Author: HM Government

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

New sanctions target those supporting Putin’s attempts to forcibly deport and indoctrinate Ukraine’s children and erase their Ukrainian cultural heritage.   Package of 11 designations includes leading Russian officials and state-linked youth organisations.   Defence intelligence demonstrates that Russia is pursuing a long-standing Russification policy in illegally temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, seeking to eradicate Ukrainian culture, […]

Yesterday, in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 2231, the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and my own country, the United Kingdom, notified the Security Council that we believe Iran to be in significant non-performance of its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.  Since 2019, Iran has increasingly and deliberately ceased performing almost […]