Stephanie Siklossy
ICRC Deputy Head of Delegation to the EU
Organisation
NATO and the Kingdom of Belgium
Speaker session
Russia’s war in Ukraine: protracted crisis and challenges of principled humanitarian action
Auditorium
This session will focus on reaching a common understanding and sharing best solutions on how to ensure effective and principled humanitarian action in Ukraine.
The session will discuss how donors can maintain a principled humanitarian approach, while being politically not neutral, and how we can ensure funding for Ukraine in the medium and long term. It will evaluate the opportunities and challenges for Nexus in Ukraine and debate how we can make sure that the humanitarian response can pave the way to the next steps, i.e. early recovery, social safety nets, and reconstruction.
Overall, the session will draw and evaluate lessons learnt in Ukraine and provide recommendations for future principled and sustainable humanitarian actions.
Filippo Grandi
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Biography
Elected by the General Assembly, Filippo Grandi became the 11th UN High Commissioner for Refugees on 1 January 2016. He leads UNHCR, which operates in 135 countries providing protection and assistance to the more than 103 million refugees, returnees, and internally displaced people, as well as stateless people. Grandi, an Italian national, has been engaged in international cooperation for 35 years and holds degrees in modern history and philosophy, as well as an honorary doctorate from the University of Coventry.
Speaker session
Russia’s war in Ukraine: protracted crisis and challenges of principled humanitarian action
Auditorium
This session will focus on reaching a common understanding and sharing best solutions on how to ensure effective and principled humanitarian action in Ukraine.
The session will discuss how donors can maintain a principled humanitarian approach, while being politically not neutral, and how we can ensure funding for Ukraine in the medium and long term. It will evaluate the opportunities and challenges for Nexus in Ukraine and debate how we can make sure that the humanitarian response can pave the way to the next steps, i.e. early recovery, social safety nets, and reconstruction.
Overall, the session will draw and evaluate lessons learnt in Ukraine and provide recommendations for future principled and sustainable humanitarian actions.
Shahida Ngotho
Deputy Director (LAG Chair)
Organisation
Save Somali Women and Children
NGO
Speaker session
Russia’s war in Ukraine: protracted crisis and challenges of principled humanitarian action
Auditorium
This session will focus on reaching a common understanding and sharing best solutions on how to ensure effective and principled humanitarian action in Ukraine.
The session will discuss how donors can maintain a principled humanitarian approach, while being politically not neutral, and how we can ensure funding for Ukraine in the medium and long term. It will evaluate the opportunities and challenges for Nexus in Ukraine and debate how we can make sure that the humanitarian response can pave the way to the next steps, i.e. early recovery, social safety nets, and reconstruction.
Overall, the session will draw and evaluate lessons learnt in Ukraine and provide recommendations for future principled and sustainable humanitarian actions.