Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan: International Committee of Red Cross

10:00 am

Mr. Franz Rauchenstein:

Many of the activities we carried out were carried out hand in hand with the South Sudan Red Cross, which is also the youngest national society worldwide that has, for the time being, a rather limited capacity. We integrated teams, worked with and empowered them to carry out their own projects in conflict-affected areas. We hope to contribute to a stronger national society. We are investing much energy and - it must be said - funds in forming what are called emergency action teams, which are rapidly able to intervene in case of disaster, whether man-made or natural, in order to support victims. This is something we are committed to, together with participating national societies from other parts of the world.