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Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary attend UN General Assembly Ministerial Week

Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague led the UK delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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Foreign & Commonwealth Office, The Rt Hon Lord Cameron and The Rt Hon William Hague
Published
30 September 2012
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The United Nations General Assembly Ministerial Week, 24 - 30 September brought together Heads of State and Government and Ministers from all 193 member nations to address global issues.

Foreign Secretary discusses UN General Assembly Ministerial Week September 2012

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Saturday 29 September

  • _ - Foreign Secretary William Hague, and Minister of State for the Commonwealth Hugo Swire represented the UK at the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting in New York today, where Ministers agreed measures to strengthen and modernise the Commonwealth._
  • _In pictures: In the margins of Commonwealth Foreign Ministers meeting, Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire meets ; Foreign Secretary William Hague and Minister Swire meet .
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Friday 28 September

  • 鈥溾�� - UK Statement by Baroness Warsi at the UN High Level Meeting on Countering Nuclear Terrorism - 28 September 2012

  • _ - Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke after today鈥檚 meeting of the core group of the Friends of Syria._

  • _ - The UN Human Rights Council today passed a further resolution on Syria which condemned the appalling human rights violations by the Syrian regime and extended the mandate of the UN Commission of Inquiry._

  • _ - The Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, attended the UN High Level Meeting on the Great Lakes yesterday which aimed to focus attention on the instability in the region, and encourage a consensus on the way forward._
  • _In pictures: New photos of yesterday鈥檚 co-chaired by Foreign Secretary William Hague.
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  • _In pictures: Foreign Secretary William Hague meets ; and .
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Thursday 27 September

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  • 鈥溾�� - Statement by UK Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, at the UNGA Mini-Summit on the situation in Eastern DRC
  • _Foreign Secretary William Hague _
  • 鈥� - Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds speaks at the High Level Sudan/ South Sudan Consultative Forum
  • _Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi .
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  • In pictures: Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt meets ; and .
  • In pictures: Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds meets ; and .
  • _In pictures: Baroness Warsi meets .
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Wednesday 26 September

  • 冲鈥溾�� - Intervention by the Foreign Secretary, William Hague at the Secretary-General Mini Summit on Somalia
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  • 鈥� _ - _Intervention by the Foreign Secretary William Hague, at the UN Security Council meeting on Peace and Security in Middle East and North Africa ()

  • _ - Statement of the delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in exercise of the right of reply to the remarks made by the Prime Minister of Spain in the general debate on 25 September 2012
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  • 鈥溾�� - Statement of the delegation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in exercise of the right of reply to the remarks made by the President of the Argentine Republic in the General Debate on 25 September

  • _ to the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly ()
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  • 鈥溾�� - UK Statement by Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Mark Simmonds to the Sahel Ministerial Summit

  • _ : Remarks at stakeout by UK Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening _
  • _In pictures: Prime Minister David Cameron meets , , _
  • _In pictures: Foreign Secretary William Hague meets _
  • _In pictures: Minister for Africa Mark Simmonds meets ; ; ; _
  • _In pictures: Baroness Warsi meets
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Tuesday 25 September

  • Foreign Secretary ; Remarks by Foreign Secretary William Hague to the open UN General Assembly side-event 鈥樷��
  • _ - Baroness Warsi speaks at UN Peacebuilding debate_
  • 冲鈥� - Prime Minister David Cameron remarks at media stakeout as a Co-Chair of the Secretary-General鈥檚 High-level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda .
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  • In pictures: , Foreign Minister of the Maldives; at the UN General Assembly; , Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs; , Moroccan Deputy Foreign Minister
  • In pictures: , Foreign Minister of Myanmar; on CNN鈥檚 Amanpour; .

Monday 24 September

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  • In pictures: Prime Minister of Lebanon; , the Bahraini Foreign Minister; , Foreign Minister of Tajikistan.

Key issues for Ministerial Week included the situation in Syria, and efforts to support stability in Somalia and Yemen.

The UK hosted the fourth Friends of Yemen Ministerial meeting. Ministerial Week also saw the first meeting of the High Level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda, which was co-chaired by the Prime Minister.

Foreign Secretary William Hague co-hosted an event on preventing sexual violence in conflict, with the UN Secretary General鈥檚 Special Representative and UN Women.

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Published 30 September 2012