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PNG: Workshop on people missing since Bougainville 1989
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 12:49 pm | ICRC
Port Moresby (ICRC) – About 20 community leaders and representatives of local NGOs, religious organizations, women’s groups and the Panguna Peace Building Strategy Committee came together in Arawa last week for a one-day workshop hosted by the International ... More >>
Philippines: ICRC agree on recovery plan for survivors
Thursday, 13 February 2014, 10:53 am | ICRC
Philippines: International Red Cross Movement meets to agree on long term recovery plan for Typhoon Haiyan survivors More >>
Afghanistan: Striking the balance
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 1:36 pm | ICRC
Security presents a major challenge in Afghanistan for civilians and aid workers. Indiscriminate attacks, military operations affecting civilians and overall instability were on the rise in 2013. Despite the challenges, the ICRC and the Afghan Red Crescent ... More >>
Mali: Vehicle disappears with ICRC personnel on board
Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 10:47 am | ICRC
Geneva/Bamako (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirms that on 8 February it lost contact with one of its vehicles, which had been travelling between Kidal and Gao, in northern Mali, with four staff and a veterinary assistant ... More >>
Syria: Humanitarian convoys must not be targeted
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 10:50 am | ICRC
Geneva / Damascus – On Saturday, 8 February, after several hours of negotiation, trucks from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent loaded with humanitarian aid and accompanied by a United Nations vehicle, entered the old town of Homs. These vehicles – clearly ... More >>
Sudan: ICRC hopeful to resume activities as soon as possible
Monday, 3 February 2014, 5:21 pm | ICRC
Khartoum / Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has suspended its activities in Sudan, in compliance with an official request to that effect from the Sudanese government's Humanitarian Aid Commission. The suspension ... More >>
Brussels: Protecting health services requires good laws
Monday, 3 February 2014, 11:25 am | ICRC
Brussels (ICRC) – Domestic legislation must reflect medical ethics, according to leading experts attending a workshop on legal protection for medical services during armed violence. More >>
Iraq: Bringing urgently needed help to civilians in Fallujah
Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 3:42 pm | ICRC
Baghdad (ICRC) – Thousands of people in Anbar province have been forced by the recent wave of violence to flee their homes, sometimes for other cities, in search of safety. People who have decided to stay put often face harsh conditions and lack ... More >>
Libya: Fighting parties must spare the wounded
Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 10:39 am | ICRC
Tripoli/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Libyan Red Crescent are concerned about continued fighting in the south-western city of Sabha and in areas such as Kufra and the outskirts of Tripoli, and are calling ... More >>
Ukraine: ICRC concerned about continuing violence
Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 5:08 pm | ICRC
Moscow (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) remains concerned about the ongoing violence in Ukraine. More >>
Madagascar: Red Cross responds to deadly explosion
Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 10:23 am | ICRC
Antananarivo (ICRC) – An explosion on 25 January in Antananarivo left a three-year-old child dead and 37 people injured. Malagasy Red Cross Society volunteers, already working in the area in first-aid posts, took immediate action. They administered ... More >>
PNG: Essential aid for 2,000 people affected by violence
Monday, 27 January 2014, 10:17 am | ICRC
Port Moresby (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Papua New Guinea Red Cross Society today began distributing household materials, construction tools and hygiene items to 2,000 people displaced by clan fighting in ... More >>
CAR: ICRC appeals for end to intercommunal violence
Monday, 20 January 2014, 11:23 am | ICRC
Geneva / Bangui (ICRC) – Fresh intercommunal violence has flared in western and north-western parts of the Central African Republic. Since Friday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Central African Red Cross Society have ... More >>
Myanmar: Aid to remote Putao in northern Kachin state
Thursday, 16 January 2014, 1:21 pm | ICRC
Yangon (ICRC) – The Myanmar Red Cross Society and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today began a joint distribution of aid to people displaced by fighting in 2011 and in August 2013 from five villages around Putao, the northernmost ... More >>
Iraq: Thousands of displaced receive aid in Anbar province
Thursday, 16 January 2014, 11:18 am | ICRC
Baghdad/Geneva (ICRC) – Thousands of civilians who fled the ongoing violence in Al Anbar in search of safety are enduring considerable hardship. Responding to their growing needs, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has delivered ... More >>
Syria: ICRC president concerned about plight of civilians
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 12:10 pm | ICRC
Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) – The scale of the crisis in Syria, with millions of civilians affected, is staggering and the humanitarian response insufficient, said the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, at the end ... More >>
CAR: Wounded continue pouring into Bangui hospital
Monday, 13 January 2014, 12:13 pm | ICRC
Over the past two days, some 60 wounded people have been admitted to the Community Hospital in the Central African capital Bangui. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) supports the facility with medical supplies and surgical personnel. ... More >>
CAR: Displaced people continue to arrive in Bangui
Friday, 10 January 2014, 11:03 am | ICRC
For the past 10 days, thousands of Bangui residents have been taking refuge at sites set up for displaced people in the capital, joining hundreds of thousands uprooted since 5 December. The ICRC and the Central African Red Cross Society have boosted ... More >>
ICRC president completes three-day visit to South Sudan
Thursday, 9 January 2014, 9:06 am | ICRC
Geneva/Juba (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has completed a three-day visit to South Sudan. In addition to holding official meetings, he met with internally displaced people, volunteers ... More >>
South Sudan: ICRC calls for civillians to be protected
Tuesday, 7 January 2014, 9:31 am | ICRC
Geneva/Juba (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has begun a visit to South Sudan to assess the humanitarian situation and to study the ICRC's response. Mr Maurer, who arrived in Juba today, ... More >>
