Annual Report 2021
… to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. In Côte d’Ivoire, the ICRC, the … awareness of the gravity of the issue of nuclear weapons. Numerous diplomats attended …
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Request for Tender RFTGVA22/00123 Forensic Genetic Laboratory Services
… one or more the following DNA tests: (i) Nuclear (STRs, Y-STRs) and mtDNA testing of PM … or additional testing of PM samples for nuclear DNA (STRs, Y-STRs); (iii) Nuclear (STRs, Y-STRs) and, if necessary, …
World Peace Forum: ICRC calls for multilateral cooperation and new approaches to conflict prevention and resolution
… health hazards, as well as the ever-present nuclear threat, require international dialogue … such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons which is another example of …
What is international humanitarian law?
… and restrictions on the use of certain weapons and methods of warfare (see next … of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction2 • the 1976 … dangerous forces (namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations). Such …
First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
… the International Committee of the Red Cross Nuclear disarmament as a humanitarian and … imperative 1. The continued existence of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest threats to …
Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders commit to accelerate efforts to tackle rising humanitarian challenges
… efforts to work towards the elimination of nuclear weapons. "Urban warfare has a devastating …
Let us move towards a world without nuclear weapons
… Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - Vienna, Austria, 21-23 June 2022 The … Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The Japanese Red Cross …
Never again: Why the ICRC wants nuclear weapons eliminated and how the nuclear ban treaty can help the world get there
… to make its first call for the abolition of nuclear weapons in September 1945, a call taken up by … 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force as …
Peter Maurer: “Continued existence of nuclear weapons is one of the biggest threats for humanity”
… Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna on 21 June 2022. First … Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Vienna, 21 – 23 June 2022 …
Meeting an A-bomb survivor after 76 years: A testimony of hope
… of the States Parties to the Treaty of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna (Austria) from 21 to 23 June … who has been advocating for abolition of nuclear weapons. Along with Keita, another …
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