Great Quote by Peter Maurer Download Open image “Wars are getting longer, they are more complex, and the humanitarian need is great.” — Peter Maurer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Great Humanitarian More Need War Wars
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We are looking at what more we can do. As well as a strong security response we need a strong humanitarian one. — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
Most wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian endeavors to help people. — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Short-termism is no longer an option. We have to envisage humanitarian action with a medium- and long-term perspective. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that humanitarian aid and trade are some of the building blocks for world peace. — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's one thing if a politician in a small country says a little bit of torturing is good to do. There is a qualitative… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
The ICRC did not see Nazi Germany for what it was. Instead, the organization maintained the illusion that the Third Reich was a 'regular… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
In our fibre-optic world of tweets and tablets, we are more conscious of the world around us. The technicolour violence and humanitarian abuses of… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
There is a clear business case for building the resilience and capacity of local communities, businesses, and institutions because a peaceful, educated, and productive… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
Each day that passes without kids being able to go to school is an enormous burden on the future. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
Trust into leadership evaporates with communities when they see that their problems are not adequately addressed, neither at the national level nor at the… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
While the nature of warfare is changing and wars are moving into cities, they are also becoming longer and their consequences more impactful. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
Concrete steps are needed to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military plans, doctrines, and policies. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
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… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
It's always great to see old friends, especially those I have not been able to see in 15 months. — William Regal Copy Share Image
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
I'm very proud of some of the stories I've been given thanks to the team at 'Emmerdale,' they've been great over the years so… — Kelvin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
To me, Caribbean food is about fresh, seasonal produce - using what's in season to create vibrant and great tasting food. The spicing is… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
No matter how many great things you say about Jacques Pepin, there's always more. Through his books and videos, he taught me the importance… — J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Copy Share Image
I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
A lot of people have been saying 'The 100' reminds them of 'Lord Of The Flies,' 'Lost' and 'Battlestar Galactica,' and all of those… — Marie Avgeropoulos Copy Share Image
I always bump into people that Ive met. Not great friends, but if I bump into somebody Ive known and I wont recognise them.… — Dario Franchitti Copy Share Image
Performance matters because games are built on great performance, but form factor and energy efficiency matter incredibly because they want to build something that's… — Jensen Huang Copy Share Image
