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This page gives an introduction to the Media Freedom Coalition, a partnership of countries working to defend media freedom where it is under threat.
This report uses a World Food Programme case study approach from the Middle East and North Africa region
An overview of the current situation in Syria
UK Minister for the Middle East Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon stated that, 10 years since its accession, Syria must comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on the Middle East.
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.
Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.
Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Tom Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria chemical weapons.
Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Tom Phipps at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria Chemical Weapons.
This page provides guidance on the UK’s sanctions regime on Syria relating to cultural property
This work is part of the Conflict Research Programme
Amal Clooney was the UK’s Special Envoy for Media Freedom from April 2019 to September 2020. In this role she helped to convene a panel of legal experts to issue recommendations on legal and policy initiatives that states can adopt...
Civilian stabilisation in support of a political settlement in Syria: Non paper for consultation.
This report assesses claims that pan-Arab satellite news channels are responsible for inciting sectarian violence during the Arab uprisings
This report examines a number of barriers to the development of independent media in Iraq
There’s a ban on supplying luxury goods to anyone in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) or Syria, directly or indirectly.
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