On behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor at this fifty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The ICRC wishes to take this opportunity to briefly share, at the outset, its views concerning present-…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes this renewed opportunity to share its views in the General Assembly on the subject of humanitarian coordination.
In essence, the situation of victims of conflict has hardly changed for the better. In many instances it has deteriorated fur…
In many conflicts, civilians are no longer considered to be extraneous to war or even used as a logistic or political support base. They have become stakes in conflicts or even the very reason for them. Because of their religious, cultural or ethnic affiliation, they have become a tool of warfare, a…
