Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Location: United Nations, New York Delivered on: 21 June 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) First, while it is welcome that the Taliban have signalled their intention to attend this meeting in Doha, they must also show their intention to change how they are acting and to listen to the concerns … Read more

Location: United Nations, New York Delivered on: 20 June 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) I will touch on three trends of importance to the UK. First, as we’ve heard, ransomware can disrupt government functions and the provision of vital public services. This creates conditions for instability when occurring at scale … Read more

Location: United Nations, New York Delivered on: 11 June 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) The United Kingdom would like nothing more than for this Council not to hold any more meetings on chemical weapons. As this would mean that chemical weapons were no longer being produced, stored or used anywhere … Read more

Location: United Nations, New York Delivered on: 7 June 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) We cannot say it enough times. Russia, who use their seat on this Council to opine on and to sit in judgement on other countries on this Council’s agenda, are, as we speak, bombing Ukrainian civilian … Read more

We, the Governments of France, Germany and the United Kingdom, welcome the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors’ adoption of a resolution on Iran this afternoon. The resolution responds to Iran’s persistent refusal to cooperate in good faith with the IAEA to clarify outstanding issues relating to undeclared nuclear material detected at multiple … Read more

An FCDO spokesperson said: North Korea’s ballistic missile launches on 30 May are another breach of multiple UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs). Unlawful ballistic missile launches continue to destabilise the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula. The UK strongly urges North Korea to stop such provocations, return to dialogue and take credible steps towards … Read more

Location: United Nations, New York Delivered on: 15 May 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, President. I thank High Representative Schmidt for his briefing and welcome the representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and the European Union to the Chamber today.   President, let me make three broad points. … Read more

UK Minister of State for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan arrived in Maldives on 9 May for the first UK ministerial visit to the country in two years.   During the visit, Minister Trevelyan held talks with Maldives Vice President Uz Hussain Mohamed Latheef, Minister of Climate Change, Environment and Energy Thoriq Ibrahim, Minister of Homeland Security … Read more

Location: UN ECOSOC Delivered on: 24 April 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, President. Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, We look forward to the Finance for Development conference next year as a pivotal opportunity for us to take stock of progress we’ve made, rally behind new critical collective actions and build … Read more

Location: UN General Assembly Delivered on: 4 March 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) President, the civilian suffering in Gaza cannot continue.  Hunger has reached devastating levels.  Disease is on the rise.  People are crammed into ever smaller slivers of land, with nowhere left to go. Last week, the UK and … Read more