Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mothusi Palai, says Botswana believes that living a dignified life should not be a luxury accessible to some and denied to others. Addressing a World Humanitarian Summit on May 24, Palai said dignified life taken with democratic development, within an environment of good governance; contributed to desirable objectives as well as being means to achieve high levels of human progress. He explained that Botswana was concerned by protracted conflict situations and the eruption of new conflicts around the world that threatened any efforts the world made towards development. “Similarly, climate change and its devastating consequences cannot be ignored anymore,” he said. When calling for the two-day World Humanitarian Summit in Turkey, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, asked that search for solutions to the growing challenges facing the humanitarian system be based on and informed by the experience of all relevant stakeholders. And Palai said the synergy amongst the first-ever humanitarian summit’s round table sub themes on the need for Political Leadership to Prevent and End Conflict, and the urgent need to Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity is unmistakable. He told the summit that sustainable solutions are within reach as long as different…