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UK Minister of State for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell commented following a conversation with the Foreign Minister of Rwanda, Dr Vincent Biruta.

• Updated: 17 November 2022

On the 2-year anniversary of the conflict, the FCDO gave a statement on the peace agreement between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

• Updated: 4 November 2022

The Foreign Secretary James Cleverly gave a statement strongly condemning the attack in Mogadishu, Somalia.

• Updated: 30 October 2022

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the Security Council meeting on climate and security.

• Updated: 12 October 2022

The UK's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, Ambassador Simon Manley, delivered this statement during the 73rd session of the UNHCR Executive Committee.

• Updated: 11 October 2022

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.

• Updated: 6 October 2022

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has called on the Houthis to engage constructively with UN efforts to broker an extension to the truce in Yemen.

• Updated: 1 October 2022

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on MONUSCO.

• Updated: 30 September 2022

Statement by Alice Jacobs, UK Deputy Political Coordinator at the UN, at the Security Council briefing on Haiti

• Updated: 26 September 2022

Special representatives for Afghanistan and Pakistan, and envoys from the US and Europe gave a statement after their meeting on Afghanistan on 15 September 2022.

• Updated: 25 September 2022

Ministers and representatives of the UK, USA, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia (the Quad) met on 20 September 2022 to discuss the situation in Yemen .

• Updated: 24 September 2022

Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the Security Council briefing on Somalia

• Updated: 7 September 2022

The CSSF programme in Sri Lanka is seeking bids for projects addressing challenges associated with conflict dynamics, climate change and livelihoods.

• Updated: 31 August 2022

The UK Minister for South Asia Lord Ahmad writes in The Times that the UK government's commitment to Afghanistan and its people remains strong.

• Updated: 26 August 2022

Writing in Times Red Box, former UK Ambassador to Afghanistan Sir Laurie Bristow reflects on last year's evacuation effort in Afghanistan.

• Updated: 26 August 2022

Statement by Chanaka Wickremasinghe, UK Legal Adviser at the Security Council briefing by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Darfur

• Updated: 24 August 2022

Alice Jacobs, UK Deputy Political Coordinator at the United Nations, gave a statement at the UN Security Council briefing on counter-terrorism.

• Updated: 9 August 2022

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the Security Council open debate on peace and security in Africa

• Updated: 8 August 2022

The Foreign Secretary Liz Truss welcomed the 2-month extension of the truce in Yemen, which was agreed today (2 August 2022).

• Updated: 2 August 2022

Explanation of vote delivered by Alice Jacobs, UK Deputy Political Coordinator at the UN, at the Security Council adoption of a resolution on the Central African Republic

• Updated: 29 July 2022