‘You are safe’
For migrants lost in the middle of the sea, after fleeing persecution and war, these three words mean all the world.
At the 25th United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Hiroshima, Japan, Movement representatives emphasized the need for governments to take urgent action to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons through a binding international agreement. “Nuclear weapons and their terrible humanitarian consequences threaten the existence of each and every one of us,” IFRC President Tadateru Konoe told the gathering.
Teams of online volunteers support aid workers and communities facing the Covid-19 pandemic and other tough humanitarian problems.