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Quote by Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

“The government and the opposition need to think about their people, if they actually went out and saw the conditions in which their people are living, it might actually mean that they would pause and think again about the importance of peace.”

Quote by Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

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Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

Baroness Valerie Amos is a prominent British Labour Party politician who served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator from 2010 to 2015. She is a life peer and has been actively involved in various humanitarian endeavors throughout her career. more

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