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" 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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" Every year, we ask our donors to dig deeper. And every year, they gladly, generously comply. It is now up to us to find ways and means to forestall the day when they cannot - or will not. Or the consequences for people in war zones could be disastrous. "

Peter Maurer

Consequences

Day

" 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. "

" Can you really send back people to where they are fleeing from? "

" New technologies are rapidly giving rise to unprecedented methods of warfare. Innovations that yesterday were science fiction could cause catastrophe tomorrow, including nanotechnologies, combat robots, and laser weapons. "

" 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. "

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

" Concrete steps are needed to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in military plans, doctrines, and policies. "

" Urbanisation, poverty, youth unemployment are leading to violence-prone cities. "

" We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose. "

" You don't torture people. You don't indiscriminately attack civilians. You protect as good as you can the impact of your warfare on women and children. "

" As responsible politicians, you have to manage migration. "

" The creative capacity of the private sector should be harnessed to develop new and more effective ways to deliver humanitarian solutions. "

" The disconnect between what people think and what the political leaders are actually doing is something that we really need to start raising. "

" Humanitarian action cannot be held hostage to political ends. "

" Torture can destroy the social fabric of communities, degrade a society's institutions, and undermine the integrity of its political systems. "

" Every day, we hear of civilians being killed and wounded in violation of the basic rules of international humanitarian law and with total impunity. Instability is spreading. Suffering is growing. No country can remain untouched. "

" Attacks on health facilities, health workers, ambulances, is now a reality that we observe on the ground - not on a monthly but on a daily or weekly scale in most of the conflicts in which we are engaged. "

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

Peter Maurer

Need

Humanitarian

" The relatively unpredictable flow of funds to humanitarian organizations, and the bureaucratic strings often attached to them, can have a highly negative impact on an organization's ability to plan and execute programmes effectively. We need to be able to rely on predictable income flows to plan sustainable programmes. "

" Local businesses and communities must be included from the very start in developing solutions to fragility, violence, and conflict. "

" 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. "

" While conflicts have expanded and deepened and transformed, actors have transformed, and humanitarian assistance is transforming. Protection work is transforming and taking on another character. "

" Fragility, violence, and conflict are complex. Fragility is influenced by a wide set of factors, many of which are deeply entrenched, such as high social and income inequality. The lines between criminal, inter-communal, and politically motivated violence are often blurred. "

" The discourse of sovereignty is a relative one when a crisis has become a global crisis. "

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

" Each day that passes without kids being able to go to school is an enormous burden on the future. "

Peter Maurer

School

Without

" You treat detainees humanely because you know the other side will also treat detainees humanely. "

" Not only does disability impact individual health and well-being, it also leads to social and economic exclusion. "

" Cities are drivers of growth and wealth, and at the same time, cities are becoming increasingly violent. "

" Ensuring the respect of international humanitarian law and principles is one of the key areas necessary to establish accountability chains. "