Studies in history and international law, Berne; PhD. 1987, entered the Swiss diplomatic service; held various positions, Berne and Pretoria; 1996, transferred to New York as Deputy Permanent Observer, Swiss Mission to the United Nations; 2000, Ambassador and head of the human security division, political directorate, Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs, Berne; 2004, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, New York; worked to integrate Switzerland into multilateral networks; June 2009, elected Chairman of the Fifth Committee by the UN General Assembly, in charge of administrative and budgetary affairs; elected Chairman of the Burundi configuration of the UN Peacebuilding Commission; Jan. 2010, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Berne and took over the reins of the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs. From 2012 to 2022 President of ICRC. Member of the Board of Trustees, World Economic Forum. Today: President of Basel Institute on Governance, various Board Memberships and Co-Chair of the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative.
Initiatives like the Forum's Call to Action aim to mobilize $10 billion in investment for businesses in frontier markets by 2030. So, despite challenging conditions in fragile economies, ...
カブール空港に群がる絶望にさいなまれたアフガニスタンの人々の写真が世界のトップニュースを独占した直後の9月、同国の地方部を訪れた私は、掘り起こされたばかりの墓場や破壊された家が散乱している風景を目にしました。世界は今、数えきれないほどのアフガニスタン人が冬の寒さと飢えに苦しんでいることを認識しています。
Alongside tackling COVID-19 and the climate crisis in conflict zones, humanitarians need help to address autonomous weapons and cyber risk in 2022.
Private investment can prevent fragile situations from spiralling into crisis and pave the road towards a sustainable economic recovery.
The world’s most vulnerable countries lack the medical facilities to deal with the inevitable onslaught of coronavirus.
Les millennials identifient également la corruption, le chômage et la pauvreté comme les principales préoccupations.
The International Committee of the Red Cross surveyed 16,000 millennials, aged 20-35, on their views on international relations, conflict and war.
今月、マリのティンブクトゥで、ある家族に出会いました。その家族は不作に見舞われ食糧がなく、子どもたちを即席爆発装置（IED）で亡くしていました。助けになることはできませんでしたが、こうした人々の苦しみに深く心を動かされました。あまりにも多くの人々が危険と隣り合わせで生きているのです。
Global instability means 2019 is a crossroads year for humanitarian response - and we need a fundamental reorientation of humanitarian action, argues ICRC President Peter Maurer.
Quelle sorte d'avenir s'annonce si la décision de supprimer une vie humaine est reléguée à des algorithmes ?
Humanity is faced with a grave new reality – the rise of autonomous weapons. So what part should robots play in conflicts of the future?
2018年是叙利亚发生战争以来的第7年，索马里、南苏丹和也门人民继续受到饥饿与疾病的困扰。在利比亚，人们为了避免落入冲突与不幸，不得不满世界逃难；在中非共和国，人们在月初就开始受到冲突与暴力带来的长短期影响。
Conflict, hunger and disease will affect millions again this year. Failure to adapt will lead to further global instability, major breakdowns of social and economic systems, and a failure...
What are the technologies that will play a role in the humanitarian system in the next 15 years – what is an optimistic scenario for their use and what might be some of the unintended con...
The world’s first humanitarian impact bond raised money to build three physical rehabilitation centres and help thousands of people with disabilities.
