The ICRC: Its Unique Humanitarian Mission

Speaker: Mr. Kedir Awol Omar, Head of Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in New Delhi, India (also covers Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan). He has also headed the ICRC operations in conflict affected areas like Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Nepal, Ethiopia and has worked with conflict related issues, humanitarian diplomacy and developing partnerships in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and South Africa

Chair: Amb. K.P. Fabian, Professor, Symbiosis University and Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi

The work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is based on the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional Protocols, its Statutes – and those of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement – and the resolutions of the International Conferences of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.

The ICRC is an independent, neutral organisation ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and at the same time promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law.

Obviously, it follows that humanity facing so many war and conflict situations, is deeply indebted to ICRC