Humanitarian Action in Times of Crisis and Conflict: the Role and Experience of the International Committee of the Red Cross
摘要
ForInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) the past 160 years, personnel of the ICRCICRC and of National Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesNational Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have carried out their humanitarian duties in almost every armed conflict that comes to mind on every continent. Challenges posed by contemporary armed conflicts for IHL and humanitarian action include the urbanization of warfare and the use of explosive weapons, which cause injury and death among civilians and their property. Faced so directly with the brutality of war and armed conflicts, we are thirsty for peace and improved coexistence of people and countries and whether in Ukraine, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mali, Colombia or elsewhere, the ICRCICRC is fully engaged in its humanitarian mission.