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2 HRLR Online 1 (2017-2018)

handle is hein.journals/hrlro2 and id is 1 raw text is: Health Care in Danger: Violence against Medical Assistance in Armed Conflict September 2017 American Red Cross of Greater New York 520 West 49th St. New York, NY 10019 The following transcript has been lightly editedfor clarity. Sandra Paunksniene, SIPA: Good evening ladies and gentlemen, guests and panelists. Tonight we gather to discuss, as mentioned, a timely and very important topic, health care in danger: the continuing violence against medical assistance in armed conflict. My name is Sandra Paunksniene. I work with the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. I will be moderating this discussion tonight. Our panelists are all accomplished experts in the field. Mr. Philip Spoerri, Head of the Delegation to the United Nations, International Committee of the Red Cross, also otherwise known as ICRC, Mr. Fabien Dubuet, Representative to the United Nations, Doctors without Borders, also known as MSF, Ms. Fatima Khan, External Relations Officer at the World Health Organization, also known as WHO, Mr. Julien Piacibello, Humanitarian Affairs Officer at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, otherwise known as OCHA. A warm welcome to everyone tonight. Thank you for the American Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross for organizing and hosting this event. We're delighted to see such interest in this topic.