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HMG Conflict Funding

In the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, the Government affirmed its commitment to tackling the drivers of instability in fragile and conflict-affected countries where the risks are high, our interests are most at stake and where we know we can have an impact. We are helping some of the poorest countries in the world to address the root causes of their problems, build more responsible and accountable governments and strengthen security and justice overseas.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) work together on conflict prevention, stabilisation and peacekeeping. There are two joint funding instruments, which are managed tri-departmentally: The Peacekeeping Budget (PKB) pays for the Government's legally binding commitments (assessed costs) to UN, OSCE and EU peacekeeping missions. The Conflict Pool (CP) funds discretionary activities that support conflict prevention and stabilisation and contribute to peacekeeping overseas.

Both the Conflict Pool and the Peacekeeping Budget are funded from a joint Treasury settlement, which is separate and complementary to FCO, DFID and MOD departmental budgets. The Spending Review, published in October 2010, set out the funding settlement for the period from 2011-2015 as follows:

As set out in the SDSR, the Conflict Pool will increase from £229 million in 2010/11 to around £300 million in 2014/15. This will enable us to deliver more cross-government support to long-term conflict prevention and stabilisation programmes. The Conflict Pool is the first port of call to top up the Peacekeeping Budget, if assessed peacekeeping costs exceed the PKB’s £374m settlement. In 2011/12, £76 million has  been earmarked from the Conflict Pool for assessed peacekeeping, making a total provision of £450 million for the PKB, from which the UK will meet its international obligations on peacekeeping.

Further details of the settlement can be found in the Written Ministerial Statement on Conflict Resources for 2011/12, which was issued by the Secretaries of State for International Development, Foreign Affairs and Defence on 5 April 2011.

Conflict Pool

The Conflict Pool (CP) supports activities that seek to reduce the number of people around the world whose lives are, or might be, affected by violent conflict.

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