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Aid Workers: Armed Conflict

Commons · Question 47671 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 May 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41094 on Aid Workers: Armed Conflict, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of UN Security Council R

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 3 May 2025

The scale and severity of threats to humanitarian aid workers is alarming. The UK co-sponsored UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2730 to draw attention to the protection of humanitarian aid workers, including protection for national personnel who oft...