Davos Agenda 2022
2022年に取り組むべき人道上の6つの課題
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。
Peter Maurer
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 and various Board Memberships.
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