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Humanitarian policy and operational activities: The ICRC's humanitarian mandate as reflected in its work in Greece and throughout the world

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Cornelio Sommaruga
Cornelio Sommaruga*
Affiliation:
President International Committee of the Red Cross
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In May 1991, Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga, President of the ICRC, spent some time in Greece at the invitation of the Hellenic Red Cross (see IRRC, No. 283, July–August 1991). While there, he was asked by the Jean-Gabriel Eynard Greek-Swiss League to give a lecture in connection with the 700th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Confederation. The subject of the lecture was “The ICRC's humanitarian mandate as reflected in the light of its activities in Greece and throughout the world”. The President's purpose was to remind his hearers of the work done in Greece by Swiss delegates of the ICRC. who might be regarded as “humanitarian Hellenists”, and. in his words, “to retrace some stages in the journey made by the International Committee of the Red Cross in company with the Hellenes, in order to throw light on certain aspects of the beautiful and difficult mission of the Red Cross”.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 31 , Issue 285 , December 1991 , pp. 596 - 607
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1991

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2 Note from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Constantin Tsaldaris. dated 8 March 1947.