Humanitarian diplomacy: raising awareness of humanitarian issues

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Section on how the ICRC works to raise awareness of humanitarian issues with States and in various international and regional fora including the United Nations. Access to articles and press releases on key issues, visits and meetings related to humanitarian diplomacy; official statements.

The ICRC uses humanitarian diplomacy to make States aware of problems and issues of humanitarian concern, and shares these concerns with the international community. It seeks to heighten awareness of humanitarian imperatives and principles in various international fora: the United Nations, the OSCE and other organizations.

See also the section: Training - education - awareness.

Annual Report

Relations with international organizations : extract from ICRC Annual Report 2003
The fundamental mission of the ICRC, which is to protect and assist victims of armed conflict and internal violence, requires efforts both in the field and within the framework of regional and international organizations. The ICRC makes constant efforts to ensure better respect for international humanitarian law (IHL) by all parties involved in a conflict, including States.
(ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy)

28-6-2004
Annual Report

International Review of the Red Cross

Globalization and the future of humanitarian action New priorities for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement?
Ali Said Ali (Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 843)

30-9-2001
International Review of the Red Cross
Includes PDF

Humanitarian protection: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
David P. Forsythe (Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 843)

30-9-2001
International Review of the Red Cross
Includes PDF

UNHCR and ICRC in the former Yugoslavia: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Kirsten Young (Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 843)

30-9-2001
International Review of the Red Cross
Includes PDF

Security challenges for humanitarian action
Angelo Gnaedinger (Info resources\International Review\2001 - No. 841)

31-3-2001
International Review of the Red Cross

Humanitarian issues and agencies as triggers for international military action
Adam Roberts (Info resources\International Review\2000 - No. 839)

30-9-2000
International Review of the Red Cross

Is humanitarian action everybody’s affair? Reflections on an overworked concept
Jean-Luc Blondel (Info resources\International Review\2000 - No. 838)

30-6-2000
International Review of the Red Cross

Books and Reviews - Hard choices: Moral dilemmas in humanitarian intervention
Frédéric Mégret (Info resources\International Review\1999 - No. 833)

31-3-1999
International Review of the Red Cross

Official Statement

Preventing Genocide: threats and responsibilities
At the Stockholm International Forum, organized by the Swedish government on 26-28 January 2004, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger highlighted lessons that had to be learned from horrors such as the Holocaust and Rwanda.
Jakob Kellenberger (ICRC Activities\Training - education - awareness)

28-1-2004
Official Statement

First Special Session of the Conference of the States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
First Review Conference, The Hague, 28 April - 9 May 2003. Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva
(Humanitarian law\Weapons\Chemical weapons)

29-4-2003
Official Statement

Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Human Security Network
July 2-3 2002, Santiago de Chile. Presentation given by Mr Francis Amar, Head International Organizations Division, International Committee of the Red Cross.
Francis Amar (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy)

3-7-2002
Official Statement

Ministerial meeting of States Parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol
Geneva, 12 and 13 December 2001 -.Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross
(ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy)

13-12-2001
Official statement

ICRC statement at the World Conference against Racism: Non-Discrimination and Armed Conflict
Durban, South Africa, August 31-September 7, 2001. Address by Francis Amar
(ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy)

3-9-2001
Official statement

Implementation of International Humanitarian Law : the major challenge
Centennial of the First International Peace Conference, St Petersburg, 22-25 June 1999. Statement by Pierre Keller, Vice-President of the ICRC
(ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy)

22-6-1999
Official statement

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Cornelio Sommaruga (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy)

24-9-1997
Official statement

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