UN news: Nigeria airstrikes condemned, supporting Venezuelan migrants and refugees, weapons in Myanmar
Authorities in Nigeria must investigate a string of deadly airstrikes over the past six years and hold those responsible to account, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 22:16
Guterres urges Security Council to act over Israel-Palestine crisis as threat to international peace and security
Invoking a rarely used article of the UN Charter, Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday called on the Security Council to “press to avert a humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:11
Tony Eastaugh appointed Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
The Home Secretary has appointed Tony Eastaugh as the new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:07
Government thanks Official Partners for COP28
UK industry is world renowned for its commitment to addressing climate change through enterprise and innovation, a commitment demonstrated by this year’s COP28 UK Pavilion Official Partners...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:04
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Draft Bill
New draft legislation to make clear that Rwanda is a safe country for asylum seekers...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:35
Labour responds to news that the Department for Education was blocked from legislating for a register of children not in school
Helen Hayes MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Children & Early Years, commenting on the admission today by Department for Education Permanent Secretary Susan Acland-Hood that the Department for Education was blocked by Downing Street from legislating for a register of children not in school, said...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:12
Russia has not broken the spirit of the Ukrainian people nor our determination to support them: UK statement at the UN Security Council
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:10
First Minister: we must work with energy sector to reach net zero
First Minister Humza Yousaf convened the first meeting of the Scottish Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) since taking on the role at the University of Strathclyde...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:09
IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products on Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Georgia
Potential reviewers of country of origin information are invited to submit expressions of interest by the close of 20 December 2023...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:07
Presentation of Private Members' Bills - Dec 7
The following Private Members' Bills were presented today, as a result of the recent ballot...
Wednesday, 6 December 2023 15:14