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** ICRC President concludes first official visit to Rwanda
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ICRC – News Release
06 May 2025
Kigali (ICRC) – The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mirjana Spoljaric, concluded her first official visit to Rwanda on Tuesday.
During her visit, President Spoljaric met with H.E. President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to discuss the humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes region and the critical role of international humanitarian law in protecting civilians and alleviating suffering. She also reaffirmed ICRC’s readiness to act as a neutral intermediary to support any humanitarian aspects of agreements reached by Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of wider peace negotiations.
While in Kigali, President Spoljaric met with staff and volunteers of the Rwanda Red Cross Society, including the organisation’s president, Mr. Wilson Karasira, and secretary-general, Mr. Apollinaire Karamaga.
The ICRC has been present in Rwanda since 1963, including during and after the 1994 genocide. Today, its work in Rwanda focuses on promoting international humanitarian law, reconnecting separated family members, and responding to the humanitarian needs created by the conflict in the Great Lakes region.
Following her visit to Rwanda, President Spoljaric will travel to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo to meet with authorities, partners, and civilians impacted by the ongoing conflict.
About the ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a neutral, impartial and independent organization with an exclusively humanitarian mandate that stems from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It helps people around the world affected by armed conflict and other violence, doing everything it can to protect their lives and dignity and to relieve their suffering, often alongside its Red Cross and Red Crescent partners.
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