COOPERATION
Cooperation with National Societies
International Committee o the Red Cross19, avenue de la Paix1202 Geneva, Switzerland T + 41 22 734 60 01 F + 41 22 733 20 57E-mail: shop.gva@icrc.orgwww.icrc.org© ICRC, April 2007Cover photos: Thierry Gassman/ICRC, Boris Heger/ICRC, Thomas Bertelsen/ICRC.
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Each year over 500,000 people arekilled and more than 30 million eetheir homes as a result o conlict.Armed violence, and in many casesthe reugees it produces, crossesborders. War and insecurity areassociated with increasing migration,the spread o HIV/AIDS and otherepidemics, the expansion o criminalnetworks and the prolieration o humanitarian disasters. The victims o conict are not only soldiers but entirecommunities. The International Red Cross and RedCrescent Movement is present inalmost all o the world’s conict zones. Together with the InternationalCommittee o the Red Cross (ICRC)and the International Federation o Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies(International Federation), theMovement is composed o NationalSocieties rom almost all countries inthe world, with tens o millions o members and volunteers. The specicnature and autonomy o eachcomponent o the Movement is anasset because, despite their distinctresponsibilities, the components havecomplementary roles that can – andindeed must – be capitalized upon. The Movement’s components areseparate, but inseparable, becausethey are united by the emblems, theFundamental Principles and, mostimportantly, by a common humani-tarian mission. The Movement bringstogether a vast array o resources,making it the world’s largest humani-tarian network and a unique andindependent orce or humanitarianaction.Cooperation between the NationalSocieties and the ICRC dates back tothe very inception o the Movement. Today, it is one o the ICRC’s our mainprogramme areas, together with protec-tion, assistance and preventive action. The ICRC has a specic mandate anda solid experience o action in conictsituations. It shares its know-howwith National Societies and supportsmany o their activities throughcooperation programmes. The ICRC works with National Societiesin their home countries and abroad,especially in regions that are (or arelikely to be) aected by armed conict,internal strie or other situations o violence. However, the ICRC also
Cooperation
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The Red Cross, Red Crescent Movement is present on almost all of today's battlefields working to save lives and alleviate human suffering. How do the different components of such a large network work together to acheive…
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