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Panama: ICRC Visits North Koreans Held At Fort Sherman Base
Friday, 26 July 2013, 5:58 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva/Mexico (ICRC) – At the request of the Panamanian authorities, staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visited citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea being held at Fort Sherman military base on 24 July. ... More >>
Libya: Helping People Resume Normal Life
Friday, 26 July 2013, 5:56 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Despite the unstable environment, Libyans are striving to resume normal life. The ICRC and the Libyan Red Crescent continue to provide urgent aid as needed, to promote detainee welfare and to improve water management. More >>
Afghanistan: After Attack, ICRC Adapts to Evolving Conflict
Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 2:37 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
The proliferation and radicalization of armed groups in Afghanistan is aggravating an already unstable security environment. Ordinary people are suffering the effects in their daily lives, and civilian casualties are mounting. The ICRC remains strongly ... More >>
South Sudan: Hundreds In Need of Emergency Medical Care
Friday, 19 July 2013, 3:05 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Juba/Geneva (ICRC) – A new eruption of intercommunal violence in Jonglei, South Sudan, has resulted in hundreds of severe casualties. To help medical personnel cope with the influx, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sent a surgical ... More >>
Somalia: From Emergency Assistance to Livelihood Support
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 3:42 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Somalia are struggling to overcome the effects of armed conflict and localized climatic shocks. The ICRC and the Somali Red Crescent Society are helping them to fend for themselves again. More >>
Mogadishu: Food Rations For Detainees
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 3:34 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has made a symbolic gesture to detainees in Somalia by providing them with food rations to mark the holy month of Ramadan. The rations, containing dates, meat, milk, rice, beans, ... More >>
Israel & Occupied Territories: ICRC President Urges Dialogue
Friday, 5 July 2013, 2:59 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva/Jerusalem (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, says more substantial dialogue with Israel is needed to improve the lives of Palestinians suffering the effects of decades of occupation. More >>
ICRC and World Medical Association to Work Together
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 3:14 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva (WMA / ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Medical Association (WMA) signed a memorandum of understanding in Geneva today, in which the two organizations agree to join forces in a worldwide effort ... More >>
Red Cross: Australian Photo Exhibition Celebrates 150 Years
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 3:09 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Canberra (ICRC) – A special photographic exhibition marking 150 years of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement will open today at the High Court of Australia. More >>
Syria: Aid Reaches Hardest-hit Areas As Fighting Rages On
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 3:04 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Vital aid continues to be delivered by the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. Access to clean water is being improved , and critical health-care services in the most conflict-stricken parts of the country continue to receive support despite bureaucratic ... More >>
South Sudan: National Red Cross Society Formally Recognized
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 3:16 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva/Juba (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) formally recognized the South Sudan Red Cross Society on 18 June, making it the 189th National Red Cross or Red Crescent Society in the world and part of the International Red ... More >>
DR Congo: Civilians Must Be Spared the Fighting In Goma
Monday, 27 May 2013, 12:42 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva/Kinshasa (ICRC) – Inhabited areas north of the city of Goma, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were hit by shelling on 21 and 22 May. Fighting with heavy weapons resumed at the beginning of the week in the hills of ... More >>
ICRC President Completes Two-Day Visit to Qatar
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 11:50 am | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva/Kuwait (ICRC) – Peter Maurer, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Has Just Completed a Two-day Visit to Qatar More >>
Yemen: ICRC Confirms Safe Return of Staff Members
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:53 am | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – Three staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who had been held since the beginning of the week by armed individuals in the vicinity of Ja’ar, in Abyan governorate, are now safely back with their ... More >>
Guinea: Army Medical Corps Boosts Capacity to Treat Injured
Friday, 17 May 2013, 11:36 am | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva/Conakry (ICRC) – Some 50 military doctors and nurses have just completed war-surgery training organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the army medical corps. The training took place at the army's surgical clinic ... More >>
New Zealand Nurse Awarded Highest Red Cross Honour
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 10:25 am | International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has awarded New Zealander, Janet Askew, the highest international distinction a nurse can receive. More >>
DR Congo: Appeal For Emergency Aid In East of Country
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 1:51 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Appeal For Funds to Boost Emergency Aid In East of Country More >>
Iran/Iraq: Effort to Clarify Fate of Missing from 1980s War
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 1:34 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva/Tehran/Baghdad (ICRC) – High-level representatives of Iran and Iraq are meeting in Geneva from 6 to 8 May, under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to follow up on the progress and results achieved by the ... More >>
Syria: Intense Fighting Hampers Evacuation of Casualties
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 1:29 pm | International Committee of the Red Cross
As the fighting continues to rage across different parts of Syria, causing hundreds of casualties every day, the timely evacuation of the dead and the wounded is becoming a daily challenge in the areas hardest hit. More >>
Chad: Convention on Cluster Munitions is ratified
Friday, 5 April 2013, 10:14 am | International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes the recent ratification by Chad of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Chad is now the 80th State party to the treaty. More >>
