James Purcell

International Organisations and Humanitarian Agenda @ WEF. Finance for development, conflict, fragility & humanitarian. Previously FCDO, DFID, OECD, 🇦🇫 & 🇮🇳

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

Stimulating, practical day @wef last week with business leaders on where partnership can help save lives. Great ideas on logistics, energy, comms, blockchain, cash payments. We need new coalitions and an economic model that reduces inequality and works for those in greatest need.

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

A targeted strike hit a joint @WFP @UNICEF convoy in Sudan.

5 convoy team members were killed. Trucks torched. Food for families facing famine in El Fasher—destroyed.

This is unconscionable. Humanitarians are #NotATarget. We demand safe, unhindered access NOW.

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

This is a very hard read. But read it. Read every word and understand the tremendous suffering that Palestinian journalists have endured to keep eyes on Gaza. Wael al-Dahdouh will always be my hero in journalism. https://t.co/DGASy9G7id

[Philippe Lazzarini @UNLazzarini]

🛑 Following the adoption of bills by the Knesset against @UNRWA aimed at preventing it to operate in the occupied Palestinian Territory, I wrote to the President of the General Assembly.

These bills will not terminate the refugee status of the Palestinians, which exists independently of UNRWA’s service provision. They will severely harm their lives and future.

Today, even as we look into the faces of children in #Gaza, some of whom we know will die tomorrow, the rules-based international order is crumbling in a repetition of the horrors that led to the establishment of the United Nations, and in violation of commitments to prevent their recurrence.

I urge Member States to take action to support UNRWA commensurate with the gravity of the situation and risks.

Read the full letter here👇
@UN_PGA

https://t.co/4RBBV7yJvl

[UNHCR News @RefugeesMedia]

As the world turns to other preoccupations, financial support for @refugees is dwindling.
But the @UN carries out lifesaving humanitarian work that aids tens of millions — and it also provides hope.

UNHCR's @KellyTClements writes.

https://t.co/LDnVPUnLKA

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

We must not forget #Sudan.

Almost 10 months of conflict have robbed the people of Sudan of nearly everything.

We are appealing for US$4.1 billion to meet the needs of civilians inside the country and those who have fled to neighbouring countries. https://t.co/rh8nnGS5Dt

[Mirjana Spoljaric (Archive) @ICRCPresident]

I have arrived in Gaza, where people’s suffering is intolerable.

I repeat our urgent call for civilians to be protected in line with the laws of war and for aid to enter unimpeded.

The hostages must be released and @ICRC allowed to safely visit them.
https://t.co/64AaIwOLQJ

[Reena Ghelani @rghelani]

For every 1$ spent on humanitarian aid, 170$ is used on fossil fuels subsidies.

The world has enough resources to build a #FamineFree future.

What's missing is political will.

[Isabel Siddique Whisson @IsabelWhisson]

At @UKLabour conference @bondngo asked @BRACworld ED @asifsaleh what can a Labour government do to restore leadership on #internationaldevelopment? In conversation with @lisanandy: 1/4

[Børge Brende @borgebrende]

Delighted to be in New York for key discussions on the #SDGs and the @wef's Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2023. At the half-way point to achieving the 2030 Agenda, the @wef stands shoulder to shoulder with the #UN in its efforts to accelerate progress towards the #SDGs.

We must reignite a sense of hope, optimism and enthusiasm for the global goals we all share. #SDIM23

@antonioguterres @AminaJMohammed

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

Just spoke with General Hemedti of #Sudan’s RSF and stressed the urgent need for stepped up access to people in need.

With the current response not meeting the colossal needs, we hope to bring together the heads of all of the parties so that we can reach many, many more people.

[Chrysoula Zacharopoulou 🇪🇺🇫🇷 @CZacharopoulou]

#NouveauPacteFinancier | Endettement et vulnérabilité climatique forment un cercle vicieux.

Lors de ce sommet, la 🇫🇷 aux côtés de 🇬🇧 et de 🇧🇧 ont lancé un appel à suspendre le remboursement des dettes en cas de chocs climatique ou sanitaire !#Climat @RishiSunak

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Here is the Paris Agenda for People and the Planet. Let's promote its principles together, push ahead with reforms and build a fairer, more sustainable world.

To all our partners: dare to join!
https://t.co/zK2sJN8481

[Andrew Mitchell @AndrewmitchMP]

Today I join @EmmanuelMacron and others in Paris for the Summit for a #NewGlobalFinancingPact. UK development leadership must drive forward ambitious reforms to improve the International Financial System.

https://t.co/cu4hdVDvmw

[Michael Jacobs @michaelujacobs]

Today world leaders are gathering in Paris to discuss a ‘new global financing pact’ to provide more and better flows of money for environmentally sustainable and climate-compatible development in the global South. It’s an important moment.🧵/1 https://t.co/2Qiqt03JP2 @ODI_Global

[Andrew Mitchell @AndrewmitchMP]

When climate disasters strike, vulnerable countries must be able to focus on relief without worrying about debt. The uk is driving forward new loan clauses that instantly trigger debt pauses - and lenders are urged to follow suit.

[Ruth Lyons @RuthMaiaLyons]

Now this is quite something…

World leaders (including our very own @RishiSunak 🇬🇧) have penned a joint letter outlining the reforms needed to get the #SDGs back on track.

Now to spend this ‘Year of Summits’ delivering on that promise! 👏

https://t.co/qwAt9DswgR

[James Purcell @J_R_Purcell]

@Drayjames @SDGoals Have you met ODA Man yet?

[Ambassade d'Australie en France @AusAmbFR]

J’étais ravie d’accueillir, en collaboration avec @GlblCtznCAN et @IDDRI_ThinkTank, une table ronde interactive avec des collègues français et des diplomates pour discuter du prochain sommet important pour un nouveau pacte financier mondial, convoqué par @EmmanuelMacron.

[France Diplomatie 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @francediplo]

A quelques semaines du Sommet pour le #NouveauPacteFinancier, qui se tiendra à Paris les 22 & 23/06, autour des Chefs d’État & de gouvernement, des responsables du secteur privé & de la société civile, découvrez le site officiel.

https://t.co/b76cZCGDsR
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