ABSTRACT

The existing information mechanisms on food insecurity are not ‘conflict sensitive’, that is, they do not sufficiently incorporate the causal relation between conflict and hunger. This generates a lack of detailed information in this respect, which hinders implementation of Security Council Resolution 2417. It is therefore necessary to advance towards an early warning system that considers the impact of the use of hunger as a weapon of war on the different dimensions of food security, and is capable of collecting empirical evidence at the local level in a regular and agile form. To that end, in this article we reflect on the existing difficulties in collecting and analysing such information, and propose theoretical and operational inputs for constructing conflict-sensitive early warning systems in contexts of acute food insecurity.

摘要

现有的粮食不安全信息机制不是“冲突敏感”的，也就是说，它们没有充分考虑冲突与饥饿之间的因果关系。这导致缺乏这方面的详细信息，从而阻碍了安全理事会第 2417 号决议的实施。因此，有必要推进一个预警系统，该系统考虑将饥饿用作战争武器对不同层面的影响粮食安全，并能够以定期和灵活的形式在地方一级收集经验证据。为此，在本文中，我们反思了收集和分析此类信息的现有困难，并提出了在严重粮食不安全的情况下构建对冲突敏感的早期预警系统的理论和操作输入。