Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for what reason human rights abuses in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions was not on the agenda during the UK presidency of the United Nations Security Council in August 2018.

The British Government is following events in Cameroon very closely and we are deeply concerned at the state of affairs. As a permanent member, the UK reserves the right to call to the United Nations Security Council's attention any situation that threatens international peace and security. The UK is active in promoting human rights in Cameroon and uses other international fora to raise such issues. We are engaging with the Government of Cameroon, opposition leaders, community leaders, the military and civil society. We are calling for restraint and an end to the violence on all sides.