国际护理协会（ICN）主席近日发布年末致辞，回顾了ICN在2024年的主要成就与活动，并呼吁全球支持、保护冲突地区的护理人员的和平与安全。
ICN 的使命是代表全球护理，推动护理专业发展，促进护士的福祉，倡导将健康纳入所有政策。倡导人权、正义和社会正义，无论一个人的种族、宗教或政治如何，ICN的目标是支持所有护士继续为患者提供服务，改善卫生系统。
呼吁大家支持全球护士，通过访问ICN网站并点击捐赠按钮来参与“和平护士”运动。现在是思考全球和平的时候，每个人都可以发挥作用。
ICN主席感谢所有护士的服务、承诺、决心和对患者的坚定奉献，并邀请大家参加将于2025年6月9日至13日在芬兰赫尔辛基举行的ICN大会。大会主题为“护理力量改变世界”，旨在放大护理人员在全球护理、社区和地球上的影响。
Dear colleagues,
This incredibly active year is coming to a close and I would like to thank all of you who have supported ICN and nursing throughout the year!
ICN is the global voice of nursing and we have raised that voice again and again this year, at the highest levels such as the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Summit of the Future, the World Health Assembly and COP29, among others.
One of our major areas of focus this year was the protection of health and care workers, particularly in areas of conflict. Our humanitarian work through our Nurses for Peace campaign has become one of our major pillars of work.
We have been in close contact with national nursing associations in Ukraine, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Sudan, Myanmar and Afghanistan. And I have personally written to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, asking for firm and decisive action to be taken to prevent the continuing illegal attacks on nurses and health care facilities in war zones around the globe.
As you know, ICN's mission is to represent nursing worldwide, advance the nursing profession, promote the wellbeing of nurses, and advocate for health in all policies. We advocate for human rights, justice, and social justice in all we do regardless of one’s race, religion, or politics. Our aim is to support all nurses to continue to care for their patients and improve health systems.
It is with this in mind that, as 2024 comes to an end, we ask you to please help us to support the nurses of the world, to care and protect them, by donating to our #NursesforPeace campaign and clicking on our Donate button! This is truly a time to think about peace on Earth and we can all play a part.
You can find out more about the campaign and ICN’s humanitarian work in our latest #NursesforPeace Update which is also available on our website.
To our members and the nurses around the world who are caring for their communities, in all situations, I would like to thank you for your service, your commitment, determination and your unwavering dedication to your patients!
I also take this moment to invite you to attend the ICN Congress to be held in Helsinki, Finland, from the 9-13th of June next year. Our theme, “Nursing Power to Change the World” will amplify the influence and impact of the amazing work you all do as you care for others, our communities and the planet.
I hope to see you in Helsinki.
Thank you and I wish you all the best for 2025!
