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The UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan will visit Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tianjin to further and protect British interests.

• Updated: 19 April 2024

Statement at the United Nations General Assembly Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.

• Updated: 16 April 2024

The British Embassy in Kathmandu is inviting organisations to submit project proposals that support LGBT+ awareness, advocacy, and artistic expression in Nepal.

• Updated: 8 April 2024

Statement on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic. As delivered by the UK's Ambassador to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.

• Updated: 4 April 2024

Statement for Item 10 General Debate, delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.

• Updated: 3 April 2024

UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Updated: 3 April 2024

Statement for Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on Haiti. Delivered by UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.

• Updated: 2 April 2024

UK Statement for Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Colombia. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.

• Updated: 2 April 2024

Statement for the Interactive Dialogue with the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights on technical assistance for South Sudan. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.

• Updated: 2 April 2024

Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on the OHCHR report findings on the human rights situation in Ukraine. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to WTO and UN, Simon Manley.

• Updated: 2 April 2024

UK Statement for High-Level Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in the Central African Republic.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

UK Statement for Interactive Dialogue on the Oral Update of the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Mali.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

A decade of recognition, justice, and development: Implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent. Statement from the UK.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

UK Statement for the General Debate under Agenda Item 8. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and the UN, Simon Manley.

• Updated: 27 March 2024

This UK statement for the Russian Federation's Universal Periodic Review was not delivered.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

The UK delivered a statement on 25 March 2024 during Germany’s Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Joint Statement on behalf of 44 countries on Sudan Humanitarian Access for the Item 4 General Debate. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and the UN, Simon Manley.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

UK Statement for Item 4 General Debate, delivered at HRC55 by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and the UN, Simon Manley.

• Updated: 20 March 2024

Statement for Interactive Dialogue with the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.

• Updated: 20 March 2024

Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on situation of human rights in Belarus. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French.

• Updated: 20 March 2024