Recommendation 19

We recommend that the UK works with the other UN Member States represented on the ministerial group for the safety of humanitarian aid workers to call for a Special Session of the UNSC to discuss the problem of disregard of IHL in the delivery of aid. This session should focus on hearing from aid workers themselves, and from local organisations in particular, culminating in a declaration. In addition, the UK should push for the issue of humanitarian access to be included regularly in the annual UN Protection of Civilians Report. Finally, there should be an expectation that the UN Humanitarian Coordinator includes details of obstructions to the safe delivery of aid, including attacks on aid workers, as part of his regular reporting to the Security Council. However, we emphasise that this reporting should not be at the expense of energy and time being devoted to the ending of conflicts. (Recommendation, Paragraph 44)