There is never a humanitarian solution for a humanitarian crisis. The solutions for the humanitarian crisis are always political ones.

As a global society, we have the technology, resources and the know-how to make a massive difference to living standards everywhere, including for refugees.

The world's problems transcend borders.

Humanitarian response, sustainable development, and sustaining peace are three sides of the same triangle.

The fact that societies are becoming increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multi-religious is good. Diversity is a strength, not a weakness.

Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history.