Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 96836

Sovereignty

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Mr Louie French

ConservativeOld Bexley and Sidcup

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

Chris Elmore
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...

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