan: Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway and the UK. The details contained in the Fact-Finding Mission’s report are, frankly, horrific. Sudan’s brutal conflict has triggered the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 8.7 million people on the brink of famine and […]

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This visit has been cancelled: UK pushes for long-term peace in Gaza with Gulf partners

Foreign Secretary engages key strategic partners as part of a long-term framework for peace in Gaza Meetings in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia amidst deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza Latest in series of UK visits to the Gulf to strengthen relations across foreign policy, trade, investment and defence This visit […]

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EthiopiAI programme: call for proposals

The EthiopiAI programme will identify, develop and deploy high potential responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) automation and optimisation solutions. These solutions will primarily be used in priority areas including health, education, humanitarian, economic development and climate action. This will be delivered through specialist AI technical assistance to develop and implement AI solutions that will have a […]

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