UK statement on gender at HDIM 2019

Delivered by Susan Vierny, Second Secretary at the UK Delegation to the OSCE, at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM), 20 September 2019.



UK-Japan exchange of letters on mutual recognition

Letters signed by the UK’s Secretary of State for International Trade and Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs on mutual recognition of conformity assessment.



UN Human Rights Council 42: Statement for the Universal Periodic Review on Brunei Darussalam

The UK welcomed Brunei’s acceptance of our recommendation to strengthen measures to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible for modern slavery offences, and ensure adequate victim protection and care.



Government announces over £10 million for 5 more coastal communities

Five transformational projects along the Great British Coast have been awarded over £10 million from the government’s Coastal Communities Fund.



Grant Shapps: new ‘On Time’ statistics will stop masking whether trains are really on time

New measure of train performance to increase accountability and transparency.