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UK announces further support for the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) to provide non-lethal support to Somali Security Forces in their fight against al-Shabaab.

• Updated: 16 April 2024

Minister Mitchell announces global call to action to tackle illicit finance through increased transparency of company ownership, ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings.

• Updated: 16 April 2024

The UK has announced life-saving assistance for hundred of thousands of Ethiopians at a pledging event in Geneva.

• Updated: 16 April 2024

Justin Bedford, UK Modern Slavery Envoy, shares info on UK’s modern slavery programme, Work in Freedom, at OSCE Alliance conference

• Updated: 16 April 2024

The UK participated in a joint shareholder statement on Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) Callable Capital in response to the G20's Review of MDB Capital Adequacy Frameworks.

• Updated: 16 April 2024

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.

• Updated: 15 April 2024

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Yemen.

• Updated: 15 April 2024

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council briefing on Iran’s attack against Israel, 14 April 2024.

• Updated: 15 April 2024

The UK announced sanctions on businesses which support the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, the military groups behind the conflict in Sudan.

• Updated: 15 April 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made a statement to the House of Commons on Iran’s attack on Israel.

• Updated: 15 April 2024

Mr Roderick Drummond has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia.

• Updated: 15 April 2024

G7 Leaders joined a call on Sunday following Iran's attack the previous evening.

• Updated: 14 April 2024

The Minister of State for the Middle East honours the many Kurdish people in Iraq killed and injured during Saddam Hussein’s brutal military campaign.

• Updated: 14 April 2024

The Chargé d’Affaires of the Iranian Embassy in London was summoned to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office today, 14 April 2024.

• Updated: 14 April 2024

Words from the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, on the Iranian regime’s reckless attack against Israel.

• Updated: 13 April 2024

Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Thomas Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.

• Updated: 12 April 2024

Victoria Harrison has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, in succession to Tiffany Sadler.

• Updated: 12 April 2024

Nicola Murray, Deputy Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered the UK national statement at an Extraordinary Meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna.

• Updated: 12 April 2024

A joint statement from the European Commission, Spain, UK and Gibraltar following talks today (12 April) in Brussels.

• Updated: 12 April 2024

Victoria Harrison will become UK ambassador to Slovenia in August 2024, accompanied by her guide dog Otto.

• Updated: 12 April 2024