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Regional delegation in Dakar - ICRC Annual Report

31-12-2010 Annual Report No 2010

The ICRC opened a regional delegation in Dakar in 1989, although it had already worked in the region for some years. It focuses on promoting IHL among the armed forces and other bearers of weapons and on encouraging implementation of that law by the authorities throughout the region. It also supports the activities of the National Societies, assists people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence in Casamance and Guinea-Bissau, and visits detainees of ICRC concern, providing them with material aid where necessary.