Podcast: Rethinking Humanitarianism | An exit talk with UNRWA’s Philippe Lazzarini

Podcast: Rethinking Humanitarianism | An exit talk with UNRWA’s Philippe Lazzarini

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>> Lazzarini this week ended his term as Commissioner-General of #UNRWA, the UN agency that provides essential services to Palestinians.

>> Lazzarini’s organisation has seen nearly 400 staff members killed – a figure that “has never, ever happened”, he says, “in the entire history of the United Nations.”

>> He is angered that Israel’s destruction of #Gaza and the attacks on Palestinians, including his staff, occur with no consequences.

>> “We keep hearing about a disregard of international law,” he says. “We talk about rupture, but without a proper alternative. The alternative right now on the table is nothing else than a world without any rules, where bullying and intimidation prevails.”..

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