Media briefing with Peter Maurer and S.E...

Mr Krähenbühl, ICRC Director of Operations, discusses needs in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq and South Sudan, the ICRC's response and the challenges involved in obtaining funding for humanitarian activities in those countries. (20.09.2013) 

Sébastien Carliez (Head of Public Relations, ICRC spokesperson), Peter Maurer (ICRC President), Régis Savioz (ICRC Deputy Head of Operations) (27.6.2013) 

Audio extract from the conference: The stress factor in humanitarian action in conflict areas: Who is concerned? What is it? What can be done about it? Dr Barthold Bierens de Haan (ICRC psychiatrist) presents his view. (25.07.2002) 

<p>Gideon talks to David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee, about the organisation’s 2022 watchlist, which reveals that people in 20 countries, representing 10 per cent of the world’s population, are at risk or in dire need of humanitarian aid, and the sit ... Show More

Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’Sudan: World ‘scandalously silent’ on dire humanitarian crisis: UNHCRMore efforts needed to end TB: WHOWorld’s poorest nations need climate and development finance now: UNCTAD 

Yves Daccord, former CEO of the International Committee of the Red Cross, joins us at the Oxford Martin School. The history of humanitarianism is one of vulnerabilities, power, mobilisation and adaptation. This has been true since humanitarian aid became an industry in its own ri ... Show More

<p>Crises are mounting, and their impacts are overlapping and rippling across the globe. Emergency response has grown more complicated, and more costly. What's the way forward?</p> <p>Each year, The New Humanitarian publishes our list of trends <a href= "https://www.thenewhumanit ... Show More

Jamie speaks with Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna. Mercy Corps is an INGO with a worldwide presence and with a global team of 6,000 humanitarians working together on the front lines of today’s biggest crises brought about conflict and climate disaster. They discuss the troub ... Show More

Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Gabriella Waaijman, Global Humanitarian Director of Save the Children. They discuss a variety of topics on the humanitarian sector, including how aid work has evolved over the last several decades. Gabriella explains that while there have been im ... Show More

<p class="" data-start="109" data-end="1000">Effectively and efficiently responding to humanitarian crises is one of the things the United Nations and its partners in the NGO community do best. Over the years, they have gotten very good at saving lives. This system is now under u ... Show More

This week on Babel, Jon talks with Carsten Wieland, a German diplomat who served in the United Nations with three separate special envoys to Syria. They discuss the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Syria, the politicization of humanitarian aid in Syria, and the implications of ... Show More

IOM says urgent humanitarian aid is needed in the Democratic Republic of the CongoOHCHR calls for the release of peaceful post-election protesters in VenezuelaUNHCR aids flood-affected families in Sudan 

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Amb. David Satterfield, the U.S. special envoy for Middle East humanitarian issues. They discuss the crisis in Gaza, the challenges of getting aid to civilians, and the role of humanitarian assistance in ending the conflict. Then, Jon ... Show More