Valdai Club

Gábor Stier

Kirill Semyonov

Lord Robert Skidelsky

Anastasia Stepanova

Yulia Sokolshchik

Vladislav Shershulsky

Herman Mark Schwartz

Vasil Sakaev

Artyom Sokolov

Philip Spoerri

Switzerland

Head of Delegation in Syria, International Committee of the Red Cross

Materials

Syria – Maintaining Critical Access to Water for Urban Dwellers

The unprecedented size of the challenge we are facing today to address this humanitarian imperative calls for a greater level of engagement, financial and political, of a more diversified set of actors, including humanitarian organizations, development agencies and the private sector, writes Philip Spoerri, former Head of Delegation of ICRC in Syria.

Syria: Is It Possible to Fight Back a Pandemic Amidst a Conflict?

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe is enormous. For countries that have already seen long term conflict and crises, such as Syria, the stakes are very high. With limited capacity to detect, manage and follow-up cases of sickness throughout its territory, the risk of transmission is considerable, writes Philip Spoerri, Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Delegation in Syria.