The Seville Agreement was an agreement drafted within the Red Cross Movement

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

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 in 1997 to specify which organization

Organization

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 within the Movement would take the lead in certain field operations. It was the latest of several "peace treaties" that sought to end turf war

Turf war

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s between the ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

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 and the Federation

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

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. Others were drafted in 1969, 1974, and 1989.

Specifically, it assigned the ICRC as lead agency in protecting persons caught in armed conflict or internal strife as well as managing the "immediate effects" of refugee

Refugee

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s or natural disaster

Natural disaster

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s that occur during armed conflict

War

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. The Federation takes the lead when armed conflict subsides into "reconstruction and rehabilitation," including refugees in non-warring countries. Even National Societies can become the lead agency in certain situations if both the ICRC and Federation concur.