Recommendation 63

The UN regularly publishes and updates information on the funding needed and provided for the crisis in Tigray. In February it published a breakdown that showed that while the overall response was 71% funded, some sectors were a long way from being fully funded. For example, dedicated funding for refugees, WASH and health are, according to figure 2 below, falls short of the net requirement. The multisectoral funding is useful in covering these gaps. 135 FCDO, Ethiopia Profile, 2 September 2020, p.2 136 FCDO, Ethiopia Profile, 2 September 2020, p.2 137 The FCDO has also appointed a Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa and Red Sea, Julian Reilly 138 FCDO, Ethiopia Profile, 2 September 2020, p.2 139 HM Government, Global Britain in a competitive age: the Integrated Review of …, March 2021, p. 63 140 FCDO, Foreign Secretary statement following a meeting with the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister, 25 November 2020 141 Reuters, Armed group takes control of county in western Ethiopia - rights commission, 22 April 2021 The humanitarian situation in Tigray 25 Figure 2: Humanitarian response funding update Source: UN OCHA, Northern Ethiopia–Humanitarian Response Plan Funding Update, As of 16 February 2021, 22 February 2021