Penny Mordaunt’s speech at the DFID and UN Somalia meeting
International Development Secretary talks about the
I'm delighted to welcome you here today and in particular to His Excellency, Mr
I am proud of the
Last year's response was an important success story, both for
We need to sustain and build on our humanitarian response to ensure that we meet the most immediate and urgent needs. Alongside this, we also need to recognise the need for long-lasting solutions to break the cycle of this crisis. That is why we have called this meeting today.
In January I visited
Today, I'm pleased to confirm a further commitment, bringing our total contribution to 86 million pounds. This includes 24.6 million pounds from the
I hope that this meeting will serve to encourage all of us to sustain our efforts to continue to tackle the drought, and ensure that the famine we helped to prevent last year does not happen again instead, to ensure that funds are available to support early action and intervention. I would like to thank everyone for your continued support.
I know that the spring rains will be critical in determining how severe the situation becomes this year. But even if the rains are good, humanitarian needs will still remain high. That is why I have asked my officials to keep me updated. As the year unfolds we will consider if additional
As we join together to meet the challenges ahead, we must also ensure that we deliver against the Grand Bargain commitments that we all signed up to.
We must do better at including the most marginalised Somalis and ensuring that we protect the most vulnerable – women and girls and disabled people in particular. This means ensuring that aid is able to reach conflict-affected areas. And I call on the Somali authorities, and international partners, to do all they can to ensure that access for humanitarian aid is not restricted.
And we must also look forward and beyond the current situation. Drought need not turn into widespread food insecurity and famine. It is vitally important that we balance both the short and long term needs of vulnerable Somalis, and make sure there are stronger links between our humanitarian and development work so we can build resilience and the ability to cope with future shocks. As
And having recently visited, I am optimistic about the future.
Long term solutions require stability and a real commitment from
This is why the
I wish you a very fruitful meeting today and I thank you again for your continued commitment to
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