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Rio+20: ICRC Voices Grave Concern Over Weapon Contamination
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 3:53 pm | ICRC
Brasilia (ICRC) – At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which is being held from 13 to 15 June in Rio de Janeiro, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has sounded the alarm about the damage caused by weapon contamination ... More >>
Kosovo: ICRC Hands Over Missing Persons Database Software
Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 3:33 pm | ICRC
Pristina (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today handed over to the Government Commission for Missing Persons its database software designed for the management, archiving and standardizing of data relating to missing persons. ... More >>
Iraq/Kuwait: Accounting For Missing People Remains Priority
Friday, 8 June 2012, 4:29 pm | ICRC
Baghdad/Kuwait/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today chaired the 35th meeting of the Tripartite Commission, the purpose of which is to ascertain the fate of persons who went missing in connection with the 1990-1991 ... More >>
Yemen: Tens Of Thousands In Abyan In Need Of Urgent Help
Friday, 8 June 2012, 4:26 pm | ICRC
Sana'a/Geneva (ICRC) – In recent days, fierce fighting, sometimes involving air strikes, has led to a severe deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Abyan governorate, southern Yemen, and hampered the ability of the International Committee ... More >>
Colombia: Journalist Roméo Langlois released
Monday, 4 June 2012, 6:58 pm | ICRC
Bogotá/Geneva (ICRC) – In a rural area of the municipality of La Montañita Caquetá department, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC-EP) have released French journalist Roméo Langlois to a team made up of delegates from ... More >>
ICRC Delivers Health Pilot Project in Northern Uganda
Monday, 21 May 2012, 4:16 pm | ICRC
Following the completion of a Health Pilot Project that saw significant improvement in the health of prisoners at the Gulu Prison in Northern Uganda, the International Committee of the Red Cross is handing over the project to the Uganda Prison Service. More >>
Lives Of Palestinian Detainees On Hunger Strike In Danger
Thursday, 10 May 2012, 4:26 pm | ICRC
Geneva/Jerusalem (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is extremely concerned about the deteriorating health condition of six Palestinian detainees who have been on hunger strike for between 47 and 71 days. The detainees, who are ... More >>
Libya: ICRC Evacuates 28 Patients from Al Kufra
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 12:07 pm | ICRC
International Committee Of The Red Cross (ICRC) Australia Office - Regional Delegation in the Pacific Geneva / Tripoli (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) this week completed the evacuation of 28 sick or severely wounded people ... More >>
Somalia: ICRC Suspends Food and Seed Distribution
Monday, 16 January 2012, 1:57 pm | ICRC
Geneva/Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has decided to temporarily suspend its distributions intended for 1.1 million people in urgent need after having its food and seed relief commodities blocked in parts ... More >>
Libya: wounded patients evacuated from Sirte hospital
Friday, 7 October 2011, 12:55 pm | ICRC
7 October 2011 Tripoli/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) evacuated three war-wounded people yesterday from Ibn Sina hospital in Sirte to a field hospital on the other side of the front line. It benefited from a lull ... More >>
Libya: Aid for 10,000 People Near Sirte
Monday, 3 October 2011, 11:13 am | ICRC
30 September 2011 In recent days, thousands of people have been fleeing their homes in the combat zone of Sirte, heading towards the desert or nearby villages to the east and to the west. The ICRC and the Libyan Red Crescent have stepped up their ... More >>
ICRC Bulletin
Friday, 16 September 2011, 5:05 pm | ICRC
With the shift of the front lines to four disputed areas – in and around Bani Walid, Jufra, Sabha and Sirte – the ICRC is providing medical assistance. In the past week it visited hundreds of detainees and delivered aid to some 12,000 people in ... More >>
Missing persons: distressed relatives need more help
Sunday, 28 August 2011, 11:57 am | ICRC
Geneva (ICRC) – Relatives of people who disappeared in connection with armed conflict or other violence suffer immensely as they struggle to find out what became of those who went missing. The tremendous impact that disappearances have on the daily lives ... More >>
Afghanistan: War wounded and newborns struggle for survival
Friday, 20 May 2011, 12:26 pm | ICRC
Living a normal life remains a huge challenge for ordinary Afghans. With fighting widespread, health care for the sick and wounded remains one of the ICRC's main priorities. More >>
Libya: Red Crescent volunteers & medical personnel in danger
Thursday, 19 May 2011, 9:22 am | ICRC
Fighting in Misrata and other cities in Libya is denying medical aid to civilians and causing casualties among health personnel. The Libyan Red Crescent reports that in the past four days, three of its ambulances have been hit in three separate incidents, ... More >>
Yemen: Growing concerns over unrest
Friday, 6 May 2011, 12:54 pm | ICRC
ver three months have passed since the outbreak of civil unrest in Yemen. As violence has spread, the casualty toll has increased steadily. The ICRC and the Yemen Red Crescent Society are determined to do whatever it takes to alleviate the suffering ... More >>
Libya: clearance of unexploded weapons has started - ICRC
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:54 am | ICRC
Weapon contamination, displacement, detention and shortages of water and medicines are the most pressing problems people are currently facing in Libya. The ICRC, working from its offices in Tripoli and Benghazi, continues to help the victims despite a ... More >>
Syria: Call for access to people caught up in violence
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 11:12 am | ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deplores the loss of life and injuries that have occurred in violent incidents in Syria since mid-March. It asks for immediate and unimpeded access to those in need. More >>
Côte d'Ivoire: Massive humanitarian relief effort needed
Monday, 18 April 2011, 9:31 am | ICRC
The security situation in Côte d'Ivoire remains unsettled, and a massive inflow of aid is needed. The ICRC, together with the Ivorian Red Cross, has resumed emergency aid in Abidjan and stepped up assistance for displaced people and others in the west ... More >>
Afghanistan: ambulance used in attack on police compound
Friday, 8 April 2011, 12:50 pm | ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) strongly condemns the use of an ambulance – intended for transporting wounded and sick persons – in a suicide attack that took place yesterday at an Afghan National Police regional training centre ... More >>
