Journal of Rescue Relief

en The Role of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Promoting the Culture of Peace and Cooperation in the Middle East in 2000-2022 The Role of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Promoting the Culture of Peace and Cooperation in the Middle East in 2000-2022 کمیته بین المللی صلیب سرخ، نهضت و.. IFRC, RCRC, Movment of Red Cross & Red Crescent etc. مروری Review <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">INTRODUCTION: The Middle East has always been known as a region full of tension and chaos, and especially in the last two decades, it has been involved with all kinds of insecurity, violence, war, terrorism, etc. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in promoting the culture of peace and cooperation in the Middle East during the period from 2000 to 2022. METHODS: The current research is of a secondary type, which was conducted in the form of a Narrative Review and data with related topics were reviewed and collected from domestic databases such as Magiran, Noormags, SID and RCS, as well as IFRC and ICRC. FINDINGS: The findings of the research indicate that the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has promoted the culture of peace and cooperation in the Middle East countries in various ways, such as: providing health care services, managing war dead bodies with dignity, cash aid to local communities in need and the impoverished, inviting the warring parties to peace and respecting the humanitarian rights of civilians, supporting the human rights of ethnic and religious minorities, helping to provide the minimum essential needs of war refugees, following up and helping to settle war-affected immigrants, dealing with the affairs of prisoners and prisoners of war, trying to find missing people, dealing with the separation of families and missing children, providing clean water and food packages for the people, and encouraging the activists of the conflicts to avoid mistreatment of detainees, not to use chemical, biological, nuclear weapons and mines, and to avoid attacking civilians. CONCLUSION: The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement with all its elements and components (such as International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and National Societies of Red Crescent and Red Cross) has tried to be effective in political stability and promoting peace and cooperation between political and social groups in the Middle East countries by protecting the life and dignity of war victims and helping the injured as well as reducing violence and terrorism, and play a role in creating reconciliation between "inherent human dignity" and "military necessity".</div> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">INTRODUCTION: The Middle East has always been known as a region full of tension and chaos, and especially in the last two decades, it has been involved with all kinds of insecurity, violence, war, terrorism, etc. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the role of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in promoting the culture of peace and cooperation in the Middle East during the period from 2000 to 2022. METHODS: The current research is of a secondary type, which was conducted in the form of a Narrative Review and data with related topics were reviewed and collected from domestic databases such as Magiran, Noormags, SID and RCS, as well as IFRC and ICRC. FINDINGS: The findings of the research indicate that the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has promoted the culture of peace and cooperation in the Middle East countries in various ways, such as: providing health care services, managing war dead bodies with dignity, cash aid to local communities in need and the impoverished, inviting the warring parties to peace and respecting the humanitarian rights of civilians, supporting the human rights of ethnic and religious minorities, helping to provide the minimum essential needs of war refugees, following up and helping to settle war-affected immigrants, dealing with the affairs of prisoners and prisoners of war, trying to find missing people, dealing with the separation of families and missing children, providing clean water and food packages for the people, and encouraging the activists of the conflicts to avoid mistreatment of detainees, not to use chemical, biological, nuclear weapons and mines, and to avoid attacking civilians. CONCLUSION: The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement with all its elements and components (such as International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and National Societies of Red Crescent and Red Cross) has tried to be effective in political stability and promoting peace and cooperation between political and social groups in the Middle East countries by protecting the life and dignity of war victims and helping the injured as well as reducing violence and terrorism, and play a role in creating reconciliation between "inherent human dignity" and "military necessity".</div> International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Peace, Middle East. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Peace, Middle East. 189 202 http://jorar.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-581-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ashraf Sadat Mousavi َAshraf sadat Mousavi ash_mousavi@yahoo.com 100319475328460013920 100319475328460013920 No PhD in Communication & Culture, Researcher, Iranian Red Crescent Society, Tehran, Iran Mahboobeh Karimi محبوبه کریمی ash_mousavi@yahoo.com 100319475328460013921 0009-0002-8863-1175 Yes MA in International Relations, Iranian Red Crescent Society, Tehran, Iran Anahita Pourmohamad 100319475328460013922 100319475328460013922 No MA in Clinical Psychology, Iranian Red Crescent Society, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Khanzadeh Jouryabi 100319475328460013923 0009-0004-0128-3919 No MA in Materials Science & Engineering, Volunteer of Iranian Red Crescent Society, Tehran, Iran