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தோழர்களே,

ICRC (ஐ.சி.ஆர்.சி) என்பது போரில் பலியானவர்கள், வஞ்சகம் செய்யப்பட்டவர்கள், இன்னல்களிற் சிக்கினவர்கள், பிறரின் தாக்குதலுக்கு உட்பட்டவர்-கள், வன்முறைக்கு உள்ளானவர்கள், இவ்வகையான மனிதர்களின் வாழ்வு, வசிப்பிடம், கண்ணியம் மற்றும் தன்மானத்தை காக்க உதவும் மற்றும் துணைப்புரியும் ஓர் அமைப்பாகும்.

அவர்களை போரில் பாதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ள தமிழர்களின் உடைமைகளும், உரிமைகளும் பாதுகாக்கப்பட அவர்களுக்கு விரைவாக உதவிடவும் நாம் கோரிக்கை வைப்போம். கீழ்கண்ட மின்னஞ்சல்-களுக்கு நம்முடைய கோரிக்கையை வைப்போம்.

Organization whose humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.

1. Context

Contemporary armed conflicts – most of them non-international – are becoming ever more complex. To a greater or lesser degree, they form part of the increasingly visible globalization which affects economies and communication. This globalization is provoking resistance, as social and economic inequality continues and efforts are made to promote a “one size fits all” development model. Trends towards polarization and radicalization are emerging, both at international level and within nation States. The frequency of acts of terror, and the increased efforts of States to combat this phenomenon, add a new dimension to local, national and regional conflicts, and to the maintenance of security.

The enforcement of the law, and compliance with it, are undermined by the weakness of the State in many situations and by the involvement in conflict of numerous non-State actors, both national and transnational.

Fighting displaces civilians, exposes them to ill-treatment and separates them from their families. Furthermore, they suffer long-term effects when resources essential to their survival are destroyed. People deprived of their freedom are exposed to abuse of power. The threats facing these people and groups also affect the humanitarian organizations that strive to help them.

Independent humanitarian action as the ICRC understands the term is hence a major challenge, given the current trends towards polarization and the plethora of organizations that claim to be humanitarian, often while operating in very different ways.


2. The ICRC: a standard-setting organization in the field of independent humanitarian action


The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the Movement in situations of conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

The ICRC sees its independence and neutrality as guaranteeing the organization’s availability to properly fulfil the universal mandate that the international community has conferred upon it. This readiness is also reflected in the ICRC’s willingness to maintain contact with all who influence conflicts and their human consequences.


3. Strategic choices


The International Committee of the Red Cross intends to work towards achieving the following goals:

Universal, sustained action, working alongside the victims of conflict


It is the ICRC’s vocation to act wherever it is needed. In this endeavour the ICRC will – while listening carefully to what others have to say:

develop the means required to obtain access to the victims of armed conflict and internal violence at all times and in all places, and to protect and assist them;
develop its capacity to analyse armed conflict worldwide, in order to identify and anticipate humanitarian needs and respond to them effectively;
maintain optimum operational capacity by recruiting motivated and duly trained personnel, by obtaining funding from a wide range of sources and by using it in a manner respectful of the ICRC’s mandate;
take the safety of its personnel into account during operations;
verify that it is achieving its aims in an efficient manner and that it is identifying and managing the risks inherent to its activities in accordance with a clear set of responsibilities.

International humanitarian law: the foundation of our work

International humanitarian law (IHL) is the universally accepted legal framework that forms the basis of the ICRC’s protection and assistance activities. As an authority in the field of IHL, the ICRC intends to:
enhance the relevance of IHL by making this branch of law better known, by promoting compliance with it and by helping to clarify and develop it, to ensure that it continues to adequately cover the changing nature of conflict;
clarify the scope and application of humanitarian law, especially with regard to internal conflicts, drawing on customary humanitarian law.
Cooperation as a route to more effective action
If the international community is to help the victims of conflict – or disaster – it must consult, cooperate and coordinate. The ICRC is fully aware of this requirement. Without endangering its independence or neutrality, the ICRC intends to take the following action to render its humanitarian efforts more effective:

continue to cooperate with actors and organizations that share its vision of independent humanitarian activity, setting up consultation means that lend additional credibility to humanitarian endeavour as a whole;
fulfil its role within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, in accordance with the Movement’s rules and principles concerning cooperation.
Communication for the benefit of war victims
Our world is one of interaction. However, it is also a world in which information is distorted and manipulated. This being the case, the ICRC needs a clear communication policy, to help it protect and assist people affected by armed conflict by influencing the attitudes and decisions of those who decide their fate. The ICRC is determined to continue its work in all the different cultures of the world and, by always being open to dialogue, to learn from the contexts in which it operates. The ICRC will therefore:

influence humanitarian action and debate in the direction that will most directly help the victims of conflict;
formulate global and regional strategies that will ensure the ICRC is understood, recognized and accepted by the victims themselves and by all who use armed force or other forms of armed violence;
by so doing, create a clear image of the ICRC as a universal and independent humanitarian organization, whose sole mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.

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