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HARDtalk: Conor Foley

14/01/2009

Conor Foley

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Conor Foley talks about politics and the humanitarian principle of international aid work.

Conor Foley has years of experience at the sharp end of international aid work. Stephen Sackur asks him if politics has poisoned the humanitarian principle.

Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. 

When thousands of civilian lives are at risk, whether from natural disaster, prolonged hunger or warfare, there is a powerful human instinct to 'do something'. Increasingly that involves military intervention. From Iraq and Afghanistan to Congo and Darfur, humanitarian and military operations co-exist. Conor Foley has years of experience at the sharp end of international aid work. Stephen Sackur asks him if politics has poisoned the humanitarian principle.

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