Peter Maurer
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| Born | 1956 Thun, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | University of Bern,University of Perugia |
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. On the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum. Handy to have on board if you are planning to vaccinate everyone in the world. | |
Dr Peter Maurer is a Swiss diplomat who has been president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)[1] since 1 July 2012, and member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, the central committee of the plan to "vaccinate" the entire world.
The International Red Cross is fully on board of the COVID-agenda. A statement from Maurer said promised it "will continue in 192 countries to support governments' efforts to control the spread of the virus and deliver vaccinations. Our role is to reach the populations in the 'last mile'"[2], and will be central in the push in Africa.
Education
Maurer studied History and International Law in Bern and Perugia, and was awarded a PhD.
Career
In 1987, Maurer entered the Swiss Diplomatic Service (Federal Department of Foreign Affairs), where he held various positions in Bern and Pretoria, South Africa, before being transferred to New York in 1996 as Deputy Permanent Observer at the Swiss Mission to the United Nations.
In 2000, he was appointed Ambassador and head of the division in charge of human security at the headquarters of Switzerland's Foreign Ministry in Berne.[3] This hints at a connection to the intelligence services.
In 2004, Maurer was appointed Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York. In this position, he endeavoured to integrate Switzerland, which had only recently joined the United Nations, into multilateral networks. In June 2009, the United Nations General Assembly elected Maurer Chairman of the Fifth Committee, in charge of United Nations administrative and budgetary affairs.[4] In addition, he was elected Chairman of the Burundi Configuration of the UN Peacebuilding Commission. In January 2010, Maurer became Switzerland's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs,[5] a position he held until he was elected President of the ICRC, succeeding Jakob Kellenberger in June 2012.[6]
Maurer led the ICRC through a historic budget increase, from 1.1 billion CHF in 2011 to over 1.6 billion CHF in 2015.[7] In addition, he launched the world’s first "humanitarian impact bond" scheme, in which private investors lend €22 million of five-year funding and their repayments depend on what difference the project makes to its clients’ lives.[8]
Since 2019, Maurer has been co-chairing the World Economic Forum High-Level Group on Humanitarian Investing, alongside Børge Brende and Kristalina Georgieva.[9] In September 2019, he re-elected as the president of the ICRC for an additional term of 4 years.[10]
Maurer will become President of the Basel Institute on Governance when he steps down as ICRC President in September 2022.[11]
Other activities
- International Gender Champions (IGC), Member (since 2017)[12]
- World Economic Forum (WEF), Member of the Board (since 2014)[13]
- World Economic Forum (WEF), Co-Chair of the Global Future Council on the Future of the Humanitarian System[14]
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Member of the Advisory Council[15]
References
- ↑ https://www.icrc.org/en/document/president-and-vice-president-icrc
- ↑ https://reliefweb.int/report/world/red-cross-red-crescent-we-need-new-extraordinary-steps-increase-access-covid-19
- ↑ https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2011/geneva-news-2011-10-19.htm
- ↑ https://www.un.org/press/en/2009/bio4129.doc.htm
- ↑ https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-31071.html
- ↑ https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/geschichte-des-ikrk_erfolge-und-schwierigkeiten/32991846
- ↑ https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/finances
- ↑ Kate Allen (8 September 2017) Red Cross launches "humanitarian impact bond" Financial Times.
- ↑ World Economic Forum 2019 Annual Meeting launching a new Humanitarian Investing Initiative World Economic Forum, press release of 18 January 2019.
- ↑ https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/schweiz/peter-maurer-fuer-weitere-amtsperiode-als-ikrk-praesident-bestaetigt-136043009
- ↑ https://twitter.com/BaselInstitute/status/1463846839627788290
- ↑ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141104114218/http://www.weforum.org/news/peter-maurer-joins-foundation-board-world-economic-forum
- ↑ Global Future Council: The Future of the Humanitarian System World Economic Forum.
- ↑ Advisory Council International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
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