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" What the hell is happening to the world when those who were at the origin of... international humanitarian law start questioning in public debates whether it has any relevance or should be respected? "

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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. "

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" The ICRC did not see Nazi Germany for what it was. Instead, the organization maintained the illusion that the Third Reich was a 'regular partner,' a state that occasionally violates laws, not unlike any army during World War II, occasionally using illegal means and methods of warfare. "

" 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. "

" We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose.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

" Suffering does not change its face. "

" 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. "

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

" Short-termism is no longer an option. We have to envisage humanitarian action with a medium- and long-term perspective. "

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

" Businesses operating in fragile or conflict-affected environments bear a responsibility to, at the very minimum, do no harm and avoid fuelling conflict or reinforcing fragility. "

" Economic activity can help repair war-torn societies, but if it's not conducted responsibly, it can also create or prolong violence. Companies and international organisations must help strengthen communities and overcome the trauma of violence. "

" The fragility created by protracted conflicts, resulting in destroyed cities and dramatically insufficient services, is not something that humanitarian organizations can address comprehensively. Only political solutions can end armed conflicts. "

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

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

" Very often, development agencies or even some of the humanitarian actors choose the... more comfortable type of work, where it is safe, while the more important work has to be done where it is profoundly unsafe. "

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

" There is great potential for investments that are built around improving social, environmental, and economic conditions. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Torture and other forms of cruel or humiliating treatment are an affront to humanity, and the physical and psychological scars can last a lifetime. "

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

" We cannot guarantee that a humanitarian catastrophe of the extent of the Holocaust will not happen again. On the contrary, we witness a catalogue of atrocities every day in wars across the globe. "

" Experience shows that the reliance on illegal, immoral, and inhumane interrogation techniques is universally a very poor choice. "

" 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. "

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

" We see a transformation of warfare from the big armies and battlefields in open spaces to a fragmentation of armed groups and smaller armies, which move into city centres, which increasingly become the theatre of warfare. "

" Where you are born, your parent's beliefs, or your ethnic background should not make you a target. "

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