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Appeals by the International Committee—For the benefit of the victims of the Nigeria-Biafra conflict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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We quote below the text of an appeal launched by the ICRC, above the signature of its President, Mr. S. A. Gonard, to the Nigerian and Biafran representatives to the Peace Conference which started in Kampala on May 23, 1968.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 8 , Issue 87 , June 1968 , pp. 295 - 300
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1968

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page 298 note 1 Plate.—The ICRC gives aid to the wounded and ensures the distribution of powdered milk.

page 299 note 1 i.e. Australia, Cameroon, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, German Federal Republic, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Kenya, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S.A.

page 299 note 2 ICRC delegate Jacques de Heller went to several Scandinavian countries and to the UK at the beginning of May to give the alert on the urgency of assisting the victims of the war in Nigeria.

page 300 note 1 Plate—Medicines and vitamins for Biafra being loaded aboard an airplane.