Calamity Quote by Kofi Annan

The fragility created by protracted conflicts, resulting in destroyed cities and dramatically insufficient services, is not something that humanitarian organizations can address comprehensively. Only…

— Peter Maurer

I have witnessed firsthand the anguish of this humanitarian tragedy - in Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and other conflict and post-conflict zones. The destruction…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

The political solutions to the refugee crisis may be complex, but that does not mean we should abandon our humanity. We should not close…

— Katharine Viner

All the nations and peoples are too closely knit together today for any one of them to imagine that it can live apart. Peace…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

When peace has been broken anywhere, the peace of all countries is in danger.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We must think of millions of people who have had to cross national borders and seek protection as refugees; of millions of people suffering…

— T Joseph Benziger

This, then, is the truth of the discourse of universal human rights: the Wall separating those covered by the umbrella of Human Rights and…

— Slavoj Žižek

Every day, we hear of civilians being killed and wounded in violation of the basic rules of international humanitarian law and with total impunity.…

— Peter Maurer

The humanitarian aid system is built on a concept that when disaster strikes, outside agencies provide a temporary helping hand until people can take…

— Antonio Guterres

Establishment of Global Peace will not be possible simply by stopping wars; we should go deep in finding out the cases of violations of…

— T Joseph Benziger

Women, men, and children have fundamental rights to humanitarian assistance and protection. Yet far too many states block aid and attack their own citizens,…

— Winnie Byanyima

Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.

— Amelia Earhart