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Director General of the International Red Cross - Yves Daccord

Director General of the International Red Cross - Yves Daccord

Is the Red Cross model of scrupulously neutral intervention broken beyond repair?

The Interview · BBC World Service

December 19, 201423m 21s

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Show Notes

The International Red Cross doesn't take sides; it prioritises field operations over political grandstanding. It's the humanitarian organisation that reaches the conflict zones others fail to reach. Or is it? Hardtalk speaks to Yves Daccord, Director General of the ICRC. From Syria to South Sudan, is the Red Cross model of scrupulously neutral intervention broken beyond repair?

Picture: Yves Daccord, Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross