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The UK Mission to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat launched the ASEAN-UK Economic Integration Programme (EIP) in Jakarta to foster economic growth in the region.

• Updated: 25 April 2024

Minister Mitchell announces global call to action to tackle illicit finance through increased transparency of company ownership, ahead of World Bank Spring Meetings.

• Updated: 16 April 2024

UK attends launch of new quality certification scheme at OECD Headquarters in Paris to address infrastructure gap in emerging markets.

• Updated: 9 April 2024

British Ambassador to Guatemala, Nick Whittingham, met with Gabriela García-Quinn, Minister of Economy.

• Updated: 3 April 2024

Statement on report on crisis-related ILO work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Delivered by the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, Simon Manley.

• Updated: 13 March 2024

New UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in the poorest countries around the world.

• Updated: 26 February 2024

The British Ambassador, Nick Whittingham, paid a visit to the President of Congress, Nery Ramos, to find opportunities of collaboration to strengthen Guatemala’s democracy.

• Updated: 23 February 2024

The UK-African Investment Summit, which was due to take place in April 2024, is postponed to a later date.

• Updated: 31 January 2024

UK scales up support for sustainable, climate-resilient farming practices, and improved access to clean water in climate-vulnerable countries.

• Updated: 9 December 2023

The UK government announces measures to support climate-vulnerable countries and joins calls for bolder action on climate adaptation.

• Updated: 2 December 2023

The UK’s new Green Cities and Infrastructure Programme will develop more sustainable green cities and provide climate-resilient infrastructure.

• Updated: 25 October 2023

Update on the second round of negotiations for an enhanced UK-Switzerland Free Trade Agreement.

• Updated: 17 October 2023

Neil Wigan OBE has arrived in Nairobi to take up his position as Head of Mission at the British High Commission.

• Updated: 14 August 2023

The Foreign Secretary meets a key Nigerian player in electric vehicles, MAX Nigeria, backed by UK investors from the UK’s Manufacturing Africa programme.

• Updated: 1 August 2023

The UK spoke on a number of agenda items at the WTO General Council on 24-25 July 2023.

• Updated: 28 July 2023

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly addressed the United Nations High-Level Political Forum to outline global progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

• Updated: 18 July 2023

Andrew Mitchell, UK Minister for Development and Africa, gave a closing speech at the 2023 Caucus of African Governors of the World Bank and IMF.

• Updated: 8 July 2023

UK Minister for Development and Africa calls for financial reforms to tackle impact of climate change across Africa, as he visits Cape Verde.

• Updated: 8 July 2023

The UK has today announced a wide-ranging package of support for Ukraine’s recovery effort at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London.

• Updated: 21 June 2023

The British Government supported the participation of Guatemala in an AgriTech Trade Mission in the UK.

• Updated: 23 May 2023