How do we meet the needs of hundreds of millions of people who are worldwide in need of humanitarian assistance? To fight hunger, address violence, provide shelter, meet basic needs, and demand resources, it will take international cooperation and local leadership. Special guest will be Ursula Mueller, a German diplomat, former executive director at the World Bank and, until this year, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. She will share her insights and show slides of her official field missions to some of the 45 countries with humanitarian situations, which she visited during the past 3 years. You will meet amazing people with dignity in their eyes striving for solutions. You will hear about leaders of armed groups that had displaced an entire village population and how people rebuilt their lives with assistance by the international community.

 

Co-sponsored with Bethesda Metro Area VIllage and Connie Morella Library. 

 

Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93655633065?pwd=YTdFZkN0ejhEYVRDVEp3b2dDZWNhUT09 or

Dial In:? 301 715 8592; Meeting ID 936 5563 3065.

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