… and in Libya

1980 ◽  
Vol 20 (217) ◽  
pp. 206-206
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
General Council ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Secretary Of State

Mr. Alexandre Hay, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, accompanied by Mr. Sergio Nessi, head of the Financing Division, and Mr. Jean Hoefliger, delegate-general for the Middle East and North Africa, was in Tripoli (Libya) from 7 to 9 July. He was received by Colonel Moammar Qadaffi; Mr. Jadallah Azouz At-Talhi, President of the People's General Council; Mr. Abu Zaid Omar Durda, Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs; and Dr Muftah Al-Osta Omar, Minister of Health and President of the Libyan Red Crescent, who was accompanied by Dr. Ahmed Abdallah Es-Sherif, Secretary-General, and Mr. Abdel Rahman Bonkela, adviser, to the National Red Crescent.

Recent Missions by the President of the ICRC

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (263) ◽  
pp. 166-170
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Secretary Of State

In response to invitations by the Red Cross Societies of Norway and Sweden and the respective governments of these countries, ICRC President Cornelio Sommaruga visited Oslo from 24 to 26 January and Stockholm from 27 to 29 January 1988.In Norway, the President had talks with leaders of the Norwegian Red Cross, notably Mr. Björn Bruland, President, HRH Crown Princess Sonja, Vice-President, Mr. Odd Grann, Secretary General, Mr. A. Torbjornsen, head of the International Department, and Mr. J. Egeland, head of Information. Mr. Sommaruga also had meetings with the following representatives of the Norwegian Government and public administration: Mr. Gunnar Berge, Minister for Finance, Mrs. Gjesteby, Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and Mrs. E. Nordbó, Secretary of State to the Prime Minister.

Visits by ICRC President

1977 ◽  
Vol 17 (196) ◽  
pp. 373-373
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Deputy Prime Minister ◽  
Syrian Arab Republic

Mr. Alexandre Hay, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, visited Damascus from 21 to 24 June and was received by Mr. Hafez el Assad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic. He also had talks with Mr. Abdel Halim Khaddam, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, General Mustapha Tlass, Minister of Defence, Dr. Madani al-Khyami, Minister of Health, and Mr. Abdalla Al-Ahmar, Deputy Secretary-General of the Baath Party.

Africa — Latin America — Asia — Europe – Middle East

1975 ◽  
Vol 15 (169) ◽  
pp. 188-193
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Addis Ababa ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Civilian Population ◽  
The Government

The delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross who have been in Addis Ababa for several weeks have not yet been authorized to go to Asmara. To the ICRC's offers to provide the victims of the conflict in Eritrea with assistance and protection, the Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs has replied that the Government has the situation in hand and that there is no emergency. The ICRC is still prepared to play its traditional humanitarian role on behalf of the victims of the present conflict: the wounded and the sick, prisoners, and the civilian population.

Africa — Latin America — Asia — Middle East

1983 ◽  
Vol 23 (237) ◽  
pp. 322-337
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Red Cross

Mr. Jean-Marc Bornet, ICRC delegate-general for Africa, was in Mozambique from 12 to 14 September where he had discussions with the authorities concerning the activities of the ICRC in the country. In particular, he met representatives from the Ministries of Health and Foreign Affairs, as well as the President and the Secretary-General of the “Mozambique Red Cross”.

Middle East — Tanzania — Senegal — Moçambique — South Africa — Botswana, Lesotho, Ngwane — Hong Kong — Yemen

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (95) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Middle East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Suez Canal ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Tel Aviv

Reuniting of families.—In spite of increased tension in the Middle East, the International Committee of the Red Cross has managed, through its delegations in Cairo and Tel Aviv, to get 143 persons across the Suez canal. This “reuniting of families” operation took place on December 30 at el Qantara.

Vietnam—Indonesia—India and Pakistan—Yemen

1966 ◽  
Vol 6 (59) ◽  
pp. 97-102
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
National Liberation ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Male Nurse ◽  
National Liberation Front ◽  
Vietnamese Population ◽  
Medical Teams

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.

Indonesia – Vietnam – Middle East – Yemen – Rwanda

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (86) ◽  
pp. 257-261
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Critical Situation ◽  
Chinese Descent

Assistance to Refugees in Borneo.—In compliance with the Indonesian Red Cross request to the International Committee of the Red Cross in February, Mr. André Durand, delegate general for Asia, was in Indonesia from March 7-25 to examine the critical situation of some 50,000 people of Chinese descent who fled from their villages last October after violent demonstrations against them.

Appointments at the Henry Dunant Institute

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (208) ◽  
pp. 32-33
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Retirement Age

At its meeting on the 20th December 1978, the General Assembly of the Henry Dunant Institute appointed Mr. Jacques Meurant, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the League of Red Cross Societies, in charge of statutory matters, as Director of the Institute. He succeeds Mr. Jean Pictet, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who has reached retirement age.

Africa — Latin America — Asia — Europe — Middle East

1975 ◽  
Vol 15 (167) ◽  
pp. 92-95
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
High Government

The regional delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross for Southern Africa was in Mozambique from 1 to 18 December 1974. At Lourenço Marques he met high government authorities, including the Prime Minister of the transitional Government, and local Red Cross leaders.

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