Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share some observations on humanitarian coordination, which we shall do with special reference to the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. The humanitarian and disaster response challenges that have faced the international community over the past year h…
As President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, which was founded with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering, I am honoured to speak here today as the General Assembly commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rig…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies welcomes again the opportunity to share a few observations on this important agenda item on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief.
Over this decade of turbulent political and economic change, so-called…
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies welcomes again the opportunity to share a few observations on this important agenda item on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance.
At the heart of the coordination debate is, in our o…
The demands being placed upon the humanitarian agencies, such as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, its member national societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), are increasing, and the circumstances in which we operate are becoming ever mo…
The past year has once again confronted the international community with challenges of an unprecedented nature, not only because of the number of disasters but also because of the increasingly complex nature of disaster situations and the resulting difficulties that humanitarian agencies have in dis…
I have the honour and pleasure of thanking all the States represented here who joined in granting our 163-member
I wish to express the pleasure and the pride of the International Federation as it assumes its role in the General Assembly as Permanent Observer. The granting of this status is for us a…
