Peter Maurer
 Peter Maurer     (diplomat) | |
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| Born | 1956 Thun, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | University of Bern, University of Perugia |
| Member of | International 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.
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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]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Halifax International Security Forum/2019 | 22 November 2019 | 24 November 2019 | Canada Halifax Nova Scotia | Spooky conference in Canada |
| Munich Security Conference/2017 | 17 February 2017 | 19 February 2017 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 53rd Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2018 | 12 February 2018 | 14 February 2018 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 54th Munich Security Conference |
| Munich Security Conference/2020 | 14 February 2020 | 16 February 2020 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 56th Munich Security Conference, in 2020, "welcomed an unprecedented number of high-ranking international decision-makers." |
| Munich Security Conference/2022 | 18 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | Germany Munich Bavaria | Slightly less than 1/3 of the 664 of the participants have pages here |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2013 | 23 January 2013 | 27 January 2013 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2014 | 22 January 2014 | 25 January 2014 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2016 | 20 January 2016 | 23 January 2016 | World 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/2017 | 17 January 2017 | 20 January 2017 | World 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/2018 | 23 January 2018 | 26 January 2018 | Switzerland | ~2200 of the super-rich meet to talk about "Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | World 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/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World 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/2023 | 16 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World" |
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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