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Yves Daccord

Stephen Sackur speaks to Yves Daccord, Director General of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Is the Red Cross model of neutral intervention broken beyond repair?

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?

30 minutes

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Mon 5 Jan 201521:30GMT
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