
Eloi Fillion
@efillionicrc
@ICRC Head of Delegation in Brussels
Previously leading operations in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Sudan and more.
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http://www.icrc.org 12-06-2017 12:38:23
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Very intersting discussion at Italy at NATO with Eloi Fillion on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and Gaza. Italy is engaged in alleviating civilian sufferings in war areas and value the hard work of ICRC in advocating the respect of international law.



📍 Iran | We are appalled by the killing of three aid workers from the Iranian Red Crescent Society (Iranian Red Crescent Society) while they were carrying out their humanitarian work. Our condolences go out to their families, friends, and colleagues.


Iranian Red Crescent Society 📍 Israel | Over the last days, multiple volunteers of Magen David Adom (Magen David Adom) were injured while working to save the lives of others. Medical volunteers and other humanitarian workers save lives and should be able to do so in safety.



Civilians in Gaza are continuing to suffer. Carrie Garavan, a British Red Cross 🧡 nurse working at the Red Cross Field Hospital in Rafah, shared her harrowing account of the last few days 👇🏽






Thanks to EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 for supporting our prevention work and dialogue with States and armed groups on their #IHL obligations.



"If what we see in Gaza, Sudan, eastern Congo, and Ukraine is the future of war, then there is reason to be deeply concerned about the abandonment of the most basic rules.”, Pierre Krähenbühl, ICRC's director general, shared with Le Monde in English. Read more 👉🏽 ms.spr.ly/6019SfCyL

