Victor Angelo

  1.         The UN System, under the leadership of the SG, is fast moving to be ready to implement SC res. 2720. This should be acknowledge...

We can't sweep Afghanistan under the rug Victor Angelo   Mario Draghi, the Italian Prime Minister and current leader of the G20, i...

Migrations and European fears Victor Ângelo   The Afghan crisis has placed the problem of immigration again at the center of European ...

The United Nations and the Taliban challenge Victor Ângelo   António Guterres has just underlined the gravity of the humanitarian situ...

The laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 has been announced today. It is the UN World Food Programme. And I think it is the right decision...

  Translation of today’s opinion piece I published in Diário de Notícias (Lisbon). 15 Aug. 2020 From Lebanon to the conflict freezer Vic...

There have been some discussions about the conditions to be attached to the humanitarian aid to Lebanon. I would like to clarify that such a...

This afternoon I called a few people in Africa, to find out how the pandemic is affecting their fellow citizens. And I got the same messa...

How is the coronavirus situation in the refugee camps around Syria? What is the risk level? Are the host governments, the UN and the NGOs...

Today, the Presidents of the European Council, the Commission and the European Parliament visited the Greek border with Turkey. The Prime...

President Erdogan of Turkey wants to repatriate a large number of Syrian refugees. His plan is to create several resettlement camps on th...

Venezuela remains at the top of today’s international agenda. People on both sides of the conflict are convinced that the solution to the...

Regarding the Syrian complex crisis, it´s obvious that Assad and Putin believe in the military solution. And they are now close to achiev...

The new US Administration plans to cut in a big way the country´s financial contributions to the UN. This decision, if it materialises, wi...

I would not feel good if I did not mention that today is the World Humanitarian Day. It´s a little window of opportunity to remind our...

Every 9 May, the EU celebrates Europe Day. This year we might conclude there isn´t much to be happy about. Martin Schulz, the EU Parli...

After today´s announcement of a “cessation of hostilities” in Syria, some commentators have shown a lot of scepticism about the effective ...

South Sudan has now joined the list of the forgotten crises. The country was the darling of the international community three or four ...

One facet of the recent big pledging conferences, like the one of yesterday in London, convened to mobilise resources for Syrian refugees,...

At present, with the refugee crises and the displacements of people in many countries, the humanitarian funding needs are exceptionally hi...