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“Today,
no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights
crises in one part of the world from national security
crises in another. What begins with the failure to
uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends
with a calamity for entire nations.”
--
Kofi
Annan
*
"Today,
we have more than 110,000 men and women deployed in
conflict zones around the world. They come from nearly
120 countries ... Thanks to their efforts, life-saving
humanitarian assistance can be delivered and economic
development can begin. "
-- Ban
Ki-moon
*
The
UN is committed to the goal of ensuring that all
nations share in economic, social, & scientific
progress. It delivers humanitarian assistance to
the victims of wars and natural disasters.
-– Bill
Bradley
The
explosion of a terrorist’s single nuclear device in
a major metropolitan center would trigger an unparalleled
humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental
military launch of multiple warheads could result
in a worldwide nuclear holocaust. Medical researchers
and military analysts forebode grim consequences.
-- Alan
Cranston
*
It's
really important to me to show the interconnectedness
of things. I always try to illustrate how environmentalism,
humanitarianism, animal rights -- all those things
-- are one and the same. -- Daryl
Hannah
Being
a humanitarian, supporting animal rights activists,
human rights activists, it's all the same.
-- Daryl
Hannah
*
It's
really important to me to show the interconnectedness
of things. I always try to illustrate how environmentalism,
humanitarianism, animal rights -- all those things --
are one and the same.
-- Daryl
Hannah
There
are many challenges facing the international community
today but few, in my mind, are more pressing than
those of finding humanitarian solutions to refugee
problems. We talk of regional conflicts, of economic
and social crises, of political instability, of abuses
of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance,
inequalities between rich and poor, hunger, over-population,
under-development and. I could go on and on. Each
and every one of these impediments to humanity’s pursuit
of well-being are also among the root causes of refugee
problems.
-- Poul
Hartling, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 1978-1985
*
"The
songs that I've written about Africa, and AIDS and
HIV and about the power of humanitarian love, those
songs, I'm gonna sing them because I know that it's
real."
-- India.Arie
*When
I began my humanitarian work, I understood that in order
to gain credibility I needed patience, commitment and
unwavering perseverance. I needed to ignore the skeptics.
-- Bianca
Jagger
*
Drawing
from the tragic lessons of nuclear atrocities experienced
by the Indigenous Peoples we recognize that the testing,
development and use of nuclear weapons is a crime
against all humanitarian law…
-- Hilda
Lini
I'm
not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified
as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities
that I believe in.
-- Gregory
Peck
"Humanitarianism
consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose."
-- Albert
Schweitzer
Most
wars, after all, present themselves as humanitarian
endeavors to help people.
-- Howard
Zinn
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