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

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" 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. "

" Since 1989, public alarm at the prospect of atomic Armageddon has quietened, but the number of nuclear-armed states has increased, arsenals are being modernized, and powerful states remain convinced that a nuclear security umbrella is vital to national defense, domestic prestige, and geopolitical clout. "

" 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. "

" The abuse of civilians and combatants has existed since the dawn of time. "

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

" 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. "

" Even in war, everyone deserves to be treated humanely. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 today are just a flick of a switch away. In our homes, on the train, in our coffee shops, we see it, we feel it, we know about it. All of us. All of the time. Human suffering is visible, constantly. "

" It has always been clear that any use of nuclear weapons would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences. "

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

" We live in an environment in which connectivity and cyberspace are transforming all workplaces, including the humanitarian workplace. "

" 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. "

" People living through armed conflicts need infrastructure and services which will last, and the last thing on their mind is which budget line applies. "

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

" I have known Sepp Blatter, FIFA and football for a long time, and there are some fundamental values which FIFA and the ICRC share. "

" The principal cause of suffering during humanitarian crises is insufficient respect of applicable rules of international humanitarian law. "

" The sad fact is that horrendous human conflict is nothing new. "

" The young, the old, women, the disabled, the sick and the wounded are entitled to protection under international law. Too often, the ICRC's calls for those laws to be respected are ignored. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Conflicts are not temporary interruptions: they are structural, socio-economic catastrophes, and funding must be allocated accordingly. "

" 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. "

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

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" We must understand the factors that cause fragility, violence, and conflict in order to develop solutions that will meaningfully reduce instability at its roots rather than merely addressing the symptoms. "

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