The Illegal Migration Bill, which has been passed by Parliament in the United Kingdom, is at variance with the country’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law and will have profound consequences for people in need of international protection, … Continue reading →
On 18 July the UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations delivered the following statement to the UN General Assembly: When we gathered for this debate on 24 February 2022, we stood on the edge of war, urging Russia … Continue reading →
The much disputed Nationality and Borders Act, which passed into UK law in April, has been condemned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as being “fundamentally at odds with the Government’s avowed commitment to upholding the United … Continue reading →
This article was first published on the CovCAN website. On 21 April 2022, the Department for Education (DfE) published a policy paper [1] for English schools entitled Sustainability and climate change: a strategy for the education and children’s services systems … Continue reading →
On International Women’s Day 2022, Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched a new £20 million business partnership as the UK continues to lead global efforts to improve girls’ access to education in developing countries. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of … Continue reading →
The UK already has one of the most ambitious 2030 targets for reducing emissions in the world, designed to be consistent with the Paris Agreement’s temperature goal. But, according to an independent assessment of COP26 and the critical next steps … Continue reading →
In September 2020, secretary of state for Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis admitted the government of Boris Johnson was happy to break international law and override an international Brexit treaty with the EU relating to Northern Ireland in its Internal Market … Continue reading →
This article was first published on our sister-website, CovCAN.uk The UK government spent around £44.6 billion on defence in 2020-21 [1] and this will increase by about 10% and 15% in the coming years [2]. In the 2021 budget [3] … Continue reading →
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of United Kingdom which is host of COP26 in November, warns the nations of the UN General Assembly that it is time to grow up and face their responsibilities to act now to save future generations … Continue reading →
Article first published on UNA-UK website 23 March 2021. On 16 March 2021 the government published its Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy. The Review was billed as the largest of its kind since the end of the Cold … Continue reading →