UNISFA plays a critical role in protecting civilians and maintaining stability in Abyei: UK statement at the UN Security Council

First, the United Kingdom underscores UNISFA’s critical role in protecting civilians and maintaining stability in a fragile environment.  It is essential that UNISFA is able to deliver its mandate in full.  We are concerned by continued restrictions on UNISFA’s freedom of movement, the limited progress by the Sudanese and South Sudanese authorities against key mandate […]

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World Press Freedom Day 2026: Joint statement to the OSCE

I am delivering this statement on behalf of the following participating States, 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. The following participating States have also aligned with this […]

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Russia’s assault on Europe’s post-war security order: UK statement to the OSCE

Thank you, Mr Chair. Tomorrow, as we mark VE Day, we remember the end of a war that devastated a continent and claimed millions of lives. But remembrance is not an exercise in nostalgia. It is a test of whether we have learned the lessons of that catastrophe. Eighty‑one years ago, Europe resolved that security […]

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Russia must cease threats and attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE

Thank you, Mr Chair.  This Friday, participating States will mark Victory in Europe Day. It is an appropriate moment for this Forum to reflect on the politico-military architecture that we collectively built in the decades after the Second World War to ensure, as the Helsinki Final Act’s first sentence put it, “true and lasting peace” in Europe.  The OSCE’s politico‑military acquis was designed to reduce the risks […]

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Healthcare workers must never be targets in conflict: UK statement at the UN Arria meeting on protecting medical care in conflict amid evolving threats

Ten years ago, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2286, a landmark commitment to protect the wounded and sick, and the medical and humanitarian personnel caring for them during armed conflict.  The United Kingdom was proud to co-sponsor that resolution. Yet attacks on health care continue to rise.  The number of medical personnel and […]

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UK cracks down on Russia’s exploitation of vulnerable migrants and deadly drone capability

The UK continues to disrupt Russia’s military supply chains and the callous trafficking of foreign migrants in a fresh wave of sanctions.   As Russia attempts to exploit migrants to prop up its war machine, sanctions announced today directly target individuals trafficking vulnerable migrants to fight on the frontline of Putin’s war, as well as companies’ supplying Russia’s drone factories.   […]

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Global irregular migration and trafficking in persons: list of designations and sanctions notices

Notices 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 sanctions notices for Global irregular migration and trafficking in persons issued by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation prior to 28 January 2026. Designations This regime provides for […]

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