Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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

Location: UN Security Council Delivered on: 27 February 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, President, and I thank OCHA for the White Note and I thank too our briefers from OCHA, the FAO and the World Food Programme.  Colleagues, we are witnesses to a desperate situation in Gaza which … Read more

Foreign Secretary David Cameron met the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, Diana Mondino at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 21 February. A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: “The Foreign Secretary met the Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro today … Read more

Location: UN Security Council Delivered on: 15 February 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you, President, let me thank Under Secretary Voronkov, Executive Director Gherman, and Secretary-General Stock for their briefings today. I also thank the Monitoring Team for their work on the report.  The United Kingdom remains deeply concerned … Read more

Location: UN Security Council Delivered on: 12 February 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you President, and I thank ASG Jenča for his briefing.  Colleagues, Russia has called this meeting in an attempt to distort history. Once again, the Russian delegation seeks to use this Council in a desperate effort … Read more

Location: UN Security Council Delivered on: 6 February 2024 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Thank you Madam President, and thank you to Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for your briefing. And we welcome the representative of Ukraine to the Chamber for this meeting. The UK deeply regrets all loss of life in this war … Read more

Executive Vice-President Šefčovič and the Foreign Secretary spoke today (31 January). It followed a call between the Executive Vice-President and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris.     The Executive Vice-President and the Foreign Secretary both agreed on the high importance of seeing the Northern Ireland Executive restored and delivering for the people … Read more

Make your donation safely Donating through established and well-coordinated emergency response appeal mechanisms is the most effective way to support people during a humanitarian crisis. You can do this through the British Red Cross. If you wish to help Gazans at this time, the UK government recommends that you donate to this organisation, or through … Read more

Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party secured an unprecedented third consecutive presidential term on Saturday, with the party’s candidate, current Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te, winning 40% of the ballot. He defeated Hou You-ih, a presidential candidate for the China-friendly opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) and a former police chief, as well as Ko Wen-je, the presidential … Read more