Archive for January 21st, 2015

Speech: "It is important that this Council continues to pay the closest attention to the situation in Ukraine"

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Statement by Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant of the UK Mission to the UN, to the Security Council Meeting on Ukraine

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Speech: "The UN has a large arsenal of capabilities to detect risks of genocide and the means to pre-empt mass atrocities"

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Statement by Ambassador Lyall Grant of the UK Mission to the UN, at the UN Special event to mark the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi extermination camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau

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News story: Government backs standardised packaging of tobacco

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Cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco will have to be sold in standardised packs from May 2016.

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Press release: UK leads the way to eradicating female genital mutilation

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Tough new laws to tackle the harmful and unacceptable practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) took a crucial step closer to becoming law.

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Government response: Resolution of dispute about May 2012 marriage conference booking

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Joint statement in relation to the cancellation of Christian Concern’s booking for a conference on marriage on 23 May 2012.

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