Author: HM Government

Madam Chair, I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of my own country, the United Kingdom and 30 other Member States of the United Nations, namely Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, […]

Colleagues, the United Kingdom is pleased the Council has unanimously agreed the renewal of UNAMA’s important mandate.  This includes new language calling on the Taliban to reverse its latest restrictions against women and girls, including the decree on the Criminal Rules of Courts and the ongoing ban on Afghan women accessing UN premises.  We reiterate […]

Thank you Chair, The UK would like to start by thanking the Commissioners for their work. Fifteen months have passed since the fall of the Assad regime. A regime defined by brutality and systematic abuse. We commend them for their ongoing work to ensure these crimes are neither hidden nor forgotten, giving voice to victims […]

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The United Kingdom thanks the Group of Experts for their comprehensive report. It confirms that serious human rights violations in Belarus continue, with no genuine accountability. We remain deeply concerned by the ongoing arbitrary detention of over 1,100 political prisoners, including journalists, human rights defenders, and democratic opposition figures. While we note the release of […]

Notices Due to a technical issue, the change notice for amendments made to the Afghanistan sanctions regime on 11 March will be available on the morning of 12 March. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office notices issued from 28 January 2026 about additions, revocations/delistings and variations/corrections to the UK Sanctions List. Previous notices See previous financial […]

Colleagues, let me first begin by expressing the United Kingdom’s deep concern at the intensification of the Taliban’s repression.  We are appalled by the continued restrictions imposed on the women and girls of Afghanistan, including the ban preventing Afghan women from accessing UN spaces.  Millions are being systematically excluded from society.  As we heard from […]

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Thank you, Mr Chair. I will start by speaking on behalf of both the United Kingdom and France. At last week’s meeting of this Council, the Russian delegation made a false and dangerous allegation that the United Kingdom and France were planning to provide nuclear weapons and related capabilities to Ukraine. We rejected this accusation […]