WFP Reaches Flood Victims in Punjab Province, Pakistan

A portrait of a girl in Rahim Yar Khan, in Pakistan's Punjab Province, holding
high-energy biscuits distributed by the UN World Food Programme (WFP). She is one of the 17 million people in Pakistan affected by recent torrential flooding, thought to be the worst natural disaster in the nation's history. (United Nations Photo)

Webster Geneva 17th Annual Humanitarian Conference March 1-2, 2012

Webster's annual humanitarian conference brings thinkers from around the world to Geneva.

Webster University Geneva’s International Relations Department will hold its 17th annual International Humanitarian Conference on March 1 and 2 at Geneva’s International Conference Centre.

This year’s theme, “Refugees and Armed Conflicts,” addresses one of the most challenging issues faced in humanitarian work. Click here to view program.

The 2012 conference is being organized around five themes:

legal instruments and the protection of victims of war, displaced persons, and refugees;
the evolution of armed conflicts and the challenge of protection;
the responsibility to protect—theory and practice; the practice of the protection of refugees and victims of war; and
coping with displacement and forced migration on the international and national levels.

Webster University Geneva’s International Relations Department will held its 16th International Humanitarian Conference on January 27-28, 2011, focused on the theme of “humanitarian space,” and the challenges faced in the field of humanitarian work.

Through its unique tradition and the presence of major international humanitarian organizations and NGOs, Geneva is intricately involved in worldwide humanitarian action. Since 1995, this conference has been organized in close consultation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The 2011 edition will also be held under the auspices of the Government of the State of Geneva. The conference aims to bring together practitioners and scholars, representatives and diplomats, and address today and tomorrow’s challenges.

For more information, please see (Conference abstract) and (Invitation to attend). Also: (Registration) and (Brochure), (Calendar), and (Program).