UNITED NATIONS — Mark Lowcock, U.N. undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, says it is “easy” to describe the solution to many ongoing humanitarian crises.
“It's a cease-fire. I don't think there is another solution,” Lowcock said in a recent sit-down interview with Devex in his U.N. headquarters office.
In the absence of a cease-fire in places such as Syria and Libya, though, Lowcock is looking to new models of humanitarian response that would make OCHA faster and better at delivering assistance in conflict situations and beyond— even before a potential crisis breaks out.