30 days ahead of the Istanbul Summit, HERE-Geneva organized a public debate to explore whether or not the WHS will address the underlying obstacles that have long stood in the way of effective humanitarian action and what are the most important outcomes that we should expect. In a debate moderated by Ambassador Tania Dussey-Cavassini, Ms Jemilah Mahmood (Under Secretary General for Partnerships, IFRC), Mr Bruno Jochum (General Director of MSF Switzerland) and Mr Berk Baran (Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva) had frank and honest debate on the expectations towards WHS, the first-ever global meeting on humanitarian action.

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