Diplomacy for greater humanitarian access
Forum sessions
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This session will focus on the specific EU contribution to pragmatic humanitarian diplomacy in the service of safeguarding humanitarian space and the neutrality, independence and impartiality of humanitarian aid in complex contexts.
It will show the importance of diplomacy in complex humanitarian crises, highlight challenges and opportunities, and identify ways of how to better integrate humanitarian issues into European external policies.
Speakers
Stefano SANNINO
Secretary-GeneralEuropean External Action Service (EEAS)
Erika ELLAMAA-OTS
Permanent Representative of EstoniaEU’s Political and Security Committee
Roland KOBIA
Ambassador to EthiopiaEuropean External Action Service
Harlem DÉSIR
Senior Vice PresidentInternational Rescue Committee (IRC)
Jean-Louis DE BROUWER
Director of the European Affairs ProgrammeEgmont Institute
Robert MARDINI
Director-GeneralInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Đorđe RADULOVIĆ
Minister of Foreign AffairsMontenegro
H.E. Cessouma Minata SAMATE
Commissioner for Political AffairsAfrican Union Commission
