![]() I saw children who do not have food to nourish them, nor clothing, nor any hope of ever seeing the inside of a school. In the north of Mali, people have suffered enormously from violence, reinforced by the negative impact of the climate crisis. Over this short time, two things have struck me:įirst, what level of human suffering caused by conflict and violence is tolerable? I also went to Dublin for the important declaration to limit the use of explosive weapons in populated areas. I have travelled to the north of Mali, to Washington, New York, Paris. It is a pleasure to be speaking with you this evening, my first public address since I commenced as president of the International Committee of the Red Cross.Īs president, one of my chief responsibilities is to be able to represent the needs of communities affected by conflict – to those with the power to improve their circumstances.ĭuring these first weeks I have been heavily engaged on the work of our major operations. Memories of Solferino, by Henry Dunant (edited quote) Houses were riddled with holes, shattered and ruined, and their inhabitants, who had been crouching in cellars without light or food for nearly twenty hours, were beginning to crawl out, looking stunned by the terrors they had endured. The villages bore the scars left by bombs, rockets, grenades and shells. The fields were devastated, wheat and corn flat on the ground, orchards ruined. ![]() Bodies of men covered the battlefield corpses were strewn over roads and ravines.
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