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They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust between people and political leaders crumbles away as surely as night follows day.
Peter Maurer -
The Fourth Industrial Revolution does not just entail risks: it also brings solutions to humanitarian problems.
Peter Maurer
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We still have a strong commitment to our original mission, which is to protect and assist people who are suffering from the impact of violence, but the violence has changed its character, format, and pattern so that we are now responding year after year.
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To respond to people's needs, humanitarian action has evolved from a temporary fix to a long-term safety net.
Peter Maurer -
The humanitarian ecosystem is diverse - not only is there a variety of traditional humanitarian actors, but the system should also embrace an increasing diversity of private sector actors.
Peter Maurer -
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 skills.
Peter Maurer -
It is very clear from the text of the Geneva Conventions that families have the right to know about the whereabouts of their missing and that belligerents have a duty to inform families if they have indication and if they are detaining people.
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As conflicts last longer, as the scale of needs increase, we are having to adapt. There is an increasing blurring between immediate humanitarian assistance and long-term development needs.
Peter Maurer
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Experience shows that the reliance on illegal, immoral, and inhumane interrogation techniques is universally a very poor choice.
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Self-reliance is not always possible; we have to acknowledge that there are situations of dramatic crisis which will force us to substitute non-existing public delivery systems.
Peter Maurer -
Conflicts are not temporary interruptions: they are structural, socio-economic catastrophes, and funding must be allocated accordingly.
Peter Maurer -
Local businesses and communities must be included from the very start in developing solutions to fragility, violence, and conflict.
Peter Maurer -
You treat detainees humanely because you know the other side will also treat detainees humanely.
Peter Maurer -
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 to prevent and put an end to torture and ill-treatment.
Peter Maurer
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We demonize our enemies at our own peril.
Peter Maurer -
The creative capacity of the private sector should be harnessed to develop new and more effective ways to deliver humanitarian solutions.
Peter Maurer -
Trust into leadership evaporates with communities when they see that their problems are not adequately addressed, neither at the national level nor at the international arena.
Peter Maurer -
People living through armed conflicts need infrastructure and services which will last, and the last thing on their mind is which budget line applies.
Peter Maurer -
Short-termism is no longer an option. We have to envisage humanitarian action with a medium- and long-term perspective.
Peter Maurer -
Torture can destroy the social fabric of communities, degrade a society's institutions, and undermine the integrity of its political systems.
Peter Maurer
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Not only does disability impact individual health and well-being, it also leads to social and economic exclusion.
Peter Maurer -
The discourse of sovereignty is a relative one when a crisis has become a global crisis.
Peter Maurer -
We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose.
Peter Maurer -
I have known Sepp Blatter, FIFA and football for a long time, and there are some fundamental values which FIFA and the ICRC share.
Peter Maurer