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Joint ICRC and League Appeal: Emergency Relief in Vietnam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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On receipt of messages from the Delegates in Saigon of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies concerning the new needs of the civilian population in the Republic of Vietnam as a result of recent events, the ICRC and the League sent the following joint appeal to the National Societies on the 9th February, 1968:

View new situation created by extension hostilities Vietnam ICRC and League appeal National Societies

Republic Vietnam Government request behalf 500,000 newly displaced persons whom 100,000 Saigon in order priority foodstuffs specially milk medicaments clothing. Vietnam Red Cross assisted by ICRC and League Delegates organising milk distribution to 100,000 displaced persons Saigon. Funds already sent enable commencement this first action in close liaison ICRC League Geneva and locally.

Type
International Committee of the Red Cross
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 8 , Issue 84 , March 1968 , pp. 135 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1968

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References

1 Plate. — Republic of Vietnam, February 1968: The sad plight of displaced persons.