Supporting resilient and sustainable development in Least Developed Countries: UK statement at UN Second Committee
Madame Chair,
Let me begin by congratulating you and the Bureau for your able stewardship of the Second Committee’s work this year.
The United Kingdom would like to thank Mr. Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Al-Thani from the Permanent Mission of Qatar, for his excellent facilitation of the ‘Follow-up to the Fifth UN Conference on...Read More »
UK secures £1.84 billion investment for ESA programmes with support for Earth Observation sector
- UK government commits £1.84 billion for important space programmes at this year’s European Space Agency Council of Ministers meeting, held in Paris
- the investment will cover a range of programmes from space sustainability to supporting the UK-built Rosalind Franklin Mars Rover
- up to £200 million has also been committed to support...Read More »
Royal Navy ships to be fitted with advanced new missile system
Royal Navy frigates and destroyers will get a significant boost to their long-range precision strike capabilities following a new partnership between the UK and key NATO and Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) ally, Norway.
Strengthening defence ties between the UK and Norway, the Royal Navy will receive the Naval Strike Missile (NSM),...Read More »
TRA launches review of cast iron articles (street gratings and drain access covers)
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On Wed 23 November, the Trade Remedies Authority launched a transition review into anti-dumping measures on imports of certain cast iron articles from China.
These measures...Read More »
COP15 - UK nature agencies set out vision to restore nature to avoid ‘profound threat to humanity’s future’
The UK’s leading nature agencies have today set out their plan to boost nature recovery at home and abroad ahead of the key international biodiversity summit in Montreal taking place next month.
In a joint statement the UK’s six official nature conservation bodies said that there has never been a more...Read More »