June 1969Event
ICRC relief role is restricted
The federal government moved to end the ICRC's coordinating role for relief in federal-controlled territory and insisted that relief to Biafra be subject to federal control.
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June 1969
ICRC relief role is restricted
The federal government moved to end the ICRC's coordinating role for relief in federal-controlled territory and insisted that relief to Biafra be subject to federal control.
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What happened
The federal government moved to end the ICRC's coordinating role for relief in federal-controlled territory and insisted that relief to Biafra be subject to federal control. Humanitarian access became inseparable from sovereignty.