Sentences with phrase «on humanitarian work»

Lim has been held by the North Korean government since January, when the 60 - year - old was scheduled to spend a few days there on humanitarian work.

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«I think this is a place where so much political considerations are overshadowing humanitarian work that to carve out a neutral humanitarian space is difficult,» he said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
That thirst for learning is part of what drove him to build one of the most influential companies on the planet, and it continues to inspire his humanitarian work today.
It's short stories on humanitarian workers working abroad; I could see myself doing that.
On top of humanitarian work, Graham's foundation has also worked to keep tabs on Christians in North KoreOn top of humanitarian work, Graham's foundation has also worked to keep tabs on Christians in North Koreon Christians in North Korea.
«If true, to use unwitting aid workers on behalf of an intelligence operation, people who genuinely do humanitarian work, to turn their efforts into intel collection is unacceptable,» Rep. Jan Schakowsky, a member of the House Intelligence Committee told The Intercept at the time.
On the other hand, many of us who are called into ministry or humanitarian work are tempted to believe the lie that our work is more important than that of others.
The United States Agency for International Development assembled a rapid - response team, pre-positioned food and supplies, and worked with private humanitarian groups on a coordinated response.
Asked on an employment form why she wanted to work for the international humanitarian aid organization, Spencer wrote, «Because I would love to work for an organization dedicated to carrying on the Lord's work
At a nearby hotel, we met Lilian Pizzi, a psychotherapist who works inside the center for Terre des Hommes, an international humanitarian relief organization focusing on the rights of children.
In many cases intervention affects the role of humanitarian NGOs, whose work traditionally has been based on political neutrality.
With the ANC government impassive in the face of this humanitarian disaster, the work of caring for Zimbabwean refugees has fallen to the region's churches, which have used whatever piteously small resources they have to see that these people do not literally die on the streets.
Jennifer loves continuing to learn about midwifery, catching babies, being involved in humanitarian work, and going on family adventures to the mountains and the ocean.
«In the longer term we must push the EU into rebuilding a scheme to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean — we shouldn't have to rely on the heroic work of charities to undertake this basic humanitarian task.
There is also a blatant lack of involvement of groups of people with disabilities (DPOs) in planning, implementation and monitoring of humanitarian projects, as well as a limited number of technical experts on inclusion working for mainstream organisations.
On December 7th the Saïd Business School's Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosted a seminar entitled «Protecting Civilians: Oxford and Oxfam working together on the ethics of war, weapons and humanitarian aid.&raquOn December 7th the Saïd Business School's Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation hosted a seminar entitled «Protecting Civilians: Oxford and Oxfam working together on the ethics of war, weapons and humanitarian aid.&raquon the ethics of war, weapons and humanitarian aid.»
Dr Hugo Slim is a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict where he is working on humanitarian ethics in war and disaster with 12 of the world's leading humanitarian agencies.
From 2003 - 2007 he was Chief Scholar at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, leading policy work on civilian protection and political mediation.
The classic approach to teaching diplomacy is to teach international humanitarian law, the treaties, how the UN works, protocol, etiquette, and so on.
By working together through a myriad of challenging scenarios, ELAC, Oxfam and their collaborators ultimately hope to create a handbook on humanitarian intervention that will outline common moral dilemmas and ethical standards for resolving them that can be applied by practitioners around the world.
In my view, member states should put emphasis on areas such as mediation and let the UN step back from traditional development and humanitarian assistance, as plenty of other actors are now involved in this work — state agencies, NGOs, local communities, foundations and companies.
The report recommends foreign policy follows five guiding principles: to actively work to protect civilians; to challenge abuses of humanitarian law and human rights; to deliver on policies like the Arms Trade Treaty which save lives through international agreement; to meet the challenges of the modern world, including new threats like terrorism; and strengthening multilateral institutions, with the UK taking the lead to reunite the UN.
It also revealed that the Secretary of State commissioned work on humanitarian and development partnership between Israel and the UK, and on disability, when she returned to London.
According to Price's Facebook and LinkedIn pages, she works as a project manager and consultant at the United Nations New Futures Foundation on humanitarian projects.
But, Auerbach noted, policymakers, military leaders and others need a firm hold on the science in order to respond to looming humanitarian disaster and be aware of the solutions that may or may not work.
Brad is a humanitarian at heart, driven by the idea that the biomedical innovations we are working hard to develop to address health disparities here at home can and will go on to transform lives around the world.
Most of my work was in the humanitarian aid sector, though I also worked on a few development projects.
India About Blog Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a humanitarian who speaks on spirituality about life & work.
Sean Penn is well known for his humanitarian and activist work around the globe, whether it is raising money for relief efforts in devastated countries, or trying to shine light on tragedies of war - torn countries that may not be on the radar of the average American movie - goer.
Daily they defy Bashir's ban on humanitarian aid, work tirelessly to save the lives of the Nuba people, and bring hope to one million people who would be otherwise forgotten.
Reviewing approaches to psychosocial support work in international humanitarian assistance, Zaveri (2011) found that a lack of consensus on what should be included delayed the insertion of standards on mental health and psycho - social support in the earliest Sphere Handbooks published in 1998 and 2000.
It not only provides a forum for informal diplomacy among high - ranking officials, but also an opportunity to highlight the extraordinary humanitarian work of those who go beyond the call of duty on behalf of refugees, internally displaced or stateless people.
They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.
The program will be broadcast on the brand's social channels and will pay tribute to seven decades of adventure, humanitarian aid and hard work across classes and cultures around the world.
Ross concentrates instead on Gonne's humanitarian aspects in her work among the poverty stricken people in Donegal and also on her love of her children, as well as her sometimes manipulative traits essential to a 19th century independent woman.
It's only # 5 and all profits are going to the White Helmets to fund humanitarian rescue work on the ground in Syria.
Putting aside the humanitarian implications of your pounding the drum for «letting capitalism work» consider the impact on your personal financial situation if and when foreclosures mushroom across the country.
2006 - Pit Ed Training Classes - Best Practices in Behavior and Training by the American Humane Association 2007 - Nominated «Sportsman of the Year» by Sports Illustrated 2010 - «Best Of» Award 7x7 Magazine for «dog education, rescue and training» 2010 - American Dog Magazine Humanitarian Award - Three Categories 2011 - City of Pittsburg CA, Proclamation of Appreciation from Mayor Will Casey and Pittsburg City Council for service to community and general welfare of dogs 2011 - Ranked nationally as the top high - impact nonprofit working on a local / state level for «Local Animal Welfare, Rights, & Protection» by 170 experts for Philanthropedia at GuideStar 2013 and 2014 - Bay Woof's Beast of the Bay Award: «Best Overall Website for Dog Lovers» and Runner - up for Best Blog and Best Rescue.
Natanael Perangin - angin, an official with the Karo Disaster Mitigation Agency, told The Jakarta Post on Sunday that «Both volunteers were tough and known to be very active in doing humanitarian work».
India About Blog Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is a humanitarian who speaks on spirituality about life & work.
Will is currently working on a long term projects dealing with Humanitarian issues and Tribal rights.
A humanitarian with a deep commitment to social justice, he left behind a body of work that documents many of the most important aspects of American culture from the early 1940s up until his death in 2006, with a focus on race relations, poverty, civil rights, and urban life.
Known for humanitarian overtures in his work, Semsar Siahaan's solo show is now on at Gajah Gallery in Singapore.
The proceeds from the sale of graffiti artist Banksy's Civilian Drone Strike, 2017 — a work depicting three Predator drones dropping bombs on a framed illustration of a house and stick figures — will go to two humanitarian organisations: Campaign Against Arms Trade and Reprieve.
He received a 2016 recognition award from the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, as well as awards from NATO and the U.S. Departments of State and Defense for his humanitarian aid work.
You can change it for the World Community Grid and let the processing power of your computer be available to researchers working on humanitarian projects.
In Design Like You Give a Damn, Sinclair sketches an engaging image of himself as a young architect working as a «CAD monkey» in NY, stumbling into the world of humanitarian aide, and then managing to catalyze Architecture for Humanity on a shoestring.
«The world can expect, however, a return of between $ 3 and $ 34 for every dollar spent on sanitation, realized through reduced poverty and health costs and higher productivity — an economic and humanitarian opportunity of historic proportions,» adds Dr. Adeel, who also serves as chair of UN-Water, a coordinating body for water - related work at 27 UN agencies and their many global partners.
After a year, and the government's refusal to extend a work permit on humanitarian grounds, the family was destitute.
To tackle the root causes of these pressing chal - lenges, the EU is working to implement a long term strategy, taking into ac - count humanitarian aid, The guidelines set out the applicable legislation on how EU funds should be treated when it comes to tax avoidance and non - cooperative jurisdictions.
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