Live: Younis Al-Khatib to Discuss the Humanitarian Situation in Palestine

Palestinian Red Crescent President Dr. Younis Al-Khatib is due to speak about the humanitarian situation in Palestine at an open meeting in Iceland.

The event, organized by Iceland’s National Committee on International Humanitarian Law and the University of Iceland’s Institute of International Affairs, will take place in the meeting room of the National Museum of Iceland from noon to 1 p.m. A live stream will be available.

Al-Khatib will discuss the challenges and achievements shaping the Palestinian Red Crescent’s work, as well as its relationship with the international humanitarian law upheld globally by the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.

Martin Eyjólfsson, permanent secretary at Iceland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs, will deliver the opening address. Ingibjörg Halldórsdóttir, chief executive of the Icelandic Red Cross, will give the closing remarks. Anna Pála Sverrisdóttir, head of international law at the Foreign Ministry and chair of the national committee, will moderate.

The National Committee on International Humanitarian Law was established in 2008. It promotes knowledge of international humanitarian law and provides a forum for discussion. Representatives of Icelandic ministries and the Icelandic Red Cross sit on the committee, which is chaired by the Foreign Ministry.