Samir Chalhoub
@samchalhoub.bsky.social
Sr. Advisor, policy and humanitarian diplomacy @MercyCorps Europe, Middle East, and North Africa.
📍Oslo
📍Oslo
The challenges on the ground, particularly for communities on the frontlines of conflict, are real and necessitate our collective resolve to support people in need through sustained diplomatic effort.
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The challenges on the ground, particularly for communities on the frontlines of conflict, are real and necessitate our collective resolve to support people in need through sustained diplomatic effort.
I conveyed Mercy Corps’ deep appreciation for Türkiye’s important role in the international multilateral system, as well as its steadfast engagement in humanitarian diplomacy and the pursuit of solutions through dialogue and mediation.
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I conveyed Mercy Corps’ deep appreciation for Türkiye’s important role in the international multilateral system, as well as its steadfast engagement in humanitarian diplomacy and the pursuit of solutions through dialogue and mediation.
A ceasefire that ends the fighting but not the hunger is, at best, unfinished business.
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A ceasefire that ends the fighting but not the hunger is, at best, unfinished business.
Member states should spend their political capital to keep the guns silent *and* keep goods moving - expanding commercial access, stabilizing prices, and relieving health facilities drowning under the weight of malnutrition.
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Member states should spend their political capital to keep the guns silent *and* keep goods moving - expanding commercial access, stabilizing prices, and relieving health facilities drowning under the weight of malnutrition.
Ending famine means reopening commerce, restoring the flow of fresh produce, whole ingredients, and proteins, and not just the occasional trucks that create the illusion of normalcy.
October 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Ending famine means reopening commerce, restoring the flow of fresh produce, whole ingredients, and proteins, and not just the occasional trucks that create the illusion of normalcy.
Our statement: www.mercycorps.org/press-room/r...
Gaza’s Food System Collapses Under Blockade as Hunger Reaches New Extremes
A new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)
www.mercycorps.org
May 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Our statement: www.mercycorps.org/press-room/r...
Here’s something to keep in mind: Those who drafted the #GenevaConventions, and the states that ratified them, knew exactly what humans are capable of when turned against each other. This is why the rules of war must be louder than the noise of politics.
April 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Here’s something to keep in mind: Those who drafted the #GenevaConventions, and the states that ratified them, knew exactly what humans are capable of when turned against each other. This is why the rules of war must be louder than the noise of politics.
5. Humanity: Weapons or tactics that cause unnecessary suffering or superfluous injury are forbidden. Even in war, certain acts remain off-limits.
April 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
5. Humanity: Weapons or tactics that cause unnecessary suffering or superfluous injury are forbidden. Even in war, certain acts remain off-limits.
4. Military necessity: Attacks must serve a legitimate military purpose (factoring in the other principles). Only those actions offering definite military advantage are allowed.
April 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
4. Military necessity: Attacks must serve a legitimate military purpose (factoring in the other principles). Only those actions offering definite military advantage are allowed.
3. Precaution: All feasible precautions must be taken to minimize harm to civilians and civilian objects. This includes verifying targets, selecting appropriate means and methods, and providing timely warnings when possible.
April 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
3. Precaution: All feasible precautions must be taken to minimize harm to civilians and civilian objects. This includes verifying targets, selecting appropriate means and methods, and providing timely warnings when possible.
2. Proportionality: An attack must not cause incidental civilian harm that would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. Even lawful targets can’t be hit at any cost.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
2. Proportionality: An attack must not cause incidental civilian harm that would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated. Even lawful targets can’t be hit at any cost.
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1. Distinction: Parties to a conflict should always distinguish between combatants and civilians, and between military objectives and civilian objects (and there are multiple ways to do so). Only military targets can be lawfully attacked.
April 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
1. Distinction: Parties to a conflict should always distinguish between combatants and civilians, and between military objectives and civilian objects (and there are multiple ways to do so). Only military targets can be lawfully attacked.
PS: #IHL doesn’t eliminate war’s brutality, but establishes clear limits on the way it’s conducted - an obligation for all parties involved.
April 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
PS: #IHL doesn’t eliminate war’s brutality, but establishes clear limits on the way it’s conducted - an obligation for all parties involved.
Preventing further loss of life is an international responsibility. No matter how strategic, any other priority risks standing on sand, not stone.
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
Attack in Sumy reportedly kills at least two children and injures 15
Statement attributable to Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine
www.unicef.org
April 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Preventing further loss of life is an international responsibility. No matter how strategic, any other priority risks standing on sand, not stone.
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
We continue to follow the progress on hostage releases and urge for their immediate and safe return home. Ongoing negotiations should not hinder the delivery of humanitarian assistance to those in desperate need across the Gaza Strip.
www.mercycorps.org/press-room/r...
www.mercycorps.org/press-room/r...
Gaza Cannot Afford a Return to War: Ceasefire Must Hold, Aid Must Flow
Mercy Corps is deeply alarmed by the suspension of aid and now electricity flowing into Gaza, and
www.mercycorps.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
We continue to follow the progress on hostage releases and urge for their immediate and safe return home. Ongoing negotiations should not hinder the delivery of humanitarian assistance to those in desperate need across the Gaza Strip.
www.mercycorps.org/press-room/r...
www.mercycorps.org/press-room/r...
(I’m also curious about the municipality’s role here? That’s probably for another day)
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
(I’m also curious about the municipality’s role here? That’s probably for another day)
I'm interested in compiling a thread that highlights such stances, especially those that emphasise compliance with IHL. It’d be fascinating to see how these themes appear in pol. rhetoric & when they don’t, that in itself will be telling.
#Ukraine, #Palestine/#oPts, #Israel, #Lebanon…
#Ukraine, #Palestine/#oPts, #Israel, #Lebanon…
March 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm interested in compiling a thread that highlights such stances, especially those that emphasise compliance with IHL. It’d be fascinating to see how these themes appear in pol. rhetoric & when they don’t, that in itself will be telling.
#Ukraine, #Palestine/#oPts, #Israel, #Lebanon…
#Ukraine, #Palestine/#oPts, #Israel, #Lebanon…