From 23 to 25 November, the entire International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement met in Nairobi, Kenya to adopt new policies and strategies to address today's humanitarian challenges, including internal displacement and migration, the protection of health care in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, the humanitarian consequences of climate change and the regulation of weapons under international humanitarian law. It's the first time ever that the world's largest humanitarian network held a Movement-wide meeting of its leaders in Africa.

The 2009 Council of Delegates logo was created to denote a campaign and a continent. Firstly, it brings out the global "Our world. Your move." campaign, which marked the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Solferino and the 60th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, by using the logo of the campaign -- planet earth -- and its slogan.

Secondly, the logo refers to the Africa continent, where the Council of Delegates was held for the first time. To symbolize this, the African continent is highlighted on the globe with African figurines forming a semi-circle.

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