Coal power should be assigned to history to keep to 1.5 degrees

In a speech on Energy Action Day, COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma called on nations to scale up clean power more quickly and meet Paris Agreement targets



Recent developments in Belarus: UK statement, 16 September 2021

UK Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown reiterates demand for Belarus to stop the crackdown against civil society, human rights defenders and independent media.



Human rights in illegally annexed Crimea: UK statement

UK Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown condemns human rights violations by Russia in illegally annexed Crimea, including the recent detention of 5 Crimean Tatars.



UK Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth Lord Ahmad on official visit to Uzbekistan

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth and the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict, visited Uzbekistan on 14 September 2021.



Defence Secretary DSEI Keynote Speech 2021

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace Keynote speech at DSEI 2021.