--- title: "13 Humanitarian Assistance Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Humanitarian Assistance quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Humanitarian Assistance sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7a/jan-egeland-22637_amount_no-amount-of-humanitarian-assistance-can_1278591.png" --- > [No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-egeland/no-amount-of-humanitarian-assistance-can-protect-people-from-being/) [Jan Egeland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-egeland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7a/jan-egeland-22637_amount_no-amount-of-humanitarian-assistance-can_1278591.png) > [Access to humanitarian assistance and information are all the more important during the Covid-19 pandemic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morgan-ortagus/access-to-humanitarian-assistance-and-information-are-all-the-more/) [Morgan Ortagus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morgan-ortagus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/morgan-ortagus-11473_important_access-to-humanitarian-assistance-and-in_2583310.jpg) > [We have a responsibility to make sure civilians and children are never the targets of war and humanitarian assistance is never blocked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laphonza-butler/we-have-a-responsibility-to-make-sure-civilians-and-children-are/) [Laphonza Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laphonza-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/laphonza-butler-5989_children_we-have-a-responsibility-to-make-sure-ci_2528757.jpg) > [We need to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians and accept our fair share of refugees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ro-khanna/we-need-to-provide-humanitarian-assistance-to-civilians-and-accept/) [Ro Khanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ro-khanna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af2/ro-khanna-6046_accept_we-need-to-provide-humanitarian-assistan_1682074.jpg) > [All South Sudanese deserve consistent and unimpeded humanitarian assistance, regardless of if they live in areas held by rebel or government forces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-prendergast/all-south-sudanese-deserve-consistent-and-unimpeded-humanitarian/) [John Prendergast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-prendergast/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/john-prendergast-24892_areas_all-south-sudanese-deserve-consistent-an_3171480.jpg) > [Today, we have more than 110,000 men and women deployed in conflict zones around the world. They come from nearly 120 countries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ban-ki-moon/today-we-have-more-than-110-000-men-and-women-deployed-in-conflict/) [Ban Ki-moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ban-ki-moon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/ban-ki-moon-1778_around-the-world_today-we-have-more-than-110-000-men-and_2703789.png) > [The UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all nations share in economic, social, & scientific progress. It delivers humanitarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/the-un-is-committed-to-the-goal-of-ensuring-that-all-nations-share-in/) [Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/bill-bradley-10244_assistance_the-un-is-committed-to-the-goal-of-ensur_1397700.png) > [Humanitarian assistance, once conceived as a short-term relief effort, is increasingly the only substitute for long-term development work in protracted armed conflicts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurer/humanitarian-assistance-once-conceived-as-a-short-term-relief-effort/) [Peter Maurer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b74/peter-maurer-8286_effort_humanitarian-assistance-once-conceived-a_596565.jpg) > [As conflicts last longer, as the scale of needs increase, we are having to adapt. There is an increasing blurring between immediate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurer/as-conflicts-last-longer-as-the-scale-of-needs-increase-we-are-having/) [Peter Maurer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/peter-maurer-8286_adapt_as-conflicts-last-longer-as-the-scale-of_965250.jpg) > [Rising sea levels, severe draughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-panetta/rising-sea-levels-severe-draughts-the-melting-of-the-polar-caps-the/) [Leon Panetta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-panetta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/leon-panetta-7577_assistance_rising-sea-levels-severe-draughts-the-me_837254.jpg) > [Humanitarian assistance and exchanges are still allowed, even under the sanctions regime on North Korea. Therefore, in parallel with sanctions and pressure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moon-jae-in/humanitarian-assistance-and-exchanges-are-still-allowed-even-under/) [Moon Jae-in](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moon-jae-in/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/moon-jae-in-10239_human-rights_humanitarian-assistance-and-exchanges-ar_1382389.jpg) > [Women, men, and children have fundamental rights to humanitarian assistance and protection. Yet far too many states block aid and attack their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winnie-byanyima/women-men-and-children-have-fundamental-rights-to-humanitarian/) [Winnie Byanyima](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winnie-byanyima/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/winnie-byanyima-4582_children_women-men-and-children-have-fundamental_1251317.png) > [Fourth, we will continue providing humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. This includes Sunni and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/fourth-we-will-continue-providing-humanitarian-assistance-to-innocent/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/barack-obama-17_ancient_fourth-we-will-continue-providing-humani_2316257.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humanitarian-assistance/#itemlist", "name": "Humanitarian Assistance Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No amount of humanitarian assistance can protect people from being attacked.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jan Egeland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-egeland/no-amount-of-humanitarian-assistance-can-protect-people-from-being/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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