Fixing the world's humanitarian crises

  • 8 years ago
Efi Koutsokosta, euronews:

“The world is suffering its worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. Armed conflicts, extended natural disasters, human exploitation, and waves of refugees.

That is why the United Nations have called a World Humanitarian Summit for the first time. The stakes are high. To discuss all this, euronews was joined in the studio by the person in charge of all these issues for the European Union, Commissioner Christos Stylianides. Commissioner, welcome to Global Conversation.”

Christos Stylianides:

“Thanks for inviting me.”

Efi Koutsokosta:

“So what is at stake in this Summit? There are a lot of open fronts…”

European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides:

“The process itself towards this Summit is important because all the stakeholders participate. States, humanitarian organisations, all the parties that work on humanitarian aid. A very good preparation has been done and we will have to reach a st

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