International Rescue Committee
- Barbara Crossette
- • December 19, 2017
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David Miliband, a former British foreign secretary, has been president and chief executive of the International Rescue Committee since 2013, overseeing both the agency’s humanitarian relief operations and its refugee resettlement and assistance programs in several American cities. The son…
- Categories: Geopolitics, Poverty, Refugees
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- Johanna Higgs and Liga Rudzite
- • April 6, 2016
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GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Amima and Fatima Jebari are Syrian sisters who fled last year to the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, after the Free Syrian Army entered their village in the north, they said, and…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Middle East, Refugees, Women
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- Opinion by Richard Gowan
- • April 4, 2013
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Last week, former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced plans to move to New York to head the International Rescue Committee, a leading humanitarian organization. In his new position, Miliband is likely to be a powerful voice in debates…
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Opinion by Thomas G. Weiss
- • March 30, 2013
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“Humanitarian” and “business” are juxtaposed in the title of my new book, “Humanitarian Business,” for two reasons: provocation and accuracy. It jars those who idealize the humanitarian enterprise because the adjective has uncontested positive connotations while the noun is…
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, OPINIONS
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