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ICRC to resize global footprint, maximizing reduced resources in era of declining aid budgets

… 11-09-2023 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of … budget process for 2024 in November. At our Geneva headquarters, approximately 270 … mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release

China: ICRC President concludes official visit to China

… 08-09-2023 Geneva/Beijing (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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There are 100 steps to peace; the first are humanitarian

… adopted the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 , they proclaimed "their … among states, political declarations, and new conventions sharpen our focus on the potential …

Statement

ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric: "When international humanitarian law is respected, lives are saved"

… Republic of China's recognition of the Geneva Conventions was rooted in the pursuit of … highlighted that the PRC recognized these conventions because it was determined that …

Statement

China: Photo exhibition opens in Beijing to mark 160 years of humanitarian action

… humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

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The 49th Florence Nightingale Medal Award Ceremony

… International Humanitarian Law, which has the Geneva Conventions as its cornerstone, caring for the …

Statement

ICRC President begins first official visit to China

… 04-09-2023 Geneva/Beijing (ICRC) – Mirjana Spoljaric, … humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around …

News release

Sri Lanka: Time does not heal. Only answers do.

… that protect victims of war. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and works in more than … organization, its mandate stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Media contacts: Ruwanthi …

News release

Statement by the ICRC Vice-President Gilles Carbonnier at the Ninth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty

… the obligation in Article 1 Common to the Geneva Conventions, which binds all states, to …

Statement

Chair’s Summary Report of State Expert Meeting on IHL: Protecting the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict

… mentioned in this respect included the Geneva Conventions (1949) and their Additional … zone referred to throughout the agenda is Geneva time (CET). 24 January 2023 (online) …

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