Author: HM Government

Thank you, Chair. On behalf of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we express our sincere gratitude to Director General Grossi and to his team for their tireless efforts to fulfill the IAEA’s verification and monitoring mandate in Iran. Colleagues, One year ago, this body determined that Iran’s failure to credibly address […]

Chair, France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States thank the Director General for his latest reports and commend the Agency’s continued efforts to ensure the implementation of safeguards by Iran and verify the implementation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions by Iran. We reiterate our full support for the Agency’s professional, independent, and impartial […]

Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America condemn the lethal plotting and other malign actions in Europe, North America and Australia by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Intelligence Organisation, Quds Force and Ministry of Intelligence and Security, including […]

Eligibility for injury payments You can get compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) if your injury is in the list on this page and you meet all the other eligibility criteria of The Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme 2012. You may also find our guide to the Scheme helpful. If your injury […]

As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of its adoption, the UK Government remains strongly committed to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and we continue to make progress towards implementation. At international level, as co-chair, the UK hosted the Annual General Meeting recently of the Global Action on Disability (GLAD) Network […]

We meet at a time of heightened tension in the region. As my Foreign Secretary said, the resumption of conflict between Iran and Israel is in no one’s interest. Both sides must show restraint.  For over two decades, the international community has sought clarity and assurance about the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s proliferation activities. […]

Mr Speaker, this weekend we saw worrying and dangerous escalation. Lebanese Hezbollah continuing to fire into northern Israel, Israeli strikes against southern areas of Beirut, and the direct exchange of missiles between Iran and Israel – presenting one of the most dangerous moments since the fragile ceasefire was agreed. Over the past 48 hours we […]

I will make four points focused on: the Ebola outbreak, climate security, the situation in Cameroon, and the impact of the Sudan conflict. The UK is deeply concerned about the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC and neighbouring countries. The conflict in eastern DRC makes the Ebola response harder. We urge all parties and the international […]

The UK will be better protected from hostile activity by foreign states with new powers to crack down on individuals, organisations and proxy groups acting on their behalf, under landmark new legislation introduced to Parliament today (9 June). The government is delivering on its promise to fast-track legislation after the recent wave of alarming antisemitic […]

In response to the deteriorating situation in the West Bank, we the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Norway, and the United Kingdom, have taken coordinated action to introduce sanctions and other measures to hold extremist settlers accountable for the horrific levels of settler violence against Palestinian civilians. Extremist violent settlers, with the backing of […]