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'''Peter Maurer''' is a Swiss diplomat who has been serving as the President of the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] (ICRC)<ref>https://www.icrc.org/en/document/president-and-vice-president-icrc</ref> since 1 July 2012, and member of the [[Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum]], the central committee of the plan to [[COVID-19/Vaccine|"vaccinate"]] the entire world.
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'''Dr Peter Maurer''' is a Swiss diplomat who has been president of the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] (ICRC)<ref>https://www.icrc.org/en/document/president-and-vice-president-icrc</ref> since 1 July 2012, and member of the [[Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum]], the central committee of the plan to [[COVID-19/Vaccine|"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 [[COVID-19/Vaccine|vaccinations]]. Our role is to reach the populations in the 'last mile'"<ref>https://reliefweb.int/report/world/red-cross-red-crescent-we-need-new-extraordinary-steps-increase-access-covid-19</ref>, and will be central in the push in [[Africa]].
 
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 [[COVID-19/Vaccine|vaccinations]]. Our role is to reach the populations in the 'last mile'"<ref>https://reliefweb.int/report/world/red-cross-red-crescent-we-need-new-extraordinary-steps-increase-access-covid-19</ref>, and will be central in the push in [[Africa]].
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==Career==
 
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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 City|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|Switzerland's]] Foreign Ministry in Berne.<ref>https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2011/geneva-news-2011-10-19.htm</ref>
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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 City|New York]] in 1996 as Deputy Permanent Observer at the Swiss Mission to the [[United Nations]].  
  
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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 [[United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee|Fifth Committee]], in charge of United Nations administrative and budgetary affairs.<ref>https://www.un.org/press/en/2009/bio4129.doc.htm</ref> In addition, he was elected Chairman of the [[Burundi]] Configuration of the [[Peacebuilding Commission|UN Peacebuilding Commission]]. In January 2010, Maurer became Switzerland's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs,<ref>https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-31071.html</ref> a position he held until he was elected President of the ICRC, succeeding [[Jakob Kellenberger]] in June 2012.<ref>https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/geschichte-des-ikrk_erfolge-und-schwierigkeiten/32991846</ref>
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In 2000, he was appointed Ambassador and head of the division in charge of human security at the headquarters of [[Switzerland|Switzerland's]] Foreign Ministry in Berne.<ref>https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2011/geneva-news-2011-10-19.htm</ref> This hints at a connection to the [[intelligence services]].
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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 [[United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee|Fifth Committee]], in charge of United Nations administrative and budgetary affairs.<ref>https://www.un.org/press/en/2009/bio4129.doc.htm</ref> In addition, he was elected Chairman of the [[Burundi]] Configuration of the [[Peacebuilding Commission|UN Peacebuilding Commission]]. In January 2010, Maurer became Switzerland's State Secretary for Foreign Affairs,<ref>https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-31071.html</ref> a position he held until he was elected President of the ICRC, succeeding [[Jakob Kellenberger]] in June 2012.<ref>https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/geschichte-des-ikrk_erfolge-und-schwierigkeiten/32991846</ref>
  
 
Maurer led the ICRC through a historic budget increase, from 1.1 billion CHF in 2011 to over 1.6 billion CHF in 2015.<ref>https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/finances</ref> 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.<ref>Kate Allen (8 September 2017) [https://www.ft.com/content/8d82241d-096b-313e-91d8-786ba99d2073 Red Cross launches "humanitarian impact bond"] ''[[Financial Times]]''.</ref>  
 
Maurer led the ICRC through a historic budget increase, from 1.1 billion CHF in 2011 to over 1.6 billion CHF in 2015.<ref>https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/finances</ref> 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.<ref>Kate Allen (8 September 2017) [https://www.ft.com/content/8d82241d-096b-313e-91d8-786ba99d2073 Red Cross launches "humanitarian impact bond"] ''[[Financial Times]]''.</ref>  

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Person.png Peter Maurer   TwitterRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Born1956
Thun, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Alma materUniversity of Bern, University of Perugia
Member ofInternational Institute for Strategic Studies/Advisory Council, WEF/Board of Trustees
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


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Halifax International Security Forum/201922 November 201924 November 2019Canada
Halifax
Nova Scotia		Spooky conference in Canada
Munich Security Conference/201717 February 201719 February 2017Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 53rd Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/201812 February 201814 February 2018Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 54th Munich Security Conference
Munich Security Conference/202014 February 202016 February 2020Germany
Munich
Bavaria		The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers."
Munich Security Conference/202218 February 202220 February 2022Germany
Munich
Bavaria		Slightly less than 1/3 of the 664 of the participants have pages here
WEF/Annual Meeting/201323 January 201327 January 2013World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201422 January 201425 January 2014World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201620 January 201623 January 2016World Economic Forum
Switzerland		Attended by over 2500 people, both leaders and followers, who were explained how the Fourth Industrial Revolution would changed everything, including being a "revolution of values".
WEF/Annual Meeting/201717 January 201720 January 2017World Economic Forum
Switzerland		2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership."
WEF/Annual Meeting/201823 January 201826 January 2018Switzerland~2200 of the super-rich meet to talk about "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World"
WEF/Annual Meeting/201922 January 201925 January 2019World Economic Forum
Switzerland		"The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one."
WEF/Annual Meeting/202021 January 202024 January 2020World Economic Forum
Switzerland		This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting.
WEF/Annual Meeting/202316 January 202320 January 2023World Economic Forum
Switzerland		The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World"
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.icrc.org/en/document/president-and-vice-president-icrc
  2. ↑ https://reliefweb.int/report/world/red-cross-red-crescent-we-need-new-extraordinary-steps-increase-access-covid-19
  3. ↑ https://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/news-release/2011/geneva-news-2011-10-19.htm
  4. ↑ https://www.un.org/press/en/2009/bio4129.doc.htm
  5. ↑ https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/medienmitteilungen.msg-id-31071.html
  6. ↑ https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/geschichte-des-ikrk_erfolge-und-schwierigkeiten/32991846
  7. ↑ https://www.icrc.org/en/who-we-are/finances
  8. ↑ Kate Allen (8 September 2017) Red Cross launches "humanitarian impact bond" Financial Times.
  9. ↑ World Economic Forum 2019 Annual Meeting launching a new Humanitarian Investing Initiative World Economic Forum, press release of 18 January 2019.
  10. ↑ https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/schweiz/peter-maurer-fuer-weitere-amtsperiode-als-ikrk-praesident-bestaetigt-136043009
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/BaselInstitute/status/1463846839627788290
  12. ↑ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20141104114218/http://www.weforum.org/news/peter-maurer-joins-foundation-board-world-economic-forum
  14. ↑ Global Future Council: The Future of the Humanitarian System World Economic Forum.
  15. ↑ Advisory Council International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).


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