As we culminate this year, which marks the seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is heartened to see so many events around the world demonstrating States’ support for these essential rules of war.
Despite a rapidly changing operational…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to join in today’s commemoration of the first official International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace. As the guardian of international humanitarian law, a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian actor and a multipl…
States have a strong track record of working together in the spirit of humanitarian multilateralism. This month, States gathered in Russia to mark the 150th anniversary of the Declaration of St. Petersburg to the effect of prohibiting the use of certain projectiles in wartime. Next year, we mark the…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for giving the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) the opportunity to contribute to this important open debate on strengthening peacekeeping operations in Africa.
The largest peacekeeping operations are currently deployed in Africa. Regional coa…
