Recognising the clear link between illicit trading of natural resources and conflict

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.

UN Human Rights Council 51: UK statement on slavery resolution

Ambassador Simon Manley, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, introduced the resolution on the renewal of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, its causes and consequences.

UKHSA monitoring Ebola outbreak in East Africa

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is currently monitoring an outbreak of Ebola virus disease cases in Uganda.

Ambassador Manley statement on Xinjiang

Ambassador Simon Manley, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva, made the below comments following the vote on whether the UN Human Rights Council should hold a debate on the situation of human rights in Xinjiang Uyghu…

Decision on Evusheld as a coronavirus (COVID-19) treatment: letter to patient groups

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s letter to a group of charities and patients on the decision not to procure Evusheld as a COVID-19 treatment.