Conor Phillips

Senior humanitarian adviser, film buff, human prehistory aficionado. 🇬🇧 emb in 🇪🇹.

[UN Humanitarian @UNOCHA]

Famine has been averted in the #HornofAfrica, but 43 million people are still in danger.

On 24 May, donors & partners will gather to explore solutions aimed at rebuilding lives broken by one of the world’s worst climate crises.

➡️https://t.co/NVQ0QKsZZS

#InvestInHumanity

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Behold the deep time of human artistic creativity!

About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, this small figurine was masterfully sculpted from mammoth ivory.

Known as the Vogelherd Horse it is one of the world’s earliest known works of figurative art. 📷 my own

#Archaeology

[UNICEF Ethiopia @UNICEFEthiopia]

UK For. Sec. @JamesCleverly visited @unicef supported mobile health & nutrition team in #Afar, #Ethiopia. These teams are reaching #children and families impacted by the drought in remote areas with critical medicines & nutrition services. Thank you @FCDOGovUK for your support.

[Paige Madison @FossilHistory]

Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species was published #OnThisDay in 1859. “There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

A top takeaway from grad school is this guy’s idea: https://t.co/k9eHAeij51

[Sophia Willitts-King @sophiawillittsk]

En RDC, en 2022, 160 000 personnes ont été déplacées en raison de la situation actuelle à Rutshuru et au total 700 000 à travers le pays. Citoyens de la RDC ont droit à la protection et à l'assistance. 🇬🇧 se battra pour apporter des réponses humanitaires rapides dans ces zones.

[Bruno Lemarquis @UN_Lemarquis]

🇨🇩🇺🇳 5.9 millions de personnes déplacées internes en RDC, dont 700000 depuis debut 2022. Nous réitèrons l’importance du respect du droit international humanitaire. Les civils ne doivent pas être des cibles. Le personnel humanitaire ne doit pas être une cible #NotATarget.

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

I hope to be celebrated like this 3.2m years in the future #Lucy #AustralopithecusAfarensis

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

@SanjSrikanthan @AlyosciaD @BarriShorey @donnciar @kristinkimbart 😂 I remember this

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

La journée mondiale de la #sape à #Kinshasa. #sapeur

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

They Survived Guns and Machetes in Congo. They Want the World to Know. https://t.co/kFEJ45l6mN

[Emily Maltman @EmilyMaltmanUK]

Nous condamnons fermement cette nouvelle attaque meurtrière contre un site des déplacés à Djugu #Ituri.

Nos pensées pour toutes ces familles des victimes.

Il est urgent que le gouvernement et les autorités locales s’impliquent davantage dans la protection des civils.

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

@HarryMacDonald0 @IcelandFoods I’m guessing those pizzas cost more than £1

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Ciara Phillips, etc. A proud sibling moment.

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

What I learned at the Swedish History Museum @historiskamuse: Christianity dominated life and politics for the last 1,000yrs; Queen Margareta was impressive; time varied from city to city until 1879 😳; babies don’t like history museums.

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

@holland_tom @TheRestHistory No question but Shaman by sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson has great portrayals of sapien - Neandertal interactions: https://t.co/SOYlcaUfHi. Looking forward to the episode 👍

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

If anyone’s yet to get me a gift for Christmas: “Neandertal [perfume] is interested in challenging humanity’s innately egocentric view of the universe.” 😳 https://t.co/FeBla1MLX4

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

Until this one arrived I didn’t fully grasp the importance of #paternityleave to a fairer gender balance. All dads should be offered + encouraged to take it.

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

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[World Food Programme @WFP]

WFP’s work goes beyond just giving people food.

💵37% of our assistance is now provided in cash.
💵 In 2020 = $2.1 billion of purchasing power for people in 67 countries.

Cash transfers are changing lives and boosting local economies, all while ensuring people don’t go hungry.

[Conor Phillips @conorphi]

Sans @WFP_UNHAS il n'y aurait aucune réponse humanitaire en #RDC. À Kalemie aujourd'hui. Merci encore.