IRRC No. 260

Assistance to protected persons

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The questions facing the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement today are no different from those with which the Movement began: What is the best way to help? How can we give immediate aid and also provide long-term protection? To answer these questions we have to go back to the early years of the Movement.

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Assistance to protected persons author: Jean-Luc Blondel

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The right to humanitarian assistance—Legal aspects— author: Boško Jakovljević

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Humanitarian action: A delicate balancing act author: Michael A. Meyer

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Non-Governmental Organizations and Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance author: Peter Macalister-Smith

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The role and characteristics of an emergency mission author: André Aoun

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The International Committee of the Red Cross and Health author: Rémi Russbach

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Official visits to the ICRC author:

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Africa — Latin America — Asia — Middle East author:

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Death of Mr. Enrique de la Mata author:

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Activities of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: Training volunteer workers for international missions of the French Red Cross author: Hélène Delpon de Vaux, Mireille Desrez

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Activities of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Egyptian Red Crescent Society author: Yahia Hassan Darwish

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Health as a factor of peace and development author:

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