Helen Alderson

Humanitarian. Former @ICRC. Board member @Odi_Global @BaselInstitute @LegalActionWW. Mentor @GlobalThinkersF🇨🇭 🇬🇧

[Helen Alderson @AldersonHP]

On 6 December #UNSC unanimously extended the indefinite carve out for humanitarian activities in the ISIL (Da’esh & Al-Qaida) sanctions regime.
Find out why this is so important 👇
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@ODI_Global @hpg_odi

[Swiss MFA @SwissMFA]

#UNSC | The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution led by🇨🇭& 🇺🇸, enabling access to humanitarian aid for those in need despite #UN sanctions.

This progress underscores #Switzerland’s enduring commitment to protecting #civilians & supporting #humanitarians.

ℹ️ https://t.co/VUmbUC9IVv

[SwitzerlandUN @swiss_un]

The #UNSC speaks with one voice for humanitarian action.

The unanimous adoption of Res. 2671 sends a strong message of support to
all humanitarian actors & civilians in need.

The resolution helps humanitarian aid to reach the most vulnerable and saves lives.

[EDA - DFAE @EDA_DFAE]

#CSNU | Le Conseil de sécurité a adopté à l'unanimité une résolution portée par la🇨🇭et les 🇺🇸, facilitant l'accès à l'aide humanitaire pour les personnes dans le besoin malgré les sanctions de l'#ONU.

Cette avancée reflète l'engagement constant de la #Suisse à protéger les #civils et à soutenir les #humanitaires.

ℹ️ https://t.co/q3nEXkTmdN

[ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social @ODI_Global]

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[GlobalThinkersMentors @GTFMentoring]

We introduce Cayla Bleoaja our mentee from #USA! Her #mentor @AldersonHP has more than 30 years’ experience in the humanitarian & public health sectors. Cayla studied sociology & psychology and her work focuses on the relationship between trauma and resilience. #GTF #mentoring

[Helen Alderson @AldersonHP]

I am truly delighted to join the Board of the @BaselInstitute. The Institute’s work on fighting corruption and improving governance is tough yet so important, with real positive impact on people’s lives.

[Basel Institute on Governance @BaselInstitute]

👏 We are thrilled to announce that Helen Alderson @AldersonHP has joined our Foundation Board. We look forward to benefiting from her 35 years of experience in the humanitarian sector, global public health and sustainable investing.

See Helen's profile: https://t.co/51wRlrOcV5

[ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social @ODI_Global]

🆕 Following the recent European elections, our latest #ThinkChangePodcast looks at the EU's political direction and explores how Europe's foreign policy must adapt to engage with a rapidly changing global order.

🎙️ Listen here: https://t.co/wxFyBIqlWD

[HPG (now on Bluesky: hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social) @hpg_odi]

Displacement has been rising globally for the past decade. Our recent research centres groups of often overlooked displaced people, incl. those with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity and expression & sex characteristics, and refugee-led orgs 👇 https://t.co/a9EAWKf1NX

[Helen Alderson @AldersonHP]

@jpurcell7 You have done amazing work at WP Julia 🙏
What is the next chapter?

[Helen Alderson @AldersonHP]

@Lindy_Cameron @AlexWEllis @UKinIndia Such an interesting job!
Congratulations @Lindy_Cameron on your appointment and your achievements at NCSC.

[Helen Alderson @AldersonHP]

Thank you @un_cted for convening this discussion.
It is always useful to hear other perspectives. Good opportunity to highlight the unintended impact of CT measures on humanitarian action due asset freezes. Dialogue between sectors is a first step towards solutions. @hpg_odi

[United Nations CTED @UN_CTED]

This week's event on public-private partnerships & countering the financing of #terrorism offered a chance to hear from a range of speakers, with presenters covering both the current state of affairs & the way forward.

📽️Catch the full recording now at https://t.co/fZB4cGhs9E.

[Helen Alderson @AldersonHP]

@LCourtoisICRC @CMartinICRC Chilly 🥶

[Jessica Simor KC @JMPSimor]

Please make this go viral. It’s never been articulated better than this.

[Helen Alderson @AldersonHP]

Every year @Oxfam highlights growing inequality, yet it just continues to grow and grow😠.
At this rate, it will take 230 years to end poverty, but we could have our first trillionaire in a decade.
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[Oxfam @oxfamgb]

🚨 JUST RELEASED: In the last three years the world’s 5 richest men became twice as rich: in the same time 5 billion become poorer. 🤯

As the rich & powerful politicians & business leaders meet in Davos for the World Economic Forum #WEF24, the richest 1% are being allowed to get richer & billions of people are sliding into poverty.

Let's end the injustice of this inequality crisis.

Read more from our latest report 🔗https://t.co/Ap2Mdd5RHB

#FightInequality #TaxTheRich

[Devex @devex]

.@ODI_Global’s @NwajiakuKathryn & @AldersonHP stress they look forward to hearing how investors will respond at #Davos24 to @wef’s HRI initiative’s call to action aiming to mobilize $10B in commercial and catalytic capital in frontier markets.

#Opinion⬇️
https://t.co/sTYnPWL3Lj

[ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social @ODI_Global]

Business leaders are arriving in #Davos.

Behind all the expensive puffer coats, the private sector must show more appetite for investing in frontier markets to be a force for change at #Wef24.

New @devex blog from @NwajiakuKathryn & @AldersonHP now out ✍️https://t.co/QGv45SdniQ

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

'If That Day Comes Round' is a song hoping for miracles. All proceeds to @BritishRedCross in Gaza/Israel. We stand #Together4Humanity & call for peace & light 🙏

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[The Elders @TheElders]

Mary Robinson gives qualified welcome to weak #UNSC Resolution on #Gaza, but warns implementation is what really matters to saving lives.

“Agreement on this weak and overdue UN Security Council Resolution is better than another US veto. But the test of the resolution’s success will be how many lives are saved.

The people of Gaza are facing starvation: they need food, not words. Neither Hamas nor Israel have complied with the previous resolution agreed last month. If the Security Council is to be credible, its members must push harder for implementation of its decisions.

The shocking reality on the ground in Gaza demands the rapid delivery of humanitarian assistance at scale, not haggling over a monitoring mechanism.

I regret that the Security Council has not called for an immediate ceasefire. That is out of touch with world opinion, as expressed by the General Assembly last week. And distributing aid at the scale needed will be impossible while total warfare continues.

Calling for a sustainable cessation of hostilities means little unless UNSC members are serious about creating the conditions for it. That includes more decisive US influence on Israel to ensure it complies with the provisions of this and previous Security Council Resolutions, and countries who have influence over Hamas pushing for the remaining hostages to be released.

The threat of another veto has hung over this protracted negotiation, as it has over discussions on Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Permanent members of the Security Council who abuse their veto power for national advantage are living on borrowed time.

The rest of the world will not tolerate this anachronism for ever, particularly when it leads to the kinds of dehumanising suffering we are seeing in Gaza.

This horrific war has lasted too long; everyone’s priority must now be to save lives and build a sustainable and just peace for Palestinians and Israelis alike.”

- Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders and former President of Ireland

[ICRC in Israel & OT @ICRC_ilot]

Increased restrictions of movement since the 7 Oct. have impacted thousands in the West Bank.

We spoke to some of these people about how life has changed. This is what they shared 👇

[Patrick Hamilton @PHamiltonICRC]

“It was very public I went to Doha to meet the top leadership of Hamas; very public that we demanded the unconditional and immediate release of the hostages. We need the parties to return to negotiations to create the security conditions for us to release again” @ICRCPresident 👇