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Recommendation 10
10
Accepted
Paragraph: 48
The Government should ensure that Ministers provide regular and strategic direction to the UK’s atrocity...
Recommendation
The Government should ensure that Ministers provide regular and strategic direction to the UK’s atrocity and conflict prevention policy by adding this to the agenda of the Foreign Policy and Security Council and giving the Secretariat responsibility for tracking implementation of the new atrocity prevention strategy (see para 46).
Government Response Summary
The government describes the existing Mass Atrocity Prevention Hub, FCDO's International Academy's training, and efforts to strengthen understanding of atrocity prevention.
Paragraph Reference:
48
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
27. The OCSM’s Mass Atrocity Prevention Hub acts as a central coordination point for HMG working with geographic and thematic departments including teams working on Open Societies, Human Rights and Sanctions. FCDO’s International Academy’s training on atrocity prevention, human rights, sanctions, conflict prevention policy and the UN is available to all FCDO staff based at Headquarters and overseas and to colleagues in other Government departments. The Hub is also working to strengthen understanding and knowledge of atrocity prevention by organising learning sessions delivered by external organisations and international partners, promoting collaboration and best practice, sharing between country teams, and incorporating atrocity prevention into relevant internal training offerings. The Hub is prioritising support and guidance on monitoring so that relevant Staff can effectively monitor atrocity risks.