Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to consult UK human rights and development organisations working on Sudan on the compatibility of UK’s support for United Arab Emirates’ candidacy for the post of United Nations Secretary General with UK’s commitments to international law and international humanitarian law.

The Government recognises the important role of civil society organisations and has engaged with them to hear their views on the appointment of the next UN Secretary-General. The UK is taking a merit-based approach to the selection of the next Secretary-General to find the candidate best equipped to lead the UN in tackling our shared global challenges. We will not be publicly commenting on our position on individual candidates.