- Nov 07, 2020
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- Documents
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
Attacks on health facilities, health workers, ambulances, is now a reality that we observe on the ground - not on a monthly but on a daily or weekly scale in most of the conflicts in which we are engaged.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every day, we hear of civilians being killed and wounded in violation of the basic rules of international humanitarian law and with total impunity. Instability is spreading. Suffering is growing. No country can remain untouched.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
We see a transformation of warfare from the big armies and battlefields in open spaces to a fragmentation of armed groups and smaller armies, which move into city centres, which increasingly become the theatre of warfare.
- Nov 07, 2020
Cities are drivers of growth and wealth, and at the same time, cities are becoming increasingly violent.
- Poverty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Urbanisation, poverty, youth unemployment are leading to violence-prone cities.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Very often, development agencies or even some of the humanitarian actors choose the... more comfortable type of work, where it is safe, while the more important work has to be done where it is profoundly unsafe.
- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
We demonize our enemies at our own peril.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The disconnect between what people think and what the political leaders are actually doing is something that we really need to start raising.
- Humanitarian
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't expect humanitarian and development agencies to rebuild Syria. There is not enough money. There is not enough capacity. There are not enough skills.
- Economic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although the ICRC and the World Economic Forum have separate missions, they both are centred on collaboration across sectors and between various actors in order to improve the state of the world.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you back out of a convention... you can't dodge your obligation. Torture is still not acceptable.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Experience shows that the reliance on illegal, immoral, and inhumane interrogation techniques is universally a very poor choice.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
The International Committee of the Red Cross visits roughly half a million detainees in nearly 100 countries each year. It's our job to try to prevent and put an end to torture and ill-treatment.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Torture and other forms of cruel or humiliating treatment are an affront to humanity, and the physical and psychological scars can last a lifetime.
- Integrity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Torture can destroy the social fabric of communities, degrade a society's institutions, and undermine the integrity of its political systems.
- Ethnic Background
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where you are born, your parent's beliefs, or your ethnic background should not make you a target.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
The young, the old, women, the disabled, the sick and the wounded are entitled to protection under international law. Too often, the ICRC's calls for those laws to be respected are ignored.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have known Sepp Blatter, FIFA and football for a long time, and there are some fundamental values which FIFA and the ICRC share.
- Evaporates
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trust into leadership evaporates with communities when they see that their problems are not adequately addressed, neither at the national level nor at the international arena.
- Even
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even in war, everyone deserves to be treated humanely.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since 1989, public alarm at the prospect of atomic Armageddon has quietened, but the number of nuclear-armed states has increased, arsenals are being modernized, and powerful states remain convinced that a nuclear security umbrella is vital to national defense, domestic prestige, and geopolitical clout.
- Any
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has always been clear that any use of nuclear weapons would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences.
- Nuclear Weapons
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- Nov 07, 2020
Concrete steps are needed to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military plans, doctrines, and policies.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until the last nuclear weapon is eliminated, more must also be done to reduce the risk of a detonation. Nuclear-armed states should reduce the number of warheads on high alert and be clearer about the actions they are taking to prevent accidents.
- Does
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- Nov 07, 2020
Suffering does not change its face.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
As conflicts last longer, as the scale of needs increase, we are having to adapt. There is an increasing blurring between immediate humanitarian assistance and long-term development needs.
- Humanitarian
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- Nov 07, 2020
Short-termism is no longer an option. We have to envisage humanitarian action with a medium- and long-term perspective.
- Diversity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cities tend to be representations of societies: diversity and inequality find their extremes in urban settings. Yet, when war is added onto pre-existing inequalities, high levels of poverty, or even disaster, urban fragility increases exponentially, making it harder to absorb the shocks of warfare.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
While the nature of warfare is changing and wars are moving into cities, they are also becoming longer and their consequences more impactful.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Humanitarian assistance, once conceived as a short-term relief effort, is increasingly the only substitute for long-term development work in protracted armed conflicts.
- Fragility
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fragility created by protracted conflicts, resulting in destroyed cities and dramatically insufficient services, is not something that humanitarian organizations can address comprehensively. Only political solutions can end armed conflicts.
- Bear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Businesses operating in fragile or conflict-affected environments bear a responsibility to, at the very minimum, do no harm and avoid fuelling conflict or reinforcing fragility.
- Embrace
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- Nov 07, 2020
The humanitarian ecosystem is diverse - not only is there a variety of traditional humanitarian actors, but the system should also embrace an increasing diversity of private sector actors.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a clear business case for building the resilience and capacity of local communities, businesses, and institutions because a peaceful, educated, and productive population will stimulate economic growth in the long term.
- Humanitarian
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- Nov 07, 2020
The creative capacity of the private sector should be harnessed to develop new and more effective ways to deliver humanitarian solutions.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Local businesses and communities must be included from the very start in developing solutions to fragility, violence, and conflict.
- Fragility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fragility, violence, and conflict are complex. Fragility is influenced by a wide set of factors, many of which are deeply entrenched, such as high social and income inequality. The lines between criminal, inter-communal, and politically motivated violence are often blurred.
- Cumulative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conflicts are increasingly causing devastation in densely populated urban centres rather than open battlefields, creating a host of new problems through the cumulative impact from the destruction of vital services like water and electricity.
- Factors
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must understand the factors that cause fragility, violence, and conflict in order to develop solutions that will meaningfully reduce instability at its roots rather than merely addressing the symptoms.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
People living through armed conflicts need infrastructure and services which will last, and the last thing on their mind is which budget line applies.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
To respond to people's needs, humanitarian action has evolved from a temporary fix to a long-term safety net.
- Able
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- Nov 07, 2020
The relatively unpredictable flow of funds to humanitarian organizations, and the bureaucratic strings often attached to them, can have a highly negative impact on an organization's ability to plan and execute programmes effectively. We need to be able to rely on predictable income flows to plan sustainable programmes.
- Generously
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every year, we ask our donors to dig deeper. And every year, they gladly, generously comply. It is now up to us to find ways and means to forestall the day when they cannot - or will not. Or the consequences for people in war zones could be disastrous.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Economic activity can help repair war-torn societies, but if it's not conducted responsibly, it can also create or prolong violence. Companies and international organisations must help strengthen communities and overcome the trauma of violence.
- Funding
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conflicts are not temporary interruptions: they are structural, socio-economic catastrophes, and funding must be allocated accordingly.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Fourth Industrial Revolution does not just entail risks: it also brings solutions to humanitarian problems.
- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not only does disability impact individual health and well-being, it also leads to social and economic exclusion.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wars are getting longer, they are more complex, and the humanitarian need is great.
- Envision
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to continue to modernise current humanitarian work while at the same time drive a more systemic shift in how we envision the operation and financing of humanitarian solutions.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
If private-sector capital can be harnessed for social good, the potential to scale humanitarian solutions is vast.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
The issue of corruption in the humanitarian system is not an issue which is fundamentally different from dangers of corruption in other areas. One of the best ways to strengthen accountability is to engage in principled and law-based humanitarian action.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ensuring the respect of international humanitarian law and principles is one of the key areas necessary to establish accountability chains.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Self-reliance is not always possible; we have to acknowledge that there are situations of dramatic crisis which will force us to substitute non-existing public delivery systems.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When millions of kids are missing out on school, delivering educational services becomes an issue that concerns the humanitarian system.
- Humanitarian
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- Nov 07, 2020
The whole essence of humanitarian work and the Geneva Convention is that neutral, impartial organisations can operate during war.
- Illusion
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ICRC did not see Nazi Germany for what it was. Instead, the organization maintained the illusion that the Third Reich was a 'regular partner,' a state that occasionally violates laws, not unlike any army during World War II, occasionally using illegal means and methods of warfare.
- Catalogue
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot guarantee that a humanitarian catastrophe of the extent of the Holocaust will not happen again. On the contrary, we witness a catalogue of atrocities every day in wars across the globe.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mess in the world is a strong driver because, at the end of the day, it's the increasing unacceptability of the divergences and rifts in the world economically, socially, politically, and culturally which lead everybody to say, 'We have to do something.'
- Complicated
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe that settlement expansion policies pursued in recent decades by successive Israeli governments have facilitated the process of de-facto annexation. It has complicated the dialogue between the different communities.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is very clear from the text of the Geneva Conventions that families have the right to know about the whereabouts of their missing and that belligerents have a duty to inform families if they have indication and if they are detaining people.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in an environment in which connectivity and cyberspace are transforming all workplaces, including the humanitarian workplace.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
The discourse of sovereignty is a relative one when a crisis has become a global crisis.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is great potential for investments that are built around improving social, environmental, and economic conditions.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We still have a strong commitment to our original mission, which is to protect and assist people who are suffering from the impact of violence, but the violence has changed its character, format, and pattern so that we are now responding year after year.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we are challenged in how we define humanitarian action today and how we relate to long-term needs. We are also confronted with legitimate expectations from the people who want us to respond far more thoroughly to their basic pleas than we would have done in a much more contained form of conflict.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Each day that passes without kids being able to go to school is an enormous burden on the future.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
While conflicts have expanded and deepened and transformed, actors have transformed, and humanitarian assistance is transforming. Protection work is transforming and taking on another character.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
What the hell is happening to the world when those who were at the origin of... international humanitarian law start questioning in public debates whether it has any relevance or should be respected?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't torture people. You don't indiscriminately attack civilians. You protect as good as you can the impact of your warfare on women and children.
- Nov 07, 2020
You treat detainees humanely because you know the other side will also treat detainees humanely.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020