After 10 years of conflict in Syria, thousands of people are missing, hundreds of thousands are dead, and millions of people are displaced. The past 12 months has seen millions more Syrians pushed into deeper hunger and poverty. For young people especially, this has been a decade of savage loss, marked by missed milestones, stolen futures, immense economic h ... Show More
Oct 2025
Building new bridges: humanitarian diplomacy in the Gulf
Disclaimer: The advice, opinions and statements contained in this podcast are those of the guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICRC. Nowadays on the global stage, the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, B ... Show More
19m 17s
Dec 2013
Humanitarian situation and funding challenges in selected countries
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)
57m 16s
Jan 2022
The rising toll of famine and conflict
<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
24m 4s
Apr 2023
Can international humanitarian organisations adapt to face the challenges of this century?
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
1h 17m
Feb 2024
Charting the course: Navigating 2024's humanitarian landscape | Event
<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
1h 31m
Jun 2021
The Politicization of Aid in Syria
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
36m 19s
<p><strong><em><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" xml:lang= "EN-US">Disclaimer: </span><span lang="EN-US" style= "mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" xml:lang="EN-US">The advice, opinions and statements contained in this podcast are those of the guest ... Show More
