Author: HM Government

I want to start by welcoming the Secretary-General’s recent visit to Haiti, which comes at a critical time for the Haitian people.  Nearly 1.5 million people are currently displaced, more than half the population is food insecure, and access to essential services is severely restricted.  Within the most recent reporting period, BINUH documented 853 survivors […]

Russia continues to present international support for Ukraine as an escalation driven by Western hostility or alleged Russophobia. That claim is false, and it is an attempt to obscure a central truth. What brought us to this point was Russia’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, following its illegal annexation […]

Notices Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office notices issued from January 28 2026 about additions, revocations/delistings and variations/corrections to the UK Sanctions List. Previous notices See previous financial sanctions notices for the Democratic Republic of the Congo issued by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation prior to January 28 2026. Designations This regime provides for the […]

Background Safeguarding means avoiding harm to people or the environment. In early 2018, the FCDO began to focus on safeguarding against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (SEAH) in the international aid sector and has since extended that focus to all international work. Our goal is to ensure all those involved in international work that we […]

Item 4 The UK joins others in welcoming the new PRs and in saying a fond and heartfelt farewell to the excellent PRs and DPRs that are departing. Sadly, the UK adds to the number of departing DPRs. Rebecca Fisher Lamb, the UK’s DPR and backbone of the UK Mission for the last few years, […]

Thank you, Chair. I have the honour to speak on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Romania, the United Kingdom and my own country, the Netherlands. Tomorrow we mark twelve years since the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. All 298 innocent people on board, including 80 children, lost their lives. The victims […]

Thank you, Chairs. The United Kingdom remains unequivocally committed to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine: one that upholds Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Our support for Ukraine is long-term, and we back every credible effort to bring this war to an end. Chairs, this Forum has heard that Europe is ‘militarising’, and that NATO poses a threat to the Russian […]

Mr President, I will make three points today.  First, the UK remains deeply concerned by the deteriorating situation in Darfur.  The Office of the Prosecutor’s latest report reinforces the assessment that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Al Geneina and in El Fasher.  Indeed, we are concerned that the situation in […]

The United Kingdom remains committed to accelerating progress on the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, especially for those most in need.  I will begin with SDG 17 on partnerships, a key theme of the recent Global Partnerships Conference co-hosted by the United Kingdom and South Africa together with British International Investment and the […]

First, I would like to congratulate Colombia on the recent presidential elections. I want to congratulate all of those involved, including the electoral authorities and the security forces, but above all the Colombian people, on a peaceful and transparent democratic process.  This Council and the UN Verification Mission have engaged effectively with successive Colombian Governments, […]