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Arnaud Quemin

Middle East Regional Director, Mercy Corps. He oversees humanitarian operations and…. On 1 show, 1 appearance, plus 1 compilation re-air not counted. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Quemin: Diplomats frequently exclude NGOs from initial aid negotiations
“Our NGOs are often not very consulted in the first stage of this negotiation, but we are pushing for that. We know what we will need. And that's very different from what diplomats discuss.”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 9:20 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
Quemin: Operational Aid Groups Must Maintain Neutrality to Preserve Aid Delivery
“You have different types of organizations. Some are advocacy organizations whose job is to be vocal and to bring a very strong point of view. I'm working for an operational organization, one that is driven by an imperative to deliver. So we have to discipline …”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 16:59 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
Quemin: October 2023 Gaza crisis has unprecedented geopolitical magnitude
“What we are looking at today is, is completely out of that pattern, and it's of a magnitude in terms of the geopolitical rippling effects and consequences that I've never seen before.”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 2:48 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Not checkable as stated
Quemin: Mercy Corps Gaza staff suffered deaths and injuries
“We had some tragedies in the families of our staff. One lost his wife. Another one was wounded with a child. Other had relatives wounded.”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 5:49 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Supported
Quemin: Gaza destruction level is unprecedented even for the territory
“We are starting from a level of destruction that is absolutely unprecedented, even in Gaza.”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 8:09 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Supported
Quemin: Initial aid convoys to Gaza failed to enable safe distribution
“The small trucks that, like convoys that came through, it's just a drop in an ocean of needs. They could not organize proper distributions. There were a mass of people showing up and it became completely unsafe.”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 8:29 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
MASTERS OF SCALE Prediction Not checkable as stated
Quemin: Gaza will lack adequate reconstruction support for several years
“There will not be enough support for several years to come to get back to a level of normal.”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 14:46 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
Quemin: Relocate non-essential personnel early in a crisis rather than late
“The first idea is to put people who are not needed in a safer place, right? But the other part is once you've done it, you're free to go about your job with the team that is on the ground. So if you know you're going to have to probably evacuate at some point,…”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 3:14 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Not checkable as stated
Quemin: All 70 Mercy Corps Gaza staff had to relocate
“We have about 70 staff plus their families. All of them had to relocate over the past three weeks.”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 5:24 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
MASTERS OF SCALE Prediction Not checkable as stated
Quemin: Mercy Corps will rely on local staff if blackout worsens
“And I'm very afraid that if this trend continues, it will have to increasingly trust them to function by themselves because we won't be able to interact as much.”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 10:59 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Not checkable as stated
Quemin: Mercy Corps was unable to rescue trapped civilians in Gaza
“The first week our team was receiving horrible messages of people who are trapped in basements, and they were asking to send people to take them out. And we were Looking for ways to make that happen and we could not.”
Arnaud Quemin Oct 27, 2023 ▶ 19:27 Gaza in crisis (Mercy Corps’ Arnaud Quemin) | Masters of Scale

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