Aid agency says ready to tackle looming humanitarian challenges
Aid agency says ready to tackle looming humanitarian challenges
09:56, November 26, 2009 
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has said it is ready and determined to lead the way in tackling today's most important humanitarian challenges.
In a joint statement in Nairobi on Wednesday at the conclusion of the first-ever International Red Cross and Red Crescent Council of Delegates held in Africa, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's leaders from more than 180 countries called on the governments and other stakeholders to join forces with the movement to help improve the lives of the most vulnerable.
The council said that the movement, as the world's largest humanitarian network, would continue to push decision-makers to prioritize the welfare of those worst affected by today's humanitarian crises.
It also stressed in a joint statement that the movement's commitment to Africa, underlining that humanitarian challenges on the Continent need to be tackled from a global perspective.
"The council said that the movement would work as one to promote solutions and sustainable progress in Africa based on a common sense of responsibility and with a view to ensuring that African communities can make the difference by and for themselves.
The council warned that climate change has become a major driver of weather disasters, affecting millions of people worldwide, and called for a greater investment in risk reduction, community resilience and disaster preparedness as key strategies for climate change adaptation.
"Climate change along with war, violence and poverty have forced tens of millions of people to leave their homes and join the ranks of the internally displaced," the statement said.
"A new policy adopted by the council of delegates commits the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to taking steps to prevent internal displacement and, where that is impossible, to provide lasting support to the displaced and the communities that host them."
Meeting 150 years after the battle of Solferino, which led to the creation of movement, the council expressed its solidarity with all those struggling to cope with "today's Solferinos", whether it is the suffering caused by armed conflicts, natural disasters, poverty, climate change or the current global economic crisis.
It met from Nov. 23-25 in Nairobi, Kenya where the council expressed the determination of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to help and speak up for tens of millions of migrants seeking a better life outside their home countries, including those living outside or at the margins of conventional health, social and legal systems.
Source: Xinhua
In a joint statement in Nairobi on Wednesday at the conclusion of the first-ever International Red Cross and Red Crescent Council of Delegates held in Africa, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's leaders from more than 180 countries called on the governments and other stakeholders to join forces with the movement to help improve the lives of the most vulnerable.
The council said that the movement, as the world's largest humanitarian network, would continue to push decision-makers to prioritize the welfare of those worst affected by today's humanitarian crises.
It also stressed in a joint statement that the movement's commitment to Africa, underlining that humanitarian challenges on the Continent need to be tackled from a global perspective.
"The council said that the movement would work as one to promote solutions and sustainable progress in Africa based on a common sense of responsibility and with a view to ensuring that African communities can make the difference by and for themselves.
The council warned that climate change has become a major driver of weather disasters, affecting millions of people worldwide, and called for a greater investment in risk reduction, community resilience and disaster preparedness as key strategies for climate change adaptation.
"Climate change along with war, violence and poverty have forced tens of millions of people to leave their homes and join the ranks of the internally displaced," the statement said.
"A new policy adopted by the council of delegates commits the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to taking steps to prevent internal displacement and, where that is impossible, to provide lasting support to the displaced and the communities that host them."
Meeting 150 years after the battle of Solferino, which led to the creation of movement, the council expressed its solidarity with all those struggling to cope with "today's Solferinos", whether it is the suffering caused by armed conflicts, natural disasters, poverty, climate change or the current global economic crisis.
It met from Nov. 23-25 in Nairobi, Kenya where the council expressed the determination of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to help and speak up for tens of millions of migrants seeking a better life outside their home countries, including those living outside or at the margins of conventional health, social and legal systems.
Source: Xinhua
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