Guatemala City/Prensa Latina
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Monday praised the International Committee of the Red Cross for its tireless work in protecting human dignity in the darkest moments.
At an event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the president stressed the importance of a system that establishes effective limits on the forms of violence and addresses the consequences that this has on people.
“This is a fundamental principle that is consistent with our constitutional search for the common good and with the principle of peace, the cornerstone of the work of this government,” the head of state stressed.
He noted that the International Committee of the Red Cross is active not only on battlefields but also in assisting migrants at sea, supporting families of missing migrants, and working for the dignity of those detained.
The 65-year-old politician explained that our Presidential and Human Rights Commission has the task of contributing to forging reconciliation in society, so as to consolidate peace and prevent the return of conditions of violence.
He reaffirmed his commitment to limit the effects of violence and to safeguard human dignity, and added that we will continue to move forward with institutions that remind us that differences between people, whether political or social, must be resolved through peaceful means.
At the National Palace of Culture (seat of the Government), the standard-bearer of the Movimiento Semilla party and former diplomat, mentioned the actions they carry out internally and emphasized those at the international level.
We believe in a global system founded on respect for humanitarian law, in which the best use of military force is to maintain peace and to help countries seeking to find their way out of conflict.
That is why, Arévalo said, we are working in foreign policy to strengthen multilateral institutions and we are providing more contingents of Army elements to stabilization missions.
The President of Guatemala reaffirmed the commitment to move towards a world without violence and peace.
The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, called on Monday for the 1949 Geneva Conventions to be made a political priority.
These treaties of international humanitarian law, according to experts, represent a great success in many respects: they save lives, they prohibit torture, sexual violence; however, they are under a lot of pressure.
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