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The Red Cross as a Factor for World Peace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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One of the most important questions to be dealt with by the XXth International Conference of the Red Cross was the item on its agenda entitled “The Red Cross as a Factor for World Peace”. This no doubt traditional subject which has for a long time engaged the attention of International Conferences, is now more topical than ever in view of present-day circumstances.

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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 6 , Issue 61 , April 1966 , pp. 175 - 192
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1966

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page 177 note 1 Concerning the ICRC's role during this crisis, the Council of Delegates, at its meeting during the Centenary Congress in 1963, adopted the following resolution (No. XXIV):

The Council of Delegates,

— after having taken cognizance of the conditions in which the International Committee of the Red Cross was invited by the United Nations Organisation, with the agreement of the parties concerned, to intervene in the Cuba incident,

— considering it is desirable that the Committee respond to the call made upon it simultaneously by States in conflict to act as intermediary or assist in the proper discharge of the obligations they have undertaken, thus contributing to the maintenance of peace,

— approves the action taken by the International Committee in the Cuba incident and congratulates it for having accomplished that action.

page 180 note 1 A recent example of this type of contribution is the part played by the ICRC during the Santo Domingo crisis. The ICRC intervened in favour of concluding a truce in order to gather the wounded and bury the dead. As a result of this truce, hostilities ceased for a long time.

page 187 note 1 See Revue Internationale, English supplements for February, July, August, 11, 1951.Google Scholar

page 188 note 1 Several National Societies have also adopted this motto.