We left ´the 6th Humanitarina Congress Vienna with a lot of food for thought. Although as humanitarians we are crises-hardened none of us expected such a culmination of emergencies and conflicts in the months that followed and thus the increasing relevance of the topics we addressed that day in June.
In the follow-up to our discussions we want to look anew at some of the aspects we discussed. We asked Claus Haugaard Sørensen, panellist on the openign panel “The Humanitarian Imperative is Non-Negotiable” the following two questions:
The humanitarian imperative dictates that all lives are of equal value and that everybody in distress must be helped. The humanitarian principles are universally valid principles and fundamental for all humanitarian action.
Since our conference, has the Humanitarian Imperative become more or less imperative (if such is possible)?
Has the political will weakened and if so what can we do?
After his return from a work mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Claus not only answerd the questions above but makes it also very clear what chance remains for humanitarian actors.
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Claus Haugaard Sørensen, frm. Director-General, EU Humanitarian Aid and civil protection, DG ECHO, currently among others working in the field of food security for IPC.
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