Telecommunications network

In: International review of the Red Cross: humanitarian debate, law, policy, action, Volume 30, Issue S1, p. 107-107

Abstract

The ICRC's shortwave telecommunications network — one of the most extensive non-governmental networks in the world — provides headquarters in Geneva and the delegations and sub-delegations in the field with an efficient and reliable means of communication. Entirely independent of commercial channels, the network enables radio contact to be maintained round-the-clock in situations where, more often than not, official channels have been disrupted or no longer function.