"Our Fundamental Principles and Values remain relevant; they are the bonding material for the Movement and provide a unique framework for decision making, particularly for increasingly complex and multifaceted emergencies"1.
The Platform on Migration seeks regional structured approaches to tackle increasing trends.
The participation of external partners and centres enriched the development of the 12th Mediterranean Conference.
The Centre for the Cooperation in the Mediterranean (CCM) celebrated its 10th anniversary during the Mediterranean Conference with the presence of IFRC President, Tataderu Konoé, the recently elected President of the Spanish Red Cross, Javier Senent, the former President of the Spanish Red Cross, and current President of the CCM, Juan Manuel Suárez del Toro, and Marta Corachán, CCM Vice-President.
Holding hands young representatives of Mediterranean National Societies presented the Youth Statement to senior leaders of the region.
All delegates stood up as Raimondo Fattori, President of the Red Cross of the Republic of San Marino, asked for a minute of silence "to remember all our friends who have left us in the past few years; and especially, one minute of silence to commemorate, to feel close to us, all Red Cross volunteers and, above all, Red Crescent volunteers who have lost their lives sacrificing themselves for others, rushing into the battlefield." 1