News Section Other organizations Access to documents, official statements and press releases related to the ICRC's cooperation with organizations such as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and the African Union (AU). The ICRC maintains relations and discusses humanitarian matters with a number of major regional organizations. Its concern is to ensure that its humanitarian activities and concerns are well understood by these bodies, which are often called on to intervene politically or carry out specific tasks in conflict-related crises. 9-11-2007 Address by Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Peace and Security Council of the African UnionAddis Ababa – 9 November 2007 (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Official Statement 21-6-2004 International humanitarian law: developments, activities and achievements (June 2003 - June 2004)Document prepared by the Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law of the ICRC for the information of the Member States of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Report Includes PDF 7-5-2004 The handling of human remains and information on the dead in situations relating to armed conflicts or internal violence and involving missing persons16th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Disaster Victim Identification, Lyon, France, 5-7 May 2004, contribution from the ICRC (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Official Statement Includes PDF 13-4-2005 The ICRC in dialogue with the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council Address by Dr Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, Brussels, 13 April 2005 (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Official Statement 23-5-2000 Child victims of armed conflict: the view of the International Committee of the Red CrossOSCE, Human Dimension Seminar on children and armed conflict, Warsaw, 23-26 May 2000. Statement by Jakob Kellenberger, President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Official statement 31-1-2007 Participation in international humanitarian law treaties and their
national implementation: achievements and activities in the AmericasThis report outlines the main developments concerning the national implementation of international humanitarian law in the Americas during 2006. (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Report Includes PDF 2-2-2006 American States: protection of persons in situations of internal disturbances and tensions Address by the ICRC at the special meeting of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Organization of American States on current issues in international humanitarian law, Washington, D.C., 2 February 2006 (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Official Statement 1-6-2008 Intervening in humanitarian emergenciesAddress by Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the 7th Shangri-La Dialogue, IISS* Asian Security summit, 1 June 2008, Singapore. (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Official Statement 31-12-2003 Promotion of international humanitarian law through cooperation between the ICRC and the African UnionDescribing the environment, in terms of institutions and policy-making fora, for humanitarian diplomacy and the promotion of international humanitarian law on the African continent, this article reviews the achievements of OAU-ICRC cooperation in promoting IHL between 1992 and 2002. The integration of IHL in the OAU-AU transformation process is also analysed, with a view to outlining possibilities for future cooperation with the AU and better implementation of IHL. (Info resources\International Review\2003 - No. 852) International Review of the Red Cross Includes PDF 29-10-2008 Respect for International Humanitarian Law - A major challenge, a global responsibilitySpeaking notes of Dr Jakob Kellenberger, President of the ICRC, European Parliament, Brussels, 16 September 2008
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