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Vietnam—Indonesia—India and Pakistan—Yemen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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ICRC medical teams ready to go into action. — With a view to alleviating the suffering caused by the prolongation of the war to the Vietnamese population both in the North and in the South, the International Committee of the Red Cross on December 27, 1965 offered the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Hanoi and Saigon and the National Liberation Front (NLF) to send medical teams to the spot, each consisting of two doctors and one male nurse, all of Swiss nationality. These could, in accordance with the principles of the Red Cross, care for all wounded, sick and disabled, victims of the events.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 6 , Issue 59: External Activities , February 1966 , pp. 97 - 102
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1966

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References

page 98 note 1 Plate. Crutches being presented to the disabled by an ICRC delegate in Vietnam.

page 99 note 1 Plate. ICRC relief for displaced persons being distributed by the Red Cross of the Republic of Viet Nam.

page 100 note 1 Plate. At the Indo-Pakistan frontier, meetings arranged by the ICRC took place during the exchange of parcels for prisoners of war.

page 100 note 2 Plate. Parcels being handed over by the ICRC's delegate to Indian prisoners of war. The prisoners sign receipts.