This month, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Peace and Reconciliation agreement in Mali reached through the “Algiers process”, the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, reasserted the United Nations’ support for a process which has brought both hope and disillusion.
On 16 June, the non-governmental organisation PAX published its 7th report on investment in the production of cluster munitions. On this occasion, we asked A. Rave to highlight the issues at stakes.
In May 2016, Jean-Baptiste Richardier, the co-founder of Handicap International and very first Executive Director of the Foundation, eventually retired after more than thirty years at the service of the most vulnerable.
In a speech given on the occasion of International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the Foundation, at the request of UNMAS, insisted upon the critical importance of perceiving mine action as an integral part of humanitarian action.
On April 12th, 2016 Handicap International Foundation invited Prof. Antonio Donini, a humanitarian issues and UN reform specialist, to try to put the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) into perspective. Is it truly, as many present it, a one of a kind international forum ? Or can it be seen as a further stage in […]
On March 17, 2016 Handicap International, represented by Jean-Baptiste Richardier, the Executive Director of Handicap International Foundation, convened the inhabitants of Lyon, where HI’s headquarters are located, to a very touching photographic exhibition portraying the lives of Syrian refugees.
On February 16th, 2016 Handicap International Foundation received Prof. Jean-Pierre Filiu, a recognized expert in contemporary Middle East, to shed light on a crisis, which has caused the death of at least 250,000 people as well as the exodus of million others.
On April 7th, 2016, honoured guests are kindly invited by Handicap International Foundation to spend the evening in the newly inaugurated Opéra des Nations, place des Nations, in Geneva. Why? To present the Foundation, its mandate, activities and aspirations, but also to reflect on the action of humanitarian actors, from an ethical point of view. […]
A few months ago, Jean-Baptiste Richardier, one of Handicap International’s founders and Handicap International Foundation’s Executive Director, visited Sierra Leone to meet Handicap International staff and attest to the quality of the association’s work. Here is not only the account of his stay, but the story of those who had to cope with the virus, […]