Summary
International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer addresses the Press Club by talking about their advocacies, current initiatives and their thoughts on the pressing humanitarian issues hounding Australia, the Pacific region and the rest of the world.
The speech continues. . .
Grabs
- International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer, who says that he is urging everyone to do more to help vulnerable refugees and we need to work differently. . . that ICRC is concerned about how countries can eliminate its war on people, adding they are willing to talk to all sides of the problem aiming to solve every issue. . . that their organisation has completed a new research tackling the factors that lead to restraint in wars which provided them unprecedented evidence that it can be stopped in many ways. . . that they extend their thanks to ADF Chief Lieutenant General Angus Campbell for helping them in the research. . . that they were able to launch the Humanitarian Impact Bond aimed at creating a capital stream for new physical rehabilitation centres in Nigeria, Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo. . . that they are set to launch new mechanisms to help the poorest of the poor and vulnerable communities to gain skills which they can use for future employment. . . that they are also investing in various cybersecurity measures, hoping that cyber attacks will be lessened in the future.
Refers To
- National Press Club of Australia
- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
- Australian Red Cross
- Royal Military College, Duntroon
- Australian Defence Force (ADF)