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Handling the tragedy in Novye Atagi — The Norwegian Red Cross experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg
Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg*
Affiliation:
President, Norwegian Red Cross
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In the following pages I will give an account on how the Norwegian Red Cross reacted to the tragic killing of six ICRC delegates in Chechnya in December 1996. Then was the time for action; now is the time for reflection.

For the Movement as a whole it is vital that we now focus on the security issue as it affects our Red Cross/Red Crescent workers. At the same time, we must never let evil acts like this paralyse our ability to operate in conflict areas.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 37 , Special Issue 318: The Convention on Bacteriological (Biological) Weapons: 25 Years On , June 1997 , pp. 312 - 318
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1997

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