International Committee of the Red Cross

the Australian Flag? (Greeting) Firstly, our current flag has the Union Jack which is located in the upper-left canton and in the fly there is the Southern Cross. In the lower-left canton The Commonwealth star is situated. This star represents the six original states of Australia and the 7th point represents the territories. The Southern Cross represents Australia’s position in the Southern Hemisphere. My purpose in speaking to you is to justify why we must change our National Flag. As you can…

Did you know the largest Canadian flag ever made according to Flying Colours International was recently unveiled at a football game in Hamilton. Game was between Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts. The flag was 38 metres by 76 metres, and required at least 80 pairs of hands to carry it on to the field. This flag will never fly, it's too big, but it will be brought on to the turf at Ivor Wynne Stadium, the Tiger cat's home base, for the start of every home game. A flag that size costs…

organization that played a major role during this time was the International Committee of the Red Cross. In the film, one of the doctors from the Red Cross helped to get several orphaned refugees to safety and later helped to reunite Paul and his family with their two nieces. Later in the film, some of the refugees had been brought to the Tutsi Rebel camp where they were offered food and shelter as well as medical care provided by the Red Cross. One may argue that the involvement of these…

• The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement proposed a resolution at the Council of Delegates in 2011 in support of the elimination of nuclear weapons. This was adopted by 186 national societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) • The HINW initiative began with a conference in Oslo, Norway in March 2013, attended by 128 countries. o The UN agencies addressing the conference were very clear that they would not be able to effectively respond to the humanitarian…

1. NAVY’S UPDATED TRANSGENDER POLICY – THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW. Secretary of Defense, Mr. Ashton Carter, announced on June 30, 2016, that transgender Service Members can now serve openly in the military. No Service Member may be involuntarily separated, discharged, denied reenlistment, or continuation of service solely on the basis of gender identity or an expressed intent to transition gender. • As of October 1, 2016, transgender Sailors are authorized to begin the process to officially…

scarce resources, rapid economic modernization, ethnic rivalries, religious intolerance, bad governance and misuse of resources, arbitrary national boundaries imposed by colonial powers, political-military groups by outside powers, erosion of the international architecture created during the Cold War to the lack of democracy and human rights and high-level of corruption. Armed conflicts in Sub Saharan Africa have - along with large population of displaced people and refugees and HIV/AIDS…

In order to understand the relationship between international humanitarian law and international human rights law, the foundation, development and overall intention of these separate sets of laws must be explored. International Humanitarian Law or IHL, is a set of international rules that has been established by treaties or customs for the intention of solving the humanitarian problems that arise directly from international or non-international armed conflicts. This universal body of law began…

The origin of torture dates back to 530 A.D. when the Romans used interrogated slaves and lower-class citizens. Today, there are international and domestic laws against the use of torture during interrogations. The United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment defines torture as “any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person…

Life, Death and Hope in a Port Au Prince Undercity Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is a novel based on the residents of Annawadi, an overcrowded, squalid slum near Mumbai, India. Annawadi has a population of about 4,000, but it is very densely populated. It has a high unemployment rate, unsanitary conditions, little access to clean water or electricity, and an unfathomable level of poverty. Behind the Beautiful Forevers is written by…

A month before her first child was born, Grace started a yearly christmas party for all the children of Monaco. She was also the president of Red Cross, she also became president of “AMADE”, a group that helps undeveloped countries with education and medicine. She was a wonderful women and very helpful to the world and everyone in it. After the birth of her youngest child, it was heard that Grace…