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3rd Special Report - The World Humanitarian Summit: priorities for reform: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2015–16

Published 19 July 2016

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The government's response

This document responds to 5th Report - The World Humanitarian Summit: priorities for reform.

This is the government's response, published 19 July 2016.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government states there are "no recommendations we disagree with", but "partially agree[s]" with several because the timing of publication made it difficult to meet "the exact letter" of them at the Summit.

  • It agrees on International Humanitarian Law compliance, reconfirming support for the Swiss/ICRC compliance mechanism, which it "will continue to engage actively with".
  • On a 1% disaster risk reduction target, it partially agrees, saying "We do not have plans to sign up to an additional target at present", and that it is "looking to carry out operational research" on returns on investment in emergency preparedness.
  • On an independent investigation of humanitarian system structures, it partially agrees but does "not see the need for an extra independent investigation", citing many existing reports and the Grand Bargain process.
  • On education, it agrees and states the UK has committed "£30 million in support over two years" to the Education Cannot Wait fund as the largest founding donor.

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