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Sovereignty

Commons · Question 96836 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 9 Dec 2025

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Asked by Louie French

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with international counterparts on protecting the right of nations to self-determination.

Answer

Answered by Chris Elmore, 9 Dec 2025

Article 1 (2) of the United Nations Charter establishes that one of the organisation's founding purposes is to develop friendly international relations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples. We continue to wo...