Night on Earth

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Rodogno
Keyword(s):  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Near East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Us ◽  
Save The Children

Night on Earth is a broad-ranging account of international humanitarian programs in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Near East from 1918 to 1930. Davide Rodogno shows that international 'relief' and 'development' were intertwined long before the birth of the United Nations with humanitarians operating in a region devastated by war and famine and in which state sovereignty was deficient. Influenced by colonial motivations and ideologies these humanitarians attempted to reshape entire communities and nations through reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes. The book draws on the activities of a wide range of secular and religious organisations and philanthropic foundations in the US and Europe including the American Relief Administration, the American Red Cross, the Quakers, Save the Children, the Near East Relief, the American Women's Hospitals, the League of Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child

1963 ◽  
Vol 3 (26) ◽  
pp. 227-233
Author(s):  
Andrée Morier
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Union ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Final Draft ◽  
Save The Children ◽  
To Come ◽  
First Time ◽  
Declaration Of Geneva

At the time when the Centenary of the Red Cross is about to be celebrated, it would be fitting to remember the rôle so many members and officers of the International Committee of the Red Cross have played in the drafting and the proclamation of the Rights of the Child. This declaration called the Declaration of Geneva was proclaimed forty years ago by the Council of the “Save the Children International Union” (SCIU). It was on May 17, 1923, that the final draft in five brief clauses was adopted. It is to be recalled that at that time the ICRC and the SCIU worked in close co-operation. Indeed, it was Dr. Frédéric Ferrière's report (then Vice-President of the ICRC) on the disastrous situation in which children lived in Vienna which incited Eglantyne Jebb to come to Geneva for the first time.

The ICRC and the War in the Near East

1967 ◽  
Vol 7 (76) ◽  
pp. 347-357
Keyword(s):  
Near East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Tel Aviv

When the war broke out on June 5, 1967, in the Near East, the International Committee of the Red Cross had already taken precautions by delegating representatives to Cairo, Tel Aviv, Beyrouth, Damascus and Amman.

Second Round Table of Experts on Battlefield Laser Weapons (Geneva, 9–11 April 1991): Address by the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross

1991 ◽  
Vol 31 (283) ◽  
pp. 390-393
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Round Table ◽  
International Committee ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Chemical Weapons ◽  
Real Analysis ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
New Type ◽  
Direct Outcome

I should like to welcome you all to this important meeting which will consider the implications of the possible use in the future of a new type of weapon, and of a new method of warfare.The International Committee of the Red Cross has the tasks, inter alia, of working for the faithful application of humanitarian law and preparing for its development. Its aim is, and has always been, to attempt to reduce the suffering caused by war as far as possible in relation both to the methods of warfare and to the protection and assistance to be given to victims. Its concern as to the effects of weapons is an old one. I am referring in particular here to the efforts which the ICRC undertook formally to outlaw the use of chemical weapons. We published in February 1918 an appeal that strongly protested against the use of poison gas, referring in particular to the terrible suffering it inflicted on soldiers. The ICRC appealed to the sentiment of humanity of the governments of the time and subsequently sent letters to the League of Nations and to governments urging them to conclude an agreement prohibiting the use of chemical weapons. This eventually led to the signature of the 1925 Protocol. Since that time the ICRC hosted two expert meetings in the 1970s which studied a number of modern weapons. The direct outcome of those meetings was the Convention adopted in 1980 by the United Nations, commonly referred to as the Inhumane Weapons Convention. However, discussions begun during those expert meetings were not completed; in particular it was agreed that further research was necessary on the effects of certain new weapons, and that information on other weapons, including laser weapons, was so scanty and undeveloped at that time as to preclude any real analysis. The present range of the 1980 treaty is thus very limited and does not fully meet the concerns of experts as to the suffering that some weapons may unnecessarily cause.

Rwanda – Nigeria – Vietnam – Near East – Yemen – Korea

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (82) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Keyword(s):  
Near East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
African Unity ◽  
Relief Work ◽  
Organization Of African Unity

Under the title “The action of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Congo and Rwanda” the International Review published last month an article on ICRC relief work at the request of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). It described events up to the end of November 1967.

After the tragic end of Mr. John F. Kennedy

1963 ◽  
Vol 3 (33) ◽  
pp. 643-644
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
National Society ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
The People ◽  
Tragic Event ◽  
Short Time

The International Committee took a sincere part in the tragic event which was mourned on November 22, 1963 by the people of the United States and by the American Red Cross. Mr. John F. Kennedy was not only President of the United States, he was also Honorary President of the National Society to which a short time ago, on the occasion of the Centenary of the Red Cross, he addressed a message which was published in the International Review. One will also recall the stirring message full of confidence which he sent this September to the Centenary Congress of the International Red Cross in Geneva.

Yemen — Cyprus — Laos — Indonesia — The Balkans

1965 ◽  
Vol 5 (46) ◽  
pp. 33-36
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Medical Teams ◽  
Hospital Equipment ◽  
Operating Unit ◽  
Surgical Operations

Since the beginning of its medical programme on behalf of the victims of the civil war raging in the Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross has treated some 14,500 persons. Of these 9100 wounded and sick made their way by their own resources to the field hospital at Uqhd in Royalist territory in Northeast Yemen; a further 900 were admitted to the hospital; 4500 were examined and treated by the mobile medical teams in the fighting areas. We would add that 786 surgical operations have been performed at Uqhd in the complete and air-conditioned “clinobox” operating unit sent as part of the hospital equipment by the ICRC.

THE INITIATIVE «ONE BELT, ONE ROAD» AND THE BALKANS: THE ASSESSMENTS OF THE EXPERT COMMUNITY AND THE MEDIA OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE (2017-2020)

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-83
Author(s):  
Artem Ulunyan
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Global Strategy ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Atlantic Community ◽  
Expert Community ◽  
Party State

The article examines the assessments of the global strategic concept «One Belt, One Road» of the PRC by the representatives of the Central and Eastern European expert community and by the Albanian media. After the Cold War, the formation processes of national states in the post-Yugoslavian space have started in the Balkans, and the region has come under tight probe of the Euro-Atlantic community, of Russia and Turkey as well as of the Peoples Republic of China, which had not displayed earlier such a keen interest in this region. In the context of the global strategy outlined by the party-state leadership of mainland China, the Balkans and Central Eastern Europe have turned into important connecting link in the Chinese geostrategic concept «One Belt, One Road». In the 2010 s, the PRC has begun to establish a wide-range network of transport corridors, designed to start a «new edition» of the historical «Silk Road» and to serve as an instrument for the economic advancement of the PRC on a transcontinental scale. This policy of economic expansion of the PRC, encompassing regions and continents on its way, is being actively discussed in the expert community of Central and Eastern European states from the standpoint of identifying both specific mode of actions engaged by the party-state leadership of the PRC, as well as local conditions, interests and probable results of the implementation of the Chinese project. The author notes that expert assessments range from positive to sharply negative, which indicates the absence of a definitive opinion on this issue. In Albania, a Balkan state closely linked to both Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans, especially due to the presence of a large Albanian ethnic component in a number of countries of the region, the participation in the implementation of the project «One Belt, One Road» was strongly influenced by economic and political relations with the Euro-Atlantic community.

BDS and Palestinian Theatre Making: A Call for Debate within the Discipline of Theatre and Performance Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-418
Author(s):  
Rayya El Zein ◽  
Irene Fernández Ramos ◽  
George Potter ◽  
Gabriel Varghese
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Gaza Strip ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Israeli Army ◽  
State Of Israel ◽  
Israeli Occupation

On 30 March 2018, protesters in the Gaza Strip engaged in a peaceful demonstration for “Land Day,” a Palestinian commemoration of the expropriation of lands for Israeli settlements in 1976. During the march, Palestinians approached the border with Israel where the Israeli army opened fire with live ammunition and tank shells, killing at least fifteen demonstrators. Dozens of others were wounded. In the weeks and months that followed, Palestinian protesters continued to protest at the Gaza border. As this issue goes to print, the International Committee of the Red Cross reports that at least 116 Palestinians have been killed in protests framed as the “Great March of Return” since 30 March 2018, and as many as thirteen thousand have been injured. This spring's events, coinciding with the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel and the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, offer yet another reminder of the violence and dispossession that for decades have characterized Palestinian life under Israeli occupation.

The Red Cross Societies of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Rumania visited by the President of the International Committee

1962 ◽  
Vol 2 (16) ◽  
pp. 374-376
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The Balkans

Last May, the President, Mr. L. Boissier, accompanied by Mr. G. H. Beckh, Delegate, paid a short visit to the Balkans. His first port of call was Belgrade where he stayed for two days only, since his visit to Yugoslavia was not of an official nature and was only the prelude to a stay of longer duration.

ICRC Relief Activities in the Near East

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (126) ◽  
pp. 506-506
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Near East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review

Last year the International Review published an article on the Middle East activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross from June 1967 to June 1970, which also dealt with the relief sent or transmitted by the ICRC.

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