Yemen’s Crisis

Cédric Schweizer Head of Delegation in Yemen, International Committee of the Red Cross with discussion from Dr. J. Stephen Morrison Senior Vice President and Director, CSIS Global Health Policy Center Kimberly Flowers Director, CSIS Global Food Security Project moderated by Dr. Jon B. Alterman Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, CSIS Middle East Program Cédric Schweizer has served as the head of delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen since April 2013. Schweizer currently leads a team of 250 staff working to provide protection and assistance to victims of armed conflict in Yemen. Over the course of his 14 year career at ICRC, Schweizer has served in leadership roles for the organization’s operations in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Burundi , the West Bank, Guinea, Ethiopia, and West and Central Africa. He previously worked at the Geneva-based law firm Ringgenberg &am