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How to get help while you are abroad If you’re in immediate danger, contact the local emergency services. Find emergency service numbers for your country in our foreign travel advice. In the European Union, call 112 for the emergency services. Laws on domestic abuse differ depending on which country you are in. That means some […]

Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Areas where FCDO advises against travel Bakassi Peninsula FCDO advises against all travel to Bakassi Peninsula. Cameroon-Central African Republic border FCDO advises against all travel to within 40km of the border with Central African Republic. Cameroon-Chad […]

Your Excellencies, colleagues and friends,  I want to start by saying a very sincere thank you to everyone here for your commitment to building a better future for children affected by crisis. For every child, education is possibility. It gives children knowledge, confidence and crucially freedom to shape their own future. Few investments are more powerful. […]

Thank you, Mr Chair. On 29 October, a Russian drone struck a crowded platform at Dnipro’s main railway station as a commuter train prepared to depart, killing at least 14 people. On the same day, Russian strikes killed two children in Chernihiv and at least three people in Kremenchuk. The United Kingdom condemns these attacks. […]

The United Kingdom welcomes the ceasefire that recently took place in Oleshky. It enabled humanitarian assistance and the evacuation of hundreds of civilians from desperate conditions, demonstrating the immediate benefit of even a limited pause in the fighting. It also showed that humanitarian arrangements are possible where political will exists. But, much as we are […]

Chair,   I am delivering this statement on behalf of the following members of the Informal Group of Friends on the Safety of Journalists: Austria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and my own country Finland.    Dear Ambassador Braathu,  We are pleased to see you […]

I’d like to make three points. First, the United Kingdom remains deeply concerned by insecurity in Abyei and its impact on civilians.  Continued violations of Abyei’s demilitarised status are unacceptable. The United Kingdom condemns the drone attacks near Amiet Market and Todach on the 19th of October, which killed and injured civilians and displaced thousands. […]

Thank you, Chair. Welcome back to the Permanent Council, Representative, dear Jan, and thank you for your report.   The United Kingdom remains steadfast in its commitment to media freedom and is a strong supporter of your mandate here at the OSCE, and we urge participating States to cooperate, heed recommendations and uphold the 2018 Milan […]

Coral reef ecosystems underpin global food security, climate resilience and livelihoods of one billion people. The Coral Triangle, which spans coastal areas in South-East Asia, contains 76% of the world’s reefs and produces 30% of the world’s tuna. This region is recognised as critical by the UK National security assessment on global ecosystems and underpins […]

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