22. As part of our efforts to defend human rights and support vulnerable people,
we have:
• Introduced a new system of ‘Magnitsky’ sanctions to target human rights violators
and abusers around the world. We were the first European country to announce
sanctions against the regime in Belarus in September 2020.
• Offered British Nationals (Overseas) and their eligible family members the right to
live and work in the UK, putting them on a path to British citizenship, when China
breached a legally-binding agreement and imposed a repressive national security
law on Hong Kong.
• Announced a package of measures to ensure that British organisations are neither
complicit in nor profiting from the extensive human rights violations in Xinjiang,
as part of our efforts to tackle modern slavery.
• Launched our tackling child sexual abuse strategy to drive action in the UK and
internationally to disrupt and prevent offending, both online and offline.
• Supported vulnerable children’s education by funding the salaries of over 5,500
teachers in refugee camps in 10 countries through UNHCR. We have also
adapted our bilateral programmes in response to COVID-19 to support girls who
are hard to reach and at risk of leaving education permanently.
• Launched the Call to Action to Prevent Famine in September 2020 and appointed
the UK’s first Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs.
We have since pledged £180 million to tackle food insecurity and famine risk,
providing aid to more than seven million vulnerable people in some of the world’s
most dangerous places.
23. We have also pursued measures to enhance our long-term prosperity. For example:
• In under two years, we have secured trade agreements with 66 non-EU countries
in addition to our Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU. We have also
applied for accession to the CPTPP.
• We have published the 2025 UK border strategy, with the goal of creating a
border that is efficient, smart and responsive.
• We have introduced a new points-based immigration system, including a new
Global Talent Visa, to attract the best and brightest from around the world. This
will ensure we can secure the talent we need for key sectors in our economy,
treating EU and non-EU citizens equally.
• We have published a national research and development (R&D) roadmap.
Learning from the successes of the Vaccines Taskforce, we have announced
an independent Advanced Research and Invention Agency, which will be led
by scientists with the freedom to identify and fund transformational science and
technology at speed.
24. In 2021, we will build on this work by convening the G7 and hosting COP26 in
partnership with Italy and the Global Partnership for Education with Kenya. Our most
immediate priority will be to build back better from COVID-19, demonstrating
the benefits of international cooperation. In addition, we will pursue an extensive
multilateral agenda on climate change, global health, free and fair trade and economic
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