The Belt and Road Initiative is about development,and development requires stability and peace.If these conditions are not present,humanitarian action has to jump in.Providing neutral,impar tial and independent humanitarian assistance in sometimes protracted conf licts and situations of violence can create an environment conducive for development-but how is this achieved?Peter Maurer,President of the International Committee of the Red Cross The Belt and Road Initiative is about development, and development requires stability and peace. If these conditions are not present, humanitarian action has to jump in. Providing neutral, impar tial and independent humanitarian assistance in time protracted conflots and situations of violence can create an environment conducive for development-but how is this achieved? Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross