Memo: Partners in solidarity: support of the European Commission for the International Committee of the Red Cross

Hands-on solidarity and compassion are the most effective and self-sustaining antidotes to the impact of conflicts and the suffering they create. Since its birth 150 years ago, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has stood as a global symbol of this compassion and solidarity.

A champion of peace itself, the European Union shares with the ICRC the same strong commitment and values and the honour of being recognised with the Nobel Prize for Peace. For more than 30 years now the European Commission has leaned in with financial, political and policy support to The Red Cross's family's work in the service of humanity.

• Primary Source

European Commission: RAPID: Speech, SPEECH/13/860: Statement by President Barroso following his meeting with Peter Maurer, President of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-860_en.pdf

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