Humanitarian Agencies and Summit Participants

good intentions: Its agenda will be dominated by governments, rather than the leading humanitarian agencies, according to Globe and Mail. And one prominent group, Médecins sans frontières , has already given up on the meeting. Its decisions will be vague and non-binding. The summit has become a fig leaf of good intentions, MSF said earlier this month in announcing its withdrawal from the summit. We no longer have any hope that the summit will address the weaknesses in humanitarian action and emergency response, particularly in conflict areas or epidemic situations. As shocking violations of international humanitarian law and refugee rights continue on a daily basis, summit participants will be pressed to a consensus on non-specific, good intentions, it said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.