Armed Conflict

(asked on 7th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of armed conflicts currently occurring across the international community.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 13th September 2021

The FCDO monitors a range of armed conflicts around the world. We draw on a number of data sources to do this. Each of these sources has different definitions and thresholds of armed conflict.

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