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ICRC President Cornelio Sommaruga began his keynote address to the 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent by saying: “The world is weighed down by the victims of too many tragedies.”1
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President Sommaruga’s address is reprinted in the International Review of the Red Cross no. 310 (January-February 1996), p. 20.
Beatrice Megevand, “ICRC Action in Mexico,” International Review of the Red Cross no. 304 (January-February 1995), p. 105.
Cornelia Sommaruga, “Strengthening the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance,” International Review of the Red Cross no. 304 (January-February 1995), p. 85.
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Berry, N.O. (1997). A New Contract of Humanity. In: War and the Red + Cross. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11472-3_8
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