Rocca re-elected as head of the International Federation of the Red Cross

Cars of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the headquarters of the organization in Stepanakert. File photoGENEVA, June 19The General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Sunday re-elected Francesco Rocca as head of the humanitarian organization.» Francesco Rocca received a second four-year term as President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). representatives of 192 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at the 23rd General Assembly of the IFRC, held in Geneva,» the press service of the IFRC said. The re-elected president of the IFRC called the elimination of the growing humanitarian consequences of the climate crisis, health care, and the support and protection of migrants. In addition, Rocca called on the international community to put global solidarity first.» The political, public and humanitarian response to the Ukrainian crisis has shown what can be done when humanity and dignity are Above all, when there is global solidarity and the will to help people and protect them,” Rocky said in a statement. Rocca started volunteering in the late 1980s, interacting with asylum seekers and refugees in Italy. He joined the Italian Red Cross in 2007 and was elected its President in 2013. A lawyer by training, Rocca coordinated the work of the Italian Red Cross during the earthquake in Abruzzo and Haiti, led the humanitarian mission in Georgia in 2008 and in Iraqi Kurdistan. In Italy, Rocca was actively involved in helping refugees who tried to reach the shores of Europe along the Mediterranean Sea.