Victor Angelo

75 years ago, visionary leaders have signed the UN Charter and initiated what they thought would be a world without major wars. Their dre...

Many people have shown sincere astonishment and expressed deep shock when told that a small group of French billionaires and some big cor...

The mass movements across the Mediterranean Sea towards Greece and, in much smaller numbers, to Italy, cannot be seen only from the humani...

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

Madaya, the Syrian town that has been under siege for more than six months, surrounded by government troops, is a symbol. As are the towns...

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

Nepal´s earthquake and its aftershocks have caused a major humanitarian disaster. I feel extremely sorry for the Nepalese people and all t...

At the UN headquarters there is a bit of a fight about the position of Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, which is official...

I wrote yesterday that the response to the typhoon disaster in the Philippines calls for a deep involvement of the Armed Forces, both from...

The UN humanitarian appeal for Syria, launched today in Geneva, is the largest in the history of the organization: US $4.4 billion, to cov...

I spent the last couple of days in Lisbon. I had been invited to go back to Portugal to deliver a lecture about the logistics of aid proje...

I should write about the EU budget 2014-2020, as approved today by the EU Council. And add that even if the total amount matters, what ma...