Date : 12/2006

Country/Region : SUDAN; CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO); SWITZERLAND

Title : ICRC appeals for more than one billion Swiss francs

Duration : 00:02:56

Director : MOUCHET, Louis

Cameraman : SUTTON, Tara; CARPENTER, Morris; MOUCHET, Louis

Editor : unknown

Keyword : DISPLACED PERSON; WATER SUPPLY; RELIEF DISTRIBUTION; CAMP; INTERVIEW

Person appearing :
KRAEHENBUEHL, Pierre (director of operations, ICRC)

Confidentiality level : public

Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions

Copyright : ICRC

Production company : ICRC

ICRC producer :
none

Description : Asking for more than one billion Swiss francs to fund the ICRC’s humanitarian work in some 80 countries, Pierre Kraehenbuehl, Director of Operations, says: “I think the ICRO ‘specifically neutral and independent approach, which means that it works with all actors on the ground and attempts to respond to needs, is the specific element that we want to continue to put forward in 2007 again. In an overall worldwide environment that has been very polarised, that has put a lot of pressure on humanitarian action, we believe that is a specific added value we can bring in responding to population’s needs”. In 2007, Africa will once again account for over 40 per cent of the ICRC’s operational commitments worldwide. Sudan will constitute the largest operation for the fourth consecutive year, at an expected cost of more than 73 million Swiss francs, followed by Israel and the Palestinian territories, Iraq and
Afghanistan. These priorities reflect the ICRC’s main focus, which is to protect and assist civilians directly affected by ongoing armed conflict. The ICRC will also remain committed to.a broad range of activities in countries affected by various forms of armed violence — from simmering crises in Côte d’Ivoire, Colombia and Timor-Leste to fragile transitions in Liberia and Nepal.One of the ICRC’s top priorities in 2007 will be to establish a dialogue with all parties to conflicts and to remind them of their obligations under international humanitarian law, not least that of distinguishing between civilians and combatants.
Governments and the European Commission continue to be the ICRC's main source of funding, accounting for over 80 per cent of contributions in 2005. The largest donors last year were the governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Sweden, and the European Commission.

Original language : International soundtrack

English title : ICRC appeals for more than one billion Swiss francs

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