The UK is ready to work across the wider UN membership to ensure emerging technologies help deliver safer seas: UK Statement at the UN Security Council
What was announced
Statement by Chris Elmore MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office at the UN Security Council Meeting on Maritime Security
Key points, in the publisher's words
- The United Kingdom welcomes this opportunity to consider the implications of emerging technologies for maritime security.
- At sea, they offer immense opportunities to improve safety, strengthen maritime domain awareness, and protect the global trade on which all our countries depend.
- But these technologies also bring new risks, and we have a collective responsibility to ensure that they are developed and used safely.
Who and where
People
- Chris Elmore (MP for Bridgend (Labour)) · more news
UK bodies of power
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UK government department) · more news
Global and regional bodies
- United Nations Security Council (Level 8 of 10) · more news
- United Nations (Level 8 of 10) · more news
Constituencies of the MPs named: Bridgend.
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
- Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies · news at this level
- Level 6: National government · news at this level
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Foreign affairs.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-uk-is-ready-to-work-across-the-wider-un-membership-to-ensure-emerging-technologies-help-deliver-safer-seas-uk-statement-at-the-un-security-council
- Published 2026-10-29 15:28:29 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-10-29 15:30:12 UTC from GOV.UK
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