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Director General of the International Red Cross - Yves Daccord
From Syria to South Sudan, is the Red Cross model of scrupulously neutral intervention broken beyond repair?
The International Red Cross doesn't take sides; it prioritises field operations over political grandstanding. It's the humanitarian organisation that reaches the conflict zones others fail to reach. Or is it? Hardtalk speaks to Yves Daccord, Director General of the ICRC. From Syria to South Sudan, is the Red Cross model of scrupulously neutral intervention broken beyond repair?
Picture: Yves Daccord, Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross
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Fri 19 Dec 201420:05GMT
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