Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 46
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Hunger in Tigray is an acute problem, with the World Peace Foundation detailing how the...
Conclusion
Hunger in Tigray is an acute problem, with the World Peace Foundation detailing how the situation goes beyond immediate destruction and includes “dismembering the components of an elaborate food security system built up over decades”.113 Considering how the international community should best respond to the situation, it says, United Nations Security Council resolution 2417 (armed conflict and hunger) also provides a mechanism for responding to the situation in Tigray. The resolution was passed unanimously in May 2018. Ireland brought the humanitarian crisis in Tigray to the Security Council agenda in March but no resolution was agreed. Essential to progress on this is the active support of the three African members of the UNSC, but they have not stepped forward.114 107 Q5 [Edward Brown] 108 OCHA, Ethiopia – Tigray Region Humanitarian Update: Situation Report, 13 March 2021, p.1 109 OCHA, Ethiopia – Tigray Region Humanitarian Update: Situation Report, 13 March 2021, p.16 110 OCHA, Ethiopia – Tigray Region Humanitarian Update: Situation Report, 13 March 2021, p.8 111 Q14 [Paul Turnbull] 112 Q14 [Paul Turnbull] 113 World Peace Foundation, Starving Tigray, 6 April 2021 Page, page II 114 World Peace Foundation, Starving Tigray, 6 April 2021 Page, page 53 The humanitarian situation in Tigray 21
Government Response
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HM Government
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The UK will use all necessary political levers to address the crisis in Tigray. We are currently supporting initiatives for increased dialogue on the situation in Tigray at the Security Council under UNSCR 2417 as well as considering further bilateral and multilateral opportunities to improve humanitarian access and reduce levels of intensity of conflict in Tigray.