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Latest opinion pieces:

The challenge of urban risk in the Americas

More than half of the world’s population lives in cities and urbanization is increasing around the globe, making vulnerability to urban risk a defining feature of ...

65th WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY - Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Statement by Dr Ayham Alomari, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Ladies and gentlemen, Distinguished guests, Thank you for the opportuni...

Statement on the occasion of the International Day against Transphobia and Homophobia

On the occasion of the International Day against Transphobia and Homophobia (17 May), the Red Cross Red Crescent reminds stakeholders all over the world that the value...

WEF Africa 2012: Ethiopia coming into the light on the world stage

WEF Africa 2012: Ethiopia coming into the light on the world stage

When I was a young boy growing up in a rural village in western Ethiopia, famine gripped my country. In 1984, when I became the secretary-general of the Ethiopian ...

Joint Statement from the Presidents of ICRC and IFRC

Today, in the Philippines, young people whose lives have been turned upside down by repeated typhoons are planting mangrove trees to protect homes from storm damage an...

Malaria: Winning the fight. Investing to save lives and sustain gains

Malaria: Winning the fight. Investing to save lives and sustain gains

It is a story that shows us what is possible when individuals and communities at all level work in partnership to scale up and sustain innovative operational ...

Recent speeches:

Development agenda must aim at transforming vulnerabilities into capacities through enhanced local capacity for sustainable development in Africa
Statement by Ms Mandisa Kalako-Williams, Pan Africa Conference Coordinator, on behalf of the IFRC, at the fourth TICAD Ministerial Follow-up Meeting, in Marrakesh
Violence against migrants, migrant workers and their families
Statement delivered by Sue Le Mesurier, Senior Policy Officer Migration, on behalf of the IFRC, at the 21st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, in Vienna
Tackling the global road safety crisis
Statement by Marwan Jilani, Head of Delegation and Permanent Observer of the IFRC Delegation to the United Nations, at the Global Road Safety Plenary Meeting in the United Nations General Assembly, in New York

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