Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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

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