He International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced this Monday that it will abandon its humanitarian mission in Managua at the direct request of the Government of Nicaragua.
Since 2018, the Red Cross arrived in Nicaragua, where its mission focused on exclusively humanitarian objectives, it explained in a statement.
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By January 2019, the ICRC established its office in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, and two months later formalized an agreement with the Government of Nicaragua to visit detainees.
The ICRC defended that its actions in Nicaragua focused on three main areas of work.
Among them, supporting the Nicaraguan Red Cross to provide services to restore contact between family members and to strengthen its humanitarian work in favor of the most vulnerable people.
As well as preventing and addressing humanitarian consequences of the deprivation of liberty; and training activities on international humanitarian law, the legal framework applicable to tasks in which armed and security forces participate, and international human rights law.
“As it does in more than 80 countries, the work carried out by the ICRC has an exclusively humanitarian purpose, and strictly adheres to the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence”he emphasized.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced this Monday the end of its humanitarian work in Nicaragua, according to a statement in which it assured that its withdrawal was requested by the authorities of that country. pic.twitter.com/KJTzopA8hQ
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Likewise, the Red Cross assured that it will continue its work in favor of respectful environments, life and human dignity.
He said that the way to achieve these objectives is through “direct action and bilateral and confidential dialogue with authorities, people affected by humanitarian consequences”among other key interlocutors.
He also insisted on his availability to resume his humanitarian work in the country.
“The ICRC regional delegation for Mexico and Central America reiterates its availability to resume its dialogue and humanitarian action in Nicaragua,” he concluded.
