The UK nominated candidate Professor Christopher Greenwood gained unanimous support in the UN Security Council and over 80% support in the UN General Assembly on 6 November 2008 to be elected as one of the five judges on the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Click to find out more about the UK candidate and the ICJ.
Millennium Development Goals
Find out about the UK's commitment to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
United Nations, New York
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Welcome to the UK Mission to the United Nations
“The United Nations is at the centre of some of the most difficult and important challenges the United Kingdom and the world face today: how do we halve extreme poverty and hunger and achieve the other Millennium Development Goals by 2015; how do we end the conflict in Darfur that has cost 250,000 lives and driven 2 million from their homes; how do we find a global solution to the problem of climate change? The United Kingdom, through its mission here in New York, plays a prominent role in trying to find answers to these questions and to many others that the United Nations addresses in promoting peace and security, development, and human rights.
Our website offers a wide range of information about the UK's work at the UN and our support of its different activities, bodies and agencies. I hope you find it interesting. If you have any comments, suggestions or queries please feel free to contact our Mission.”
Sir John Sawers, UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York
International Court of Justice elections
LATEST NEWS
Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia
20 November 2008
Informal comments to the media by Sir John Sawers, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations
Security Council debate on Somalia
20 November 2008
Statement by Sir John Sawers, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations
