From 15th to 17th of December 2014 the Secretary General of HOPE'87, Mr Robert Ottitsch, participated in the International Conference of NGOs in official relation with UNESCO, held at UNESCO HQ in Paris.
During the 3rd Humanitarian Congress in Vienna, entitled “Humanitarian Aid under Fire,” renowned international experts will share their experience discussing the various aspects of humanitarian aid within the international and European political context, the access to beneficiaries, the role of new technologies for humanitarian aid as well as the question if humanitarian aid prolongs war.
On behalf of HOPE’87, Assistant Secretary General Dr. Maisa Khalil participated at the Second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries that took place from 3-5 November 2014 in Vienna under high-level attendance of various Heads of State, Ministers and senior representatives from governments and international organisations.
On 22nd of October the annual General Assembly of HOPE’87 took place in the beautiful settings of the „Haerdtl Zimmer“ of the Federal Chancellery of Austria.
Several weeks of intense rainfall have caused massive flooding in South Asia yet again. Hundreds of people have already died in floods and landslides in Pakistan in the past few days. The water levels are already approaching those of the dramatic floods of 2010.
In Bangladesh, half a million people are displaced as floods have damaged or destroyed their houses.
