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The ICRC and the Future: Five major challenges of the year 2000 for an organization in its second century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Jacques Moreillon
Jacques Moreillon*
Affiliation:
Member of the ICRC Directorate Director for General Affairs
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Extract

1) On some simple truths by way of introduction to arouse the interest of the reader

— The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), as an organization, has no rights of its own; the only ones it exercises are those of the silent victims in whose name it speaks.

— Were it not the defender of the fundamental principles of the Red Cross, of which it is the guardian, the ICRC would be just one more voluntary agency, with a small budget.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 23 , Issue 236 , October 1983 , pp. 231 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1983

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Footnotes

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This article is the outcome of discussions with various members and collaborators of the ICRC, combined with personal reflection. It is not binding in any way for the ICRC. It was first published in the Annals of the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, 1982.