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News Afghanistan: ICRC president assesses worsening humanitarian situation during visit 8-4-2008 News release 13-3-2008 News release Section Humanitarian diplomacy: raising awareness of humanitarian issues Section on how the ICRC works to raise awareness of humanitarian issues with States and in various international and regional fora including the United Nations. Access to articles and press releases on key issues, visits and meetings related to humanitarian diplomacy; official statements. The ICRC uses humanitarian diplomacy to make States aware of problems and issues of humanitarian concern, and shares these concerns with the international community. It seeks to heighten awareness of humanitarian imperatives and principles in various international fora: the United Nations, the OSCE and other organizations. See also the section: Promoting international humanitarian law.  Annual Report2-6-2008 Relations with international organizations: extract from ICRC Annual Report 2007In international forums, the ICRC promotes knowledge, understanding and – whenever appropriate – the development of IHL. It explains its position on issues of humanitarian concern. It multiplies contacts to facilitate its operations in the field and raise awareness of the plight and needs of those affected by armed conflicts and violence, including IDPs. Above all, it strives to defend and promote impartial, neutral and independent humanitarian action, and to guard against the use of humanitarian activities for military or political ends. (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy) Annual Report International Review of the Red Cross30-9-2001 Globalization and the future of humanitarian action
New priorities for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement?(Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 843) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF 30-9-2001 Humanitarian protection: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 843) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF 30-9-2001 UNHCR and ICRC in the former Yugoslavia: Bosnia-Herzegovina(Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 843) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF 31-3-2001 Security challenges for humanitarian action(Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 841) International Review of the Red Cross 30-9-2000 Humanitarian issues and agencies as triggers for international military action(Info resources\International Review\2000 - No. 839) International Review of the Red Cross 30-6-2000 Is humanitarian action everybody’s affair? Reflections on an overworked concept(Info resources\International Review\2000 - No. 838) International Review of the Red Cross 31-3-1999 Peace-making and the prevention of violence : The role of governments and non-governmental organizations(Info resources\International Review\1999 - No. 833) International Review of the Red Cross 31-3-1999 The politics of the political/humanitarian divide(Info resources\International Review\1999 - No. 833) International Review of the Red Cross Official Statement19-5-2008 Cluster munitions: ICRC calls for a strong treatyStatement by Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the opening ceremony of the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on cluster munitions, 19 May 2008 (Humanitarian law\Weapons\Cluster munitions) Official Statement 6-2-2007 Ending enforced disappearances: a matter of urgency for the sake of humanity and justiceSpeech by Mr. Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC, Official ceremony to mark the opening for signature of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance, Paris - 6 February 2007 (Humanitarian law\Missing persons) Official Statement 28-1-2004 Preventing Genocide: threats and responsibilitiesAt the Stockholm International Forum, organized by the Swedish government on 26-28 January 2004, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger highlighted lessons that had to be learned from horrors such as the Holocaust and Rwanda. (ICRC Activities\Promoting IHL) Official Statement  |
