(a) the relief of poverty, sickness, suffering and distress throughout the world, in particular by the provision of hydrological, engineering and other works and medical aid with particular emphasis on the care and rehabilitation of non-combatant victims in areas where there is human conflict and the provision of assistance in the removal of debris of military hardware which may be a direct threat to non-combatants in hazardous areas where hostilities have ceased.
(b) to carry out or conduct or to assist in carrying out or conducting any research into the special problems arising from injuries sustained by non-combatants in hazardous areas and into methods of alleviating suffering arising therefrom and to publish the useful results of any such research.