Recommendation 10

HM Government Accepted

Government response – Partially Agree 18. The UK remains committed to working at all levels to promote stabilisation and peacebuilding. The Government recognises that the drivers of acute food insecurity are complex, often involving multiple and interrelated factors arising from armed conflict and insecurity, economic shocks and weather extremes. We agree that food insecurity is a factor driving conflict and that conflict drives food insecurity. 19. We are proactively addressing conflict-induced hunger. The UK uses its seat at the UN Security Council to champion and implement Resolution 2417 which enables reporting and early warnings when parties to conflict cause food insecurity and famine risk. We used our position to urge swift action when such warnings have been issued last year on Gaza and Sudan. The UK has produced a Legal Handbook on the international rules that play a role in avoiding and addressing food insecurity in armed conflict to promote understanding and improve compliance with international humanitarian law. 20. Alongside diplomatic levers, our bilateral peacebuilding, human rights and wider development programme work helps to address the root causes of violence and the environments where conflicts are more likely to take place. To support our programme work, UK expertise works across the world to provide analysis and advice on preventing the spread and escalation of conflict risks, working closely across Government, civil society and the international community. 21. As well as bilateral programmes, the UK is one of the biggest contributors to the UN Peacebuilding Fund, the primary mechanism supporting UN prevention and peacebuilding activity in over 40 countries including Sudan, South Sudan, West Africa, and the Sahel. The UK has contributed over £175 million since the inception of the fund in 2006, including £5 million in 2024/2025.