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INDEX OF SPEECHES DELIVERED ON BEHALF OF THE IFRC SINCE 1 JANUARY 2001
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31 December 2008
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Climate Change and the Environment

Climate Change and Health - IFRC perspective
Western Pacific Regional Office of WHO, 17 June 2008, Manila

Climate Change and Coordination
Framework Convention on CC, 4 June 2008, Bonn

Climate Change and Health

World Health Organisation, 22 May 2008, Geneva

Risk reduction and the human cost of climate change
World Meteorological Organisation, 25 March 2008, Geneva

Climate Change: the UN and the world at work
UN General Assembly, 13 February 2008, New York

Disaster Management


Amateur radio and disasters
GAREC Amateur Radio Conference, 27 June 2008, Friedrichshafen

Role of Civil Protection Systems
Civil Protection Conference, 25 June 2008, Geneva

World Food Security
FAO High Level Conference, 5 June 2008, in Rome

Global Food Crisis
UN Economic and Social Council, 20 May 2008, New York

Myanmar and Cyclone Nargis
ASEAN-UN International Pledging Conference, 25 May 2008, Yangon

European Food Aid Programme (PEAD)
EC Directorate General of Agriculture, 11 April 2008, Brussels

Increasing the efficiency of disaster management
European Parliament, 29 January 2008, Brussels

Health and Community Care


HIV - Realizing Commitments
UN General Assembly, 11 June 2008, New York

HIV TB Global Leaders Forum
Global Leaders Forum, 9 June 2008, New York

HIV and AIDS: men and women as care-givers
UN Commission on the Status of Women, 25 February 2008, New York

Health Promotion - Club 25
World Health Assembly, 23 May 2008, Geneva

Health in the Millennium Development Goals
World Health Assembly, 22 May 2008, Geneva

Climate Change and Health
World Health Assembly, 22 May 2008, Geneva

Global Immunisation Strategy
World Health Assembly, 21 May 2008, Geneva

Health - The Ends and the Means
World Health Assembly, 21 May 2008, Geneva

African poverty and development priorities
TICAD preparatory meeting, 21 March 2008, Libreville

MDGs - getting on track to achieve them by 2015
UN General Assembly, 4 April 2008, New York

Drugs demand reduction
UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 12 March 2008, Vienna

Narcotic Drugs: IFRC perspective
UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 11 March 2008, Vienna

Humanitarian drug policy
Barcelona Congress on Drug Policy, 5 March 2008

Global Road Safety Crisis
UN General Assembly, 31 March 2008, New York

Health and Partnerships
WHO Executive Board, 24 January 2008, Geneva

Migration, Refugees and Population Movement issues

Human Rights and Migration
UN Human Rights Council, 13 March 2008, Geneva

Migrant workers, people trafficking, xenophobia and human rights
Inter-Parliamentary Union, 15 April 2008, Cape Town

Human Trafficking and organised crime
UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 14 April 2008, Vienna

Human Trafficking
UN GIFT, 15 February 2008, Vienna

Migration and Europe: European Red Cross perspective
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, 7 March 2008, Brussels

Principles and Values

Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, intolerance
UN Human Rights Council, 17 June 2008, Geneva

Promotion of a culture of tolerance
Italian Red Cross workshop, 8 June 2008, in Rome

International Women's Day 2008
Statement by the Secretary General, 8 March 2008

Ending Female Genital Mutilitation
Conference debate, 6 February 2008, Geneva

Emblem protection

Trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications
World Intellectual Property Organisation, 22 May 2002, Geneva

Misuse of Red Cross Red Crescent emblems in the internet
World Intellectual Property Organisation, 29 November 2001, Geneva

Humanitarian diplomacy

Humanitarian Diplomacy
Geneva Health Diplomacy dinner, 26 June 2008, Geneva

Human Security: Peace and Good Governance
TICAD 4, 29 May 2008, Yokohama

Today's Solferinos
New York University, 5 March 2008, New York

Multistakeholders in the classical diplomacy of the future
International University of Geneva, 12 March 2007

Multistakeholder diplomacy in the spirit of Geneva
Webster University Humanitarian Conference, 15 February 2007, Geneva

Diplomacy and Small States
International Conference on Diplomacy and Small States, 9 February 2007, Malta

Organisational Development

Partnering for Volunteering
UNDP Executive Board, 25 June 2008, Geneva

Young people: participating but with fewer opportunities
European Commission, 3 March 2008, Brussels




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