Let me start directly with one of our major challenges today — HIV/AIDS and children. At the sixth Pan African Conference of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, held in Algiers in September 2004, African Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies adopted a plan of action containing several objectives. I…
Allow me to start on a personal note. Every time I meet a colleague from Africa in the United Nations building, I see a silent question in his eyes that ask “Are you doing the best you can for our continent?” I must confess that for us at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent So…
In this very, very special debate, I am probably the last speaker today representing an organization that was among the first to react. Let me also express our deep condolences to all those who suffered and who lost their loved ones.
It has been three long, nightmarish weeks for those who survived …
We consider this debate to be of particular importance. In some respects, it is a preview of the important debates that are to be held in the General Assembly in 2005. It can be seen as laying down guidelines and principles for members of the international community and Member States. It is especial…
This agenda item and the debate in the General Assembly plenary is in many respects the centrepiece of the presentations made by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in the United Nations each year.
Permit me to refer to my own country, Jamaica. We have recent…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) attributes the utmost importance to the special session on children and its outcomes. Children and young people around the world are the keys to our future. We believe in the important role that the United Nations system can…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) welcomes the attention given in the General Assembly to the issue of global road safety. Road traffic injuries will kill perhaps 1.25 million people this year, and road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death worldwi…
At the outset, I should like on behalf of our organization to congratulate the newly elected members of the Security Council. As we debate this somewhat sad theme today, and given the speed with which we lose people on the roads, I wonder, as some colleagues have done, whether this theme may not bec…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and its worldwide network draw on the debate and the resolutions which flow from it as the basis of our work with Governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and all other actors. Needless to say…
National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are people’s organizations. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) represents 53 African members, of 178 members worldwide. In Africa alone, 2 million of our active volunteers support the people affected by severe pov…
I speak today on behalf of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. We are an international organization with a presence here and with links to civil society. That is why I am speaking with a great feeling of responsibility.
Much has been said about the economic impact …
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is taking the floor this year to address the subject of volunteers and volunteerism. We will also address some of our basic concerns with regard to the special vulnerability of ageing populations, disabled persons and families. We …
I am grateful for the opportunity for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to share its views on strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance.
The decade since the adoption of resolution 46/182 has seen steady development of the instrume…
At the end of a long day, please allow me to read a shorter version of my statement.
This is one of the discussions which makes us all feel both uncomfortable and concerned. Uncomfortable, because despite all our efforts, the HIV/AIDS pandemic is conquering new territories. Concerned, because peopl…
Before beginning my official remarks this afternoon, I would like to take a moment to make a personal comment.
About 50 years ago, I went on my first school field trip and came across the Hudson River from New Jersey to the United Nations, a fledgling organization. I sat in the visitors’ gallery an…
I thank the Assembly for this opportunity to offer some reflections on the coordination of humanitarian assistance from the point of view of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Coordination is primarily about partnership among the agencies, between agencies and ind…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is pleased to have this opportunity to address the General Assembly on matters that are of deep concern to us, as they are to the entire humanitarian community.
Improving the ways we work together is central to the interests of th…
I am honoured to deliver this statement on behalf of the head of the delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. He regretted not being able to be present to participate in this important discussion, due to his urgent mission in Europe.
During one of the most…
I am honoured to take the floor on this agenda item, particularly after the heads of States committed themselves in the historic Millennium Declaration to meeting the special needs of Africa and to fighting further for development.
The 176 Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies around the wo…
The general object of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, defined in article 2 of its constitution, is to
“inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by the member Societies with a view to preventing and alleviatin…
