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.

Middle East – Rhodesia and South Africa – Latin America – South Arabia – Yemen Arab Republic

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (99) ◽  
pp. 313-317
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
South Arabia ◽  
Israeli Government ◽  
America South ◽  
Yemen Arab Republic ◽  
Occupied Zone

Reuniting of Families.—Under the aegis of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the fifth operation for the reuniting of families took place in the region of the Golan Plateau at the beginning of May. This activity involves, with the agreement of the Israeli government, the repatriation of Arabs displaced by the war of June 1967 and part of whose families had remained in the Israeli-occupied zone. Thanks to the action of the ICRC, 367 people have been able to return to their families.

Middle East — Yemen — Aden — Vietnam — Hong Kong — Greece

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (91) ◽  
pp. 527-533
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Middle East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
United Arab Republic

Reuniting of families.—In the programme for the reuniting of families, organized and directed by the delegates of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Egypt and Israel, three further operations took place at El Kantara. The first on July 30 concerned about 180 Palestinian families returning to Gaza and 200 Egyptian families going back to their homes in the United Arab Republic.

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.

“Restoring hope where all hope was lost”: Nelson Mandela, the ICRC and the protection of political detainees in apartheid South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 98 (903) ◽  
pp. 799-829
Author(s):  
Andrew Thompson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Cold War ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
African Country ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The Past ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
The Cold War

AbstractAmidst the violent upheavals of the end of empire and the Cold War, international organizations developed a basic framework for holding State and non-State armed groups to account for their actions when taking prisoners. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) placed itself at the very centre of these developments, making detention visiting a cornerstone of its work. Nowhere was this growing preoccupation with the problem of protecting detainees more evident than apartheid South Africa, where the ICRC undertook more detention visits than in almost any other African country. During these visits the ICRC was drawn into an internationalized human rights dispute that severely tested its leadership and demonstrated the troubled rapport between humanitarianism and human rights. The problems seen in apartheid South Africa reflect today's dilemmas of how to protect political detainees in situations of extreme violence. We can look to the past to find solutions for today's political detainees − or “security detainees” as they are now more commonly called.

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.

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.

Following the Hijacking of an Aircraft

1972 ◽  
Vol 12 (135) ◽  
pp. 334-335
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Press Release ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Tel Aviv

On 10 May 1972, the ICRC issued the following press release:The International Committee of the Red Cross was asked to act on behalf of the passengers and members of the crew of a Boeing of the Sabena air line held hostage by a Palestinian commando at Tel Aviv airport. With the agreement of the Israeli authorities and of the Palestinian commando and solely with the purpose of coming to the aid of innocent persons threatened with death, it agreed to serve as intermediary between the two parties.

Middle East – Laos – Vietnam – Poland

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (96) ◽  
pp. 129-131
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Severe Winter ◽  
Powdered Milk

Assistance to Displaced Persons in Syria.—In December 1968 the International Committee of the Red Cross appealed to several National Societies for relief supplies for some 100,000 persons displaced from the occupied Golan territory now living in camps outside Damascus. Their plight has been aggravated by the rigours of a severe winter. By the end of the month 100 tons of flour, 73 tons of powdered milk, 20 tons of rice, 3 tons of cheese, meat and 5115 blankets had been sent to Damascus. Part of these supplies was conveyed in an aircraft chartered twice by the ICRC.

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