Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Acknowledged
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The UK must do more.
Conclusion
The UK must do more. A new cross-departmental strategy to prevent mass atrocities offers opportunities. It can drive greater coherence between existing policy initiatives on human protection. As the UK will not always be able to prevent mass atrocities, a strategy can also clarify the metrics by which the UK will measure the success of its efforts. The Government appears open to a new strategy, which NGOs, academics and many Members of Parliament have advocated for many years.
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges there must be cohesion and consistency between its approaches to atrocity prevention and conflict prevention, whilst being aware of the crossover and potential tensions between them.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
20. The Government acknowledges there must be cohesion and consistency between its approaches to atrocity prevention and conflict prevention, whilst being aware of the crossover and potential tensions between them. The Government has made explicit its recognition of atrocity prevention as a separate agenda to conflict prevention and established distinct teams for the two areas of work. 21. As has been stated previously, the UK Government is committed to taking an effective and focused approach to addressing conflict and instability through prevention. 22. As mentioned in response to Recommendation 4 (above), the Government cannot commit to developing a written strategy at this time.