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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 AI-generated
The government describes the existing Mass Atrocity Prevention Hub, FCDO's International Academy's training, and efforts to strengthen understanding of atrocity prevention.
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Paragraph Reference:
48
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
23. The Government cannot commit to a written strategy at this time but is committed to taking a whole-of-government approach to atrocity prevention. The responsibility for atrocity prevention falls under the Minister of State for Human Rights within FCDO who sets the strategic direction and engages with other Ministers within FCDO and across Government as appropriate. Ministers will continue to regularly engage on atrocity prevention, especially when specific country contexts arise. Within the NSC structure, atrocity prevention and conflict prevention fall under development. Terms of Reference for the NSC can be found on the Government’s website.
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