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Mukesh Kapila

Mukesh Kapila

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Mukesh Kapila is professor emeritus at the University of Manchester, and served in senior roles at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Nations, World Health Organisation, International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies, and advised multilateral bodies including World Bank, and NGOs. His work in global health, humanitarian affairs, conflict and security, international development, human rights, and diplomacy has received many awards and taken him to 120 countries.
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A man cleans a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, at Marina beach in Chennai, India. EPA
On Gandhi's 154th birthday, does non-violence still have a place?

Today is the International Day of Non-Violence. But how does one counter violence when reasoned dialogue fails?

CommentOctober 02, 2023
The UN member states had unanimously adopted a set of Sustainable Development Goals intended to guide global efforts to improve the lives of millions of people. Getty Images
We should not abandon the Sustainable Development Goals

These objectives provide the vision for a better world that our struggling humanity needs

CommentSeptember 24, 2023
An Afghan woman begs on the snow in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP
Afghanistan is in urgent need of a 'mental health first aid' programme

Tackling the psychological trauma of its decades-long crisis is essential to the country's recovery.

CommentSeptember 05, 2023
A car bombing at UN headquarters in Baghdad on August 19, 2003, kills 22 people, including senior envoy Sergio Vieira De Mello.
My boss died in a Baghdad bombing that changed humanitarian work forever

Twenty years after Sergio de Mello and 22 others were killed, humanitarianism continues to face daunting challenges

CommentAugust 18, 2023
Nando Potiguara from the Potiguara tribe holds a copy of the Brazilian constitution during a protest against violence suffered by Yanomami Indigenous people in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 6, 2022. Reuters
Treating indigenous people fairly benefits humanity

Development approach that leaves behind indigenous communities is a loss on many levels

CommentAugust 08, 2023
The US has the world's largest prison inmate population. AP
Mandela Day is a moment to question everything you know about prison

The number of inmates around the world grows every year, forcing us to rethink solutions to crime

CommentJuly 14, 2023
The Mediterranean Sea is the world's deadliest migration route. AP
How 'World Refugee Day' lost its meaning, and how to get it back

The world is running on an outdated - and deadly - migration system, so let's talk about ways to fix it

CommentJune 19, 2023
Beijing, China, May 29. EPA
Pandemic-proofing the world is an easy political choice

There is little time to lose to better prepare the world for the next outbreak

CommentJune 06, 2023
A Covid-19 inoculation programme is under way in Bangkok in September 2021. EPA
Herd immunity for all manner of diseases is still a huge challenge, but we can get there

Vaccine hesitancy and global competition stand in the way of the solidarity needed to save millions of lives

CommentApril 27, 2023
Somali refugees lead their herds of goats home for the night, inside Dagahaley Camp, outside Dadaab, Kenya. AP
The humanitarian aid model needs to be more carbon efficient

Cutting energy waste in humanitarian work is not just a matter of economics

CommentMarch 12, 2023
Syrian artists Salam Hamed, left, and Bushra Hamed paint the remainder of a wall of a collapsed building in Al Milan village, Idlib, on Saturday. EPA
Syria's earthquake survivors are pawns in a battle for power

Co-opting aid to control who gets what and where violates sacred humanitarian principles

OpinionFebruary 28, 2023
Members of a rescue team work on the site of a collapsed building, as the search for survivors continues, in Iskenderun, Turkey, on February 11. Reuters
The Turkey-Syria earthquakes could give people a chance to repair relationships

One hopes that global solidarity will lead to an effort to resolve the many differences that have left the region scarred

CommentFebruary 12, 2023
Afghans receive aid at a camp after an earthquake in Gayan district in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 26, 2022. A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes in the country's deadliest quake in two decades, the state-run news agency reported. (AP Photo / Ebrahim Nooroozi)
By halting aid over Afghanistan's absurd gender rules, agencies let the Taliban win

Surely none of the millions of Afghans in crisis think 'solidarity' should be an excuse for worsening their plight

CommentJanuary 12, 2023
Volunteers distribute humanitarian aid to residents on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on December 16. EPA
Why is modern humanitarianism failing, even as we give more and more aid?

We must look within because that is where the innate humanitarian instinct is alive, waiting to be unleashed

CommentDecember 28, 2022
Flood-affected people wait for food distributed by army troops in a flood-hit area of Punjab, Pakistan, on August 27. AP
Cop27 should lead by preparing us for an over-heated world

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is no longer possible. We must prepare to endure difficult times ahead

CommentNovember 13, 2022
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