Source · Select Committees · Foreign Affairs Committee
Recommendation 18
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We welcome the Government’s commitment to make global health security and working to counter climate...
Conclusion
We welcome the Government’s commitment to make global health security and working to counter climate change priorities within the UK’s international policy. Our Committee will examine these subject areas through its inquiries into ‘Environmental diplomacy’ and ‘Global health security’.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
18.1 We agree that the UK should be agile and flexible in its approach to partnerships. We will be pragmatic and open minded, working with countries with whom we find common cause, including emerging and regional powers. For example, on 12 October, the Prime Minister announced that the UK, along with Kenya, would host next year’s replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education. 18.2 In addition to our work in the international system and reinforced bilateral ties, small groups will play an important role in shaping the international response on a range of issues, and can be particularly helpful by being agile, adaptable and creative. For example, cooperation at E3, in small groups on Yemen and Myanmar, the Five Power Defence Arrangements, as well as the Five Eyes are all key to policy delivery across a range of foreign policy issues.