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Pan-African Conference of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Dakar, 21–23 November 1988)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
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The Pan-African Conference of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies took place in Dakar from 21 to 23 November 1988 under the chairmanship of the President of the Senegalese Red Cross, Mrs. Siga Seye Coulibaly. It was attended by representatives of 40 African and 12 other National Societies, of the League and of the ICRC.
The ICRC delegation was composed of Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga, President; Mr. Yves Sandoz, Director of the Department of Principles, Law and Relations with the Movement; Mr. Thierry Germond, responsible for the regional delegations in Africa; Mr. Friedrich Steinemann, as future regional delegate in Lagos; and Mrs. Marguerite Contat, regional delegate in Lomé.
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- In the Red Cross and Red Crescent World
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- International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 29 , Issue 268 , February 1989 , pp. 71 - 73
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- Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1989
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