Full text in PDF format - International Committee of the Red Cross
Full text in PDF format - International Committee of the Red Cross
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The mission <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ICRC<br />
The <strong>International</strong> <strong>Committee</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> (ICRC) is an impartial,<br />
neutral and <strong>in</strong>dependent organization whose exclusively humanitarian<br />
mission is to protect <strong>the</strong> lives and dignity <strong>of</strong> victims <strong>of</strong> war<br />
and <strong>in</strong>ternal violence and to provide <strong>the</strong>m with assistance. It directs<br />
and coord<strong>in</strong>ates <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>ternational relief activities conducted by <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>International</strong> <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> and <strong>Red</strong> Crescent Movement <strong>in</strong> situations<br />
<strong>of</strong> conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffer<strong>in</strong>g by promot<strong>in</strong>g and<br />
streng<strong>the</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g humanitarian law and universal humanitarian pr<strong>in</strong>ciples.<br />
Established <strong>in</strong> 1863, <strong>the</strong> ICRC is at <strong>the</strong> orig<strong>in</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Movement.
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