(Very) mature student, qualified mediator, appointed legislator.
Joined October 2012
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If you are feeling depressed about the state of the world TODAY why not do something to change it for the better: TODAY is #WorldFoodDay, it costs just 65p to feed a child for one day. Join @WFP Share The Meal app: sharethemeal.org/en/index.ht… and make a difference TODAY.
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Wonderful to hear Baroness Campbell's AI-created voice @UKHouseofLords for the first time; a first for @UKParliament & among the first in any legislature worldwide.
More than a tech milestone, it's very much HER voice, a powerful one for a leading disability rights campaigner📣
My speech in an inspiring and moving debate on the @JoCoxFoundation celebrating the remarkable history and contribution of this our United Kingdom 🇬🇧#MoreInCommon
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#ActNowForPeace
Launching a new youth-led campaign for peace in Juba, #SouthSudan 🇸🇸, #UNMISS hosted 150 participants at an event to empower and amplify the voices of young people across the country.
Read all about it and stay tuned for more: tinyurl.com/mtp8dt75
Find more photos: tinyurl.com/4ww5hewy
#A4P #InvestInPeace
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The latest data shows what WFP teams see every day on the ground: Extreme hunger in #Sudan is not only widespread, it is deepening as the conflict persists. WFP's Ross Smith explains more ⤵️
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Hunger and malnutrition are threatening millions of lives in Sudan.
The international community must move now with funding, access & the political will to stop this crisis from becoming an even greater tragedy.
Our joint statement with @UNICEF & @FAOnews wfp.org/news/joint-news-rele…
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Today, on International Nurses Day, we honour nurses around the world who dedicate their lives to care, humanity, and compassion. We also pay tribute to Florence Nightingale, whose devotion to the sick and wounded helped transform the nursing profession.
More than two centuries later, her legacy still lights the way for nurses everywhere.
ALT She helped establish modern nursing through new care practices and hospital reforms that improved patient care. During the Crimean War (1853-1856), Florence Nightingale worked in overcrowded military hospitals with high death rates. Created in her honour by the ICRC in 1912, the Florence Nightingale Medal is awarded every two years to nurses who have shown exceptional courage and dedication in caring for others. This award recognises those who work under difficult conditions to protect life, provide care, and preserve human dignity.
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A real pleasure to host Ukrainian amputee soldiers & Ambassador at screening of powerful documentary film Second Wind @UKHouseofLords. Scaling Kilimanjaro with severe war injuries, in tribute to comrades, is testament to extraordinary 🇺🇦 resilience. @UkrEmbLondon @ZelenskyyUa
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In a world facing overlapping crises - from Sudan, to Lebanon to the wider issues in the Middle East - the demand for humanitarian aid has never been greater. But as needs grow, the global response is struggling to keep up.
In the latest episode of The Fourcast, Krishnan Guru-Murthy speaks to Tom Fletcher, the United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, about the immense challenges of delivering life-saving support in today’s fractured world. How does the UN prioritise when everything is urgent?
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📍 Sudan | Three years on, the conflict in the country continues to take a heavy toll on civilians.
Drones and advanced weapons are hitting homes, hospitals, and essential infrastructure, deepening an already devastating crisis.
ICRC head of delegation, @DanGOmalley, shares 👇🏾
Finally graduated with my PhD @durham_uni at the tender age of 64, twenty years after I first started. Delighted to be joined by 'proud dad' aged 90. Huge thanks to supervisors and all at @Durham_SGIA for a second chance in education. It's never too late....... #LifelongLearning
Must read: Inspiring interview by @RSylvester1 with @UNReliefChief "for every bastard there are a lot of incredibly kind, extraordinary people risking their lives to help others" Tom Fletcher gives us a reason for hope in our troubled 🌍 observer.co.uk/news/national…
"Better to light a 🕯️ than to curse the darkness" 🙌 ca.news.yahoo.com/buddhist-m…
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Solidarity is not a buzzword. It decides who gets help in time ⏳.
Here's a snapshot of where we stand on the #87MillionLives campaign.
📊 See the gaps.
📢 Share the facts.
❗ and urge leaders to step up and save #87MillionLives.
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At the Angelus Feb. 1, 2026, Pope Leo XIV noted the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics, citing the Olympic truce and urging leaders to make “concrete gestures of détente and dialogue” for peace among peoples.
🎥(CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Why don't we hear more about this urgent 🇺🇳 $23 billion appeal to save 87 million lives 🌍? Only one month to go: 🇺🇸has pledged $2 billion 🙌; 🇬🇧yet to respond 🙏 unocha.org/87-million-lives-…
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The mission is right and the movement is out there. But as we reimagine humanitarianism, I need to hear your ideas.
So here is a 🔊Listening Channel: a space for debate, creativity, challenge.
Open. Anonymous. Unfiltered.
I’m listening. 👇
unocha.org/listening-channel
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#Sudan: from famine to hope.
Today, @WFP is reaching 4 million people every month – half of them in areas that were once in famine or at risk. 🍚
You can help us keep going.
📲 Download the #ShareTheMeal app and join us in saving lives in Sudan. 💛
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#News World set at 85 seconds to apocalypse: Atomic scientists set their Doomsday Clock – a symbolic measure of humanity’s proximity to annihilation – closer than ever to midnight, citing rising nuclear tensions, global conflicts and concerns over… dlvr.it/TQbVyN
