DHAKA, Jan 25, 2022 (BSS) - A month-long photo and video exhibition titled 
"Humanitarian Principles. Here and Now" began today at city's Liberation War 
Museum.

   Swiss Embassy in Bangladesh, International Committee of the Red Cross 
(ICRC) and Liberation War Museum of Bangladesh, in collaboration with Photo 
Elys‚e Museum of Lausanne jointly organized the exhibition with the objective 
to give people a better understanding and a deeper insight into the 
significance of humanitarian principles, 

   Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen inaugurated the exhibition while State 
Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman attended the 
ceremony as a special guest, a press release said.

   Highlighting the importance of Humanitarian Principles, Momen said actions 
should be taken so that people around the world are not uprooted either due 
to war or climate change. 

   Swiss ambassador to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard humanitarian principles are 
close to the heart of the Swiss people, and in the early 1970s these 
quintessential values laid the foundation on which her country's partnership 
with Bangladesh has developed. 

   "Today, we continue helping people affected by violence... in the Cox's 
Bazar region, we support Bangladeshi communities living near the camp," said 
ICRC's Delegation Head in Bangladesh Katja Lorenz while recalling the ICRC's 
involvement based on the humanitarian principles during the 1971 liberation 
War of Bangladesh. 

   In the exhibition, 10 original short films from the lenses of 10 Swiss 
photographers reflecting where they see humanitarian principles at play in 
their everyday lives are also shown, alongside six award-winning photographs, 
said the release. 

   The exhibition will remain open for all from January 25 to February 24 
from 10am to 5pm every day except Sundays, it added.