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Statement by Richard Croker, UK Ambassador to the General Assembly, at the Third Committee meeting on the Rights of the Child
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
The UK has imposed sanctions on Iran's so-called 'Morality Police' and senior security and political figures.
A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson statement on North Korea’s ballistic missile launch on 8 October.
Ambassador Kariuki's speech at the adoption of a resolution on solidarity with Pakistan and strengthening the humanitarian system after the devastating floods.
Ambassador Simon Manley explained the UK's position on the resolution entitled 'Technical assistance and capacity building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands'.
UK Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, delivered a statement ahead of the vote on the resolution 'From rhetoric to reality: a global call for concrete action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and relate…
Ambassador Simon Manley delivered a general remark after a vote on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
UK Digital Secretary Michelle Donelan met with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to discuss digital priorities
Ambassador Simon Manley, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, delivered an explanation of vote on the resolution to renew the mandate of the Fact-Finding Mission and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rig…
Ambassador Simon Manley, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, introduced the resolution on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic.
Ambassador Simon Manley, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, delivered the following Explanation of Vote on the resolution calling for the establishment of a Special Rapporteur to investigate the human rights situa…
Deputy Ambassador Brown says that Russia's illegal war has had an impact on human rights and fundamental freedoms in Ukraine, Russia and across the OSCE region.
The UK’s Human Rights Ambassador, Rita French, underlines the UK’s support for the Special Rapporteur's work on Afghanistan at the UN Human Rights Council.
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council debate on strengthening the fight against the financing of armed groups and terrorists through the illicit trafficking of natural resources.
Ambassador Simon Manley, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, introduced the resolution on the renewal of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, its causes and consequences.
FCDO Minister of State for the Middle East, South Asia and the United Nations Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon has issued a statement on the UN resolution.
A Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spokesperson statement on North Korea’s ballistic missile test on 6 October.
Ambassador Neil Bush urges all allegations of mistreatment, abuse and summary killings be urgently and fully investigated.
Ambassador Simon Manley delivered a general comment ahead of the draft decision to hold a debate on the situation of human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.
Ms Jill Morris CMG has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye.
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