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 Home > Focus > RC Movement > Council of Delegates > 2009 News Section Council of Delegates - 2009  The Council of Delegates – bringing together all 186 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, their International Federation and the ICRC – will meet in Africa for the first time, from 23 to 25 November 2009, in Nairobi, Kenya. 
From 23 to 25 November, the entire International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement will meet in Nairobi, Kenya to adopt new policies and strategies to address today's humanitarian challenges, including internal displacement and migration, the protection of health care in armed conflicts and other situations of violence, the humanitarian consequences of climate change and the regulation of weapons under international humanitarian law. It's the first time ever that the world's largest humanitarian network will hold a Movement-wide meeting of its leaders in Africa.  Key document23-10-2009 Provisional agenda of the 2009 Council of Delegates Council of delegates of the international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Nairobi, 23-25 November 2009 (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) Includes PDF 23-10-2009 Annotations to the Workshops at the 2009 Council of Delegates Council of delegates of the international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Nairobi, 23-25 November 2009 (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) Includes PDF ICRC survey: Our world. Views from the field.30-10-2009 Our world. Views from the field. New research commissioned by ICRC as part of the Our world. Your move. campaign sheds light on the experiences of people living with armed conflict. Article published in the Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine, No 2, 2009. (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) Press article 20-8-2009 ICRC survey: Our world. Views from the field.As part of the Our world. Your move. campaign the ICRC has carried out different quantitative (statistical) and qualitative (personal interviews and focus groups) research initiatives designed to give a voice to the world's most vulnerable people and raise awareness of the plight of civilians living in situations of armed conflict and violence. (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) Report Includes PDF Internal displacement (existing material)12-11-2009 Internally displaced people: facing up to the challengesDisplacement due to armed conflict uproots people from their normal lives, often inflicting untold suffering on them. A new ICRC report, “Internal displacement in armed conflict,” paints a vivid, disturbing picture of this phenomenon. In this interview, Angela Gussing, ICRC Deputy Director of Operations, discusses the challenges faced by internally displaced people (IDPs). (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) Interview Includes Photo Landmines - cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (existing material)10-11-2009 Mines continue to shatter lives in ColombiaIn February 2009 Francisco, 20, and a friend from his hamlet set off to earn a day's wage and unknowingly stepped into a mine field. Francisco survived, but at a terrible cost. This is his story. In Colombia, many lives are broken in rural communities who continue to suffer due to the use of landmines. (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) Video Collection Includes Video 2-11-2009 The Mine Ban Convention after 10 years: achievements and challengesThis fact sheet highlights the achievements of the Mine Ban Convention, ten years after its entry into force. It also outlines the remaning challenges that will need to be addressed by the 156 States party to the Convention, at the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World (29 November-4 December 2009), the name given to the Second Review Conference of the Convention. (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) Fact Sheet 9-10-2009 Weapons: ICRC statement to the United NationsUnited Nations, General Assembly, 64th session, First Committee, Items 96 & 100 of the agenda, Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), New York, 9 October 2009 (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) Official Statement 13-1-2009 The Convention on Cluster Munitions - frequently asked questionsCluster munitions have unique characteristics that make them a grave danger to civilians. They disperse large numbers of explosive submunitions over wide areas and often fail to explode immediately, leaving a long-term legacy of explosive contamination. States have adopted a new treaty that prohibits cluster munitions and requires specific action to address their humanitarian consequences. (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) FAQ Protecting health care in armed conflict and other situations of violence (existing material)16-11-2009 Health care: one of the first casualties of warWhen armed conflict breaks out, hospitals and health workers are sometimes attacked, ambulances can be prevented from reaching the wounded and a lack of basic services, like water and electricity, can bring surgical procedures grinding to a halt. The ICRC’s chief war surgeon, Marco Baldan, explains why health care must be better respected and protected in situations of armed violence. (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) Interview 11-3-2009 TV spot: Keep health workers safe!When people are wounded or fall sick during armed conflict and internal violence, health workers are there to help, but they don't take sides. (Focus\RC Movement\Council of Delegates\2009) ICRC film Includes Video  |
