Discursos y artículos de opinión

Breaking the growing spiral of HIV and AIDS in Europe and Central Asia

Breaking the growing spiral of HIV and AIDS in Europe and Central Asia

Today, Red Cross Red Crescent Societies and countries worldwide mark World AIDS Day, using the theme Getting to Zero, which is the slogan of the Global AIDS Campaign ...

The Horn of Africa deserves our commitment even when the drought has passed

The Horn of Africa deserves our commitment even when the drought has passed

Throughout October and into November, good rains have reached much of the arid lands of the Horn of Africa, and it is now possible to talk about the end of the drought.

Weather extremes and disaster: betting with the odds

Statement from Bekele Geleta,  Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Poker players like to say that if you 'bet with the...

Building resilience to drought is key to reducing dependence on food aid

Building resilience to drought is key to reducing dependence on food aid

Throughout this autumn, in Addis Ababa, Nairobi and capitals across the world, the Heads of East African governments have committed to eradicating drought emergencies,

Why the world’s youth are key to reducing the impact of disasters

Why the world’s youth are key to reducing the impact of disasters

This year alone, we have witnessed disasters on an unprecedented scale - the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan, devastating floods in Pakistan and Australia, ...

Un mundo de hambre en medio de la abundancia

Un mundo de hambre en medio de la abundancia

En la gama de problemas cada vez más amplia que afrontamos, pocos me desvelan más que uno de los más viejos y persistentes: el hambre.

Prevention is an urgent priority in tackling the global epidemic of Non-Communicable Diseases

Prevention is an urgent priority in tackling the global epidemic of Non-Communicable Diseases

With the onset of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, infectious diseases and their impact on humankind have become a major preoccupation for the public, governments ...

Red Cross Red Crescent Movement deplores the death of a Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer and calls for better protection of volunteers and humanitarian workers

16 September 2011, Geneva - The Movement of the Red Cross Red Crescent is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Hakam Sibai, one of three first aiders who succumbed...

Don’t blame it on the rain

Don’t blame it on the rain

Is the Horn of Africa facing the worst drought in sixty years? Perhaps. Yet, in recent decades, many things have changed in the region, and the underlying causes of ...

Preparing for Disasters: Our Collective Responsibilities

Preparing for Disasters: Our Collective Responsibilities

“It’s not enough to respond to disasters, we must reduce their impact and get people out of harm’s way” says Nilofar Bakhtiar, Chairperson, Pakistan Red Crescent Society

Horn of Africa:  A letter from Turkana, northern Kenya

Horn of Africa: A letter from Turkana, northern Kenya

Aid agencies typically use malnutrition rates of 15 per cent to define an emergency. In parts of Turkana in Northern Kenya, the rates are 37 per cent.

The birth of a new nation poses challenges for internal and international partnerships

The birth of a new nation poses challenges for internal and international partnerships

We are on the verge of seeing the birth of a new African nation, one that will have emerged through the will of its people.

Politics, war, migration: the anatomy of a humanitarian crisis

By Alexander Matheou Another drought has hit the Horn of Africa, but we need to look beyond the lack of rain to find the reasons why these long, dry seasons become...

Sida y derechos humanos: prueba de una sociedad humana

Sida y derechos humanos: prueba de una sociedad humana

Si la forma en que son tratados los miembros más vulnerables y marginados de una comunidad es la prueba de una sociedad humana, entonces, la estamos perdiendo.

Early warning, delayed response?

Early warning, delayed response?

Is providing food during a drought always the right course of action? It’s a familiar question to humanitarians the world over, and there’s no clear answer.

Mediterranean tragedies highlight the need to safeguard the rights and requirements of migrants

Matthias Schmale, Under Secretary General for Development, International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent (IFRC). The International Federation of Red...

Disasters are not a department: to reduce risk, we must empower communities

Disasters are not a department: to reduce risk, we must empower communities

“Do something!” This simple message is the first one that governments hear when terrible events such as the earthquakes in Japan and Haiti appear in the news.

Humanitarian work and technological disasters

Humanitarian work and technological disasters

For many years, it was said that the next Chernobyl would be Chernobyl. The creaking sarcophagus seemed to be the world’s biggest risk of a civilian nuclear accident.

Malaria: Real progress through real partnership

By Bekele Geleta, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) The global community has made real progress in the...

A challenge to the imagination, an appeal to the conscience

A challenge to the imagination, an appeal to the conscience

On 11 March, a massive earthquake, measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale, struck Japan’s Sanriku coast. Then came the tsunami, cresting at more than 38 metres high and ...

Towards a world free of tuberculosis

Towards a world free of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis kills 15 people every hour. Between now and 2015, more than 10 million people will die from a disease that is both preventable and curable.

La problemática mundial del agua y la brecha urbana

La problemática mundial del agua y la brecha urbana

La escasez de agua en el mundo no es ninguna novedad, pero hoy en día, el acceso al agua y el saneamiento mejorado es uno de los mayores problemas en los contextos ...

Haiti – paving the road to a better future

Bekele Geleta, Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies In Haiti today, one year after a deadly quake struck, as many as 1...

La Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja es la mayor organización humanitaria del mundo, con 187 sociedades miembros. Siendo uno de los componentes del Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, nuestra labor se rige por los siete principios fundamentales: humanidad, imparcialidad, neutralidad, independencia, voluntariado, unidad y universalidad.