Ethics and politics of humanitarian action – high-level panel discussion

Publication language
English
Date published
29 Aug 2013
Type
Audio-visual material
Keywords
System-wide performance, Principles & ethics
Organisations
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Link
http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/event/2013/12-09-humanitarium-live.h…

 

Welcome and introduction by Ambassador Alexandre Fasel, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, and Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC.

 

Panel discussion with:

Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for Int’l Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Mukesh Kapila, Prof. of Global Health and Humanitarian Affairs, University of Manchester
Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC

Panellists will be joined by humanitarian practitioners directly from the field via a web connection.