David Miliband

@DMiliband

This is my personal account. For International Rescue Committee visit @RESCUEorg

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Joined September 2009

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David Miliband
@DMiliband
Dec 16, 2025
Today, @RESCUEorg releases its 2026 Emergency Watchlist, identifying the 20 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crises. The top countries on this year’s list offer stark examples of the devastating impact of what the IRC calls a “New World Disorder.”
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David Miliband
@DMiliband
Sep 18
The UN General Assembly should be a moment when the world comes together. Yet today, fracture and fragmentation are dominant. I spoke with @NPRKelly about #UNGA in an age of more shocks and fewer shock absorbers, and what I'll be looking for next week:
npr.org
The world is in crisis; The U.S. has stopped helping
The International Rescue Committee warned that its goals of ending poverty, hunger, disease are failing. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the IRC's president about how to reverse course.
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David Miliband
@DMiliband
Sep 18
More shocks and fewer shock absorbers is a recipe for instability at best and disaster at worst. Listen to my case in my conversation with Gideon Rachman:
David Miliband: ‘Peacemaking has gone into retreat’
From ft.com
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David Miliband
@DMiliband
Aug 31
Today, 22 million people in Afghanistan are in humanitarian need. Yet while the crisis deepens, aid cuts have slashed resources and it's only getting harder to deliver aid to the Afghan people. I joined @Morning_Joe to discuss:
Afghans struggling with Taliban takeover 5 years after U.S. left
From ms.now
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David Miliband
@DMiliband
Aug 26
100 days of the latest Ebola outbreak. Way more action needed. This is an important statement:
The Independent Panel
@TheIndPanel
Aug 25
100 days into the #Ebola emergency, more than 5,500 people have been infected and 2,640 have died. The response must scale dramatically: testing, treatment, safe burials, community engagement, essential health services — and safety for frontline workers. Our 100 days statement: