• Counter terrorism
• Weapons proliferation
• Conflict prevention
• Middle East and North Africa
• Piracy
• The UK effort in Afghanistan
• International institutions
• Climate change
• Human rights
• Managed migration

Conflict prevention

It’s our goal to prevent and resolve conflict. We believe the international community can react more quickly and effectively to emerging conflicts and better support post-conflict peacekeeping and stabilisation.

Our staff are working around the world to tackle the causes of conflict by promoting and developing human rights, democracy and good governance.

Settlement expansion

The Foreign Secretary has spoken and blogged to call for a full settlement freeze in the West Bank and East Jerusalem

Afghanistan elections

Hamid Karzai was officially re-elected as President on 2 November 2009.

Middle East and North Africa

The FCO's work in Middle East and North Africa including the Middle East Peace Process.

Piracy

Piracy off the coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden is a problem facing the entire international community.

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See Also

• UK in Afghanistan
• Departmental report

Useful Links

• African Union
• Department for International Development (Dfid)
• European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR)
• Ministry of Defence (MOD)
• Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
• Stabilisation Unit
• UK Mission to the UN
• United Nations
• Westminster Foundation for Democracy

Related Documents

• FCO Human Rights report 2008 [PDF, 6.0 Mb]
• UK National Action Plan to implement UNSCR 1325 [PDF, 147.7 Kb]