Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The ICRC first established a presence in the GCC countries in Kuwait during the 1990–1991 Gulf War, with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The organization signed country host agreements with the ministries of foreign affairs of the UAE and Qatar in In July 2022 and March 2023 respectively. The ICRC has also maintained a presence in Oman since 2015 and Saudi Arabia since 2017, with activities across all six...| International Committee of the Red Cross
During the two day visit, Krähenbühl met with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs Xavier Bettel. Krähenbühl and the ICRC’s Head of Delegation in Luxembourg also met for the first time with the Grand-Duchy’s Parliament’s President Claude Wiseler, and Gusty Graas, President of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. They also met with Michel Simonis, the Director General of the Lu...| International Committee of the Red Cross
Contemporary armed conflicts show, in appalling and devastating ways, that IHL faces enormous challenges in providing effective and meaningful protection for affected people. To reverse this downward spiral of disrespect for IHL and despair, in September 2024, the ICRC launched – together with Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, and South Africa - a global initiative to galvanize political commitment to IHL. This initiative will culminate in a landmark meeting to uphold humanity in w...| International Committee of the Red Cross
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States and other parties to armed conflict have an obligation to "respect and to ensure respect for" international humanitarian law "in all circumstances".| International Committee of the Red Cross