31st International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Archive

  • Violence is fascinating. This dark face of human nature is a frequent source of inspiration. Since its release in 1971, Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange” still remains one of the most controversial movies in cinema history because of its crude “ultraviolent” content...

    Violence in video games: how far can we go?

    Posted on December 2, 2011 | No Comments
    Violence is fascinating. This dark face of human nature is a frequent source of inspiration. Since its release in 1971, Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange” still remains one of the most controversial movies in cinema history because of its crude “ultraviolent” content...

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  • Today, during the 31st International Conference, the Red Cross Red Crescent is launching a pioneer report that calls society to support and protect all volunteers. “Promote. Protect. Recognize. Volunteering in emergencies” - the message could not be stronger and more straight-forward than this. Nowadays people may easily wonder what makes a person decide to give their free time to volunteering...

    Returning the favour: “Protect. Promote. Recognize. Volunteering in emergencies.”

    Posted on December 1, 2011 | No Comments
    Today, during the 31st International Conference, the Red Cross Red Crescent is launching a pioneer report that calls society to support and protect all volunteers. “Promote. Protect. Recognize. Volunteering in emergencies” - the message could not be stronger and more straight-forward than this. Nowadays people may easily wonder what makes a person decide to give their free time to volunteering...

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  • About 50 years ago, my father made the choice to leave because he faced hunger and war. He found courage to leave everyone and everything that mattered to him behind, facing two months in the basement of a ship to get to an unknown place where people spoke an unknown language...

    Migration: Should I stay or should I go?

    Posted on November 28, 2011 | No Comments
    About 50 years ago, my father made the choice to leave because he faced hunger and war. He found courage to leave everyone and everything that mattered to him behind, facing two months in the basement of a ship to get to an unknown place where people spoke an unknown language...

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  • Today during the 18th Session of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent General Assembly one of the key topics for the global agenda is road safety. That road crashes are a major cause of death is no news, particularly in low and middle-income countries, for they account for more than 85% of global deaths from road traffic crashes. Figures are astonishing: an estimated 1.3 million people worldwide are killed each year on the roads...

    A Rough Road Ahead

    Posted on November 24, 2011 | No Comments
    Today during the 18th Session of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent General Assembly one of the key topics for the global agenda is road safety. That road crashes are a major cause of death is no news, particularly in low and middle-income countries, for they account for more than 85% of global deaths from road traffic crashes. Figures are astonishing: an estimated 1.3 million people worldwide are killed each year on the roads...

    Continue Reading...