Cities Quote by Peter Maurer

There is never a humanitarian solution for a humanitarian crisis. The solutions for the humanitarian crisis are always political ones.

— Antonio Guterres

As conflicts last longer, as the scale of needs increase, we are having to adapt. There is an increasing blurring between immediate humanitarian assistance…

— Peter Maurer

Unfortunately, the greater the humanitarian outreach, the greater the violence required to achieve it.

— Ron Paul

Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crises in another. What begins…

— Kofi Annan

Across the world, the lack of accountability for the harm to the environment and public health caused by conflict and military activities undermines global…

— Widad Akrawi

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

The world needs many more humanitarians than it needs warriors, but there can be none of the former without enough of the latter.

— Eric Greitens

Humanitarian assistance, once conceived as a short-term relief effort, is increasingly the only substitute for long-term development work in protracted armed conflicts.

— Peter Maurer

I think the global community always has a ... has a responsibility to any humanitarian crisis. And I think it's in our best interest…

— Angelina Jolie

The whole essence of humanitarian work and the Geneva Convention is that neutral, impartial organisations can operate during war.

— Peter Maurer

Wars are getting longer, they are more complex, and the humanitarian need is great.

— Peter Maurer

“Most of the institutions that come in to offer help after disaster don't have the resources to provide concrete help. . . . Donor…

— Leymah Gbowee