IRC President and CEO David Miliband called for reform of the humanitarian system in a speech he gave at Georgetown University in Washington, DC on April 27. With 60 million people now fleeing for their lives from conflict or disaster, he said, new thinking is needed about what aid is, and how it can be delivered.
David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Commitee, called for reform of the humanitarian system in a speech he gave at Georgetown University in Washington, DC on April 27.
Miliband described the current scale of human displacement as staggering, with 60 million people now fleeing for their lives from conflict or disaster. He called for new thinking about what humanitarian action is, and how it can be delivered.