The following statement, explaining why the UK refused to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), was issued by the government on 8 July 2017[1] following the conclusion of negotiations at the United Nations on a treaty … Continue reading →
The Elders welcome today’s ruling that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen have been unlawful. The UK must now stop supplying arms that can be used in violation of international humanitarian law. Mary Robinson, Chair of … Continue reading →
This transcript of a speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, delivered on 16 April was first published on the UK Government website. Click the arrow to hear a computer-generated reading of the speech. Introduction My … Continue reading →
The Blue Belt programme supports delivery of the UK government’s commitment to provide long term protection for the marine environment. It supports delivery of the UK government’s commitment to provide long term protection of over four million square kilometres of marine … Continue reading →
The UK government 25 year Environment Plan was published 11 January 2018. It sets out the government’s goals for improving the environment, within a generation, and leaving it in a better state than we found it. It details how the … Continue reading →
On 28 February the House of Commons discussed the UK’s progress towards net zero carbon emissions. The debate was the first that parliament had held on this subject since 2016 and was prompted by the Youth Strike for Climate in … Continue reading →
Philip Alston, special rapporteur on extreme poverty who is an expert in human rights law based at New York University spent 12 days touring the UK and found that “levels of child poverty are staggering and 1.5 million people were destitute … Continue reading →
This article was first published by UNA-UK on 26 September 2018. Prime Minister May’s speech to the UN General Assembly UK Prime Minister Theresa May addressed the UN General Assembly today. The 19-minute speech voiced strong support for a rules-based global system … Continue reading →
Khan al-Ahmar is one of nine Palestinian Bedouin villages on the Jerusalem to Jericho Road, in the occupied West Bank. Its families were evicted from the Negev Desert in 1952 to make way for an Israeli town. The live in abject poverty, have … Continue reading →
In her speech at the UN General Assembly on 20 September, Prime Minister Teresa May acknowledged the “special responsibility” that the UK has as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and her support for the Secretary-General’s reform agenda. … Continue reading →