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Baroness Anelay will visit Sri Lanka and Burma for discussions in her capacity as the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and Minister for Human Rights
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has issued a statement following the announcement that the Maldives will leave the Commonwealth.
The UN Human Rights Council concluded its 32nd Session today, passing a range of important resolutions, including on Syria, Ukraine, Eritrea, and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
The Minister for Asia, Hugo Swire, will visit Colombo, Jaffna and Galle in his third official visit to Sri Lanka.
Minister for Asia comments on the State of Emergency in the Maldives
The UN Human Rights Council concluded its 30th session today with resolutions on Sri Lanka, Syria and Yemen.
Hugo Swire today welcomed the adoption of an important and historic resolution on Sri Lanka by the UN Human Rights Council.
Hugo Swire welcomed the publication of the report from the investigation on Sri Lanka by the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR).
Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire addressed the Human Rights Council in Geneva to discuss the UK’s human rights priorities.
Foreign Office Minister of State, Hugo Swire, represented the UK at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Hugo Swire has called for judicial independence in the Maldives as former President Nasheed is returned to prison.
The Foreign Secretary congratulates Ranil Wickremesinghe on his election victory
The fifth and final phase of the transfer to the UK, of overseas birth and death registrations of British Citizens will take place on 15 April 2015.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Hugo Swire urges calm across the Maldives and encourages political parties to act with moderation, restraint and within bounds of the law.
The Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, has met Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera in London.
Minister for Asia, Hugo Swire, responds to the continued detention of former President Nasheed in Maldives.
Hugo Swire urged all sides to continue to work together to ensure that the OHCHR’s report on Sri Lanka, now due in September, is thorough and consistent.
Hugo Swire met with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera on the first Sri Lankan visit to the UK since the new government was formed.
Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire has concluded his second visit to Sri Lanka, the first Ministerial visit since the formation of a new government.
Minister for Asia, Hugo Swire spoke about our partnerships across Asia and the Commonwealth as vital for our security and prosperity.
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