ICRC to fortify humanitarian activities in Bangladesh
Thursday, 25 November 2010
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will strengthen its humanitarian activities in Bangladesh, reports UNB.
The ICRC now will have full-fledged presence in the country through establishment of its own delegation in Dhaka.
This was agreed Wednesday through signing of the headquarters agreement between the government and the ICRC at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes signed the agreement on behalf of Bangladesh while the ICRC side was represented by Christoph Vogt, head of the ICRC delegation in Dhaka.
Since the liberation war in 1971, the Geneva-based global humanitarian organisation has provided humanitarian protection and support to disaster affected people in Bangladesh and in alleviating human sufferings, often in close cooperation with the country's Red Crescent Society.
The ICRC now will have full-fledged presence in the country through establishment of its own delegation in Dhaka.
This was agreed Wednesday through signing of the headquarters agreement between the government and the ICRC at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes signed the agreement on behalf of Bangladesh while the ICRC side was represented by Christoph Vogt, head of the ICRC delegation in Dhaka.
Since the liberation war in 1971, the Geneva-based global humanitarian organisation has provided humanitarian protection and support to disaster affected people in Bangladesh and in alleviating human sufferings, often in close cooperation with the country's Red Crescent Society.