Author: HM Government

Thank you, Mr Chair. We hear regularly from the Russian Federation that Ukraine and its supporters are working to undermine peace efforts, alleging that attacks peak precisely around peace talks to derail diplomacy. These accusations are both hypocritical and revealing. They follow a familiar pattern in which Russia attributes to others what it does itself. […]

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Statement by foreign ministers of the Sudan Core Group at the Human Rights’ Council: The Foreign Ministers of the Sudan Core Group at the Human Rights’ Council – Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom – express our collective outrage and profound sorrow at the findings of the Fact-Finding Mission’s report on El […]

Thank you, Mr Chair. Deputy Prime Minister Popșoi, welcome to the Permanent Council today, and thank you for your insightful remarks. The United Kingdom remains a strong and consistent supporter of Moldova’s European integration path. We commend the sustained progress your government has made on democratic reform, rule of law, and the protection of fundamental […]

UK, alongside the Government of Gibraltar, has published a draft Treaty with the EU which will protect British sovereignty, UK military autonomy and secure Gibraltar’s economic future. Treaty builds on political agreement and resolves the last major unresolved issue from Brexit – avoiding the need for checks on people and goods crossing the Gibraltar-Spain border. […]

I will make three points today: on elections, on the security situation and consolidating peace.  First, the United Kingdom commends the government of the Central African Republic for their efforts, working in coordination with MINUSCA, to ensure that presidential, legislative, regional and municipal elections took place and largely peacefully on 28 December.   We welcome that […]

Mr Vice President, When the United Kingdom asked the world to place its trust in us and return us to this Council, we made a clear promise – that we would use our seat to defend human dignity wherever it is threatened. Today, standing here as a member once again, I want to renew that […]

Current list of designated persons for Sudan UK Sanctions List: Sudan Designated persons include sanctioned individuals and entities. Notices Sanctions Notice, Sudan: 5 February 2026 (PDF, 166 KB, 7 pages) 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 […]

The United Kingdom thanks France for convening this important discussion. We fully support today’s focus on the protection of prisoners of war, an obligation that lies at the centre of International Humanitarian Law and at the core of the OSCE’s politico military commitments. Madam Chair, as the panellists have rightly highlighted, Article 4 of the […]

Thank you, Madame Chair. Yesterday marked four years of Ukrainian resistance against the illegal full-scale invasion by the Kremlin regime. The Russian Federation, planned to bring down the independent nation of Ukraine in just three days. Showing remarkable resilience, Ukraine continues to endure this unprovoked, unlawful and brutal assault and determinedly remains a sovereign, independent […]