Neutrality --- Thanks Fanny and Kabir. You remind me that we were asked a lot of questions by National Societies when the IFRC HD policy came before them for adoption. One answer which basically ended the debate was to say that neutrality was often seen as something only used on conflict situations. To show what that meant we said "We are not neutral in the war against AIDS" (an especially live issue in 2009).

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