The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned about the escalation of violence over the past week. "What we are seeing today is violence of a nature which is unbearable," says the ICRC's deputy head of operations for the Horn of Africa, Alexandre Liebeskind. "We are seeing too many violence which is indiscriminate and which doesn't seem to have any limits."

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ICRC appeals for record budget of 932 million Swiss francs for humanitarian work in 2008. This video report shows action undertaken by the ICRC to help displaced people in Iraq, Chad, Sri Lanka and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and interviews with ICRC Director of Operations Pierre Krähenbühl in English, French and Spanish.

On the tenth anniversary of the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel mines celebrated on 3 December 2007, the ICRC calls on all remaining states to accede to the Treaty. This report shows victims from Iraq and Chechnya as well as clearance work in South Lebanon.

This video report offers testimonials of people living in Gardasin, one of a number of camps for the displaced in northern Iraq. It is set on a desolate plain, burning hot in summer, and with sub-zero temperatures in mid-winter. It shows how the Iraqi Red Crescent Society and the ICRC come to help.

In Grozny, life is slowly returning to normal. The market streets are full and young women take a break at Shumisat's dressmakers workshop and get clothes specially made to fit. Meanwhile, other families are still trying to come to terms with their past, wanting to know what has happened to their missing relatives

ICRC video footage available for media professionals. On the occasion of the Day of the Disappeared (30 August), the ICRC is calling for a renewed commitment of the international community to seriously address the neglected humanitarian tragedy of missing persons. This video contains testimonials from families of the Missing in Nepal, Georgia and Peru.

Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by fighting in the northwest of Central African Republic where conflict has been going on for the past 18 months. Many people have been forced to flee their villages to seek refuge deep in the forest where conditions are dire – not enough food, little clean water, and little or no access to medical care. This recent footage covers the extremely difficult conditions facing displaced people, as well as the distribution of farm tools and basic household equipment to around 100,000 people in northwest and central C.A.R.

Since construction started on the West Bank Barrier, how has the Israeli occupation affected the lives of ordinary Palestinians? Families from Salfit and Azzun'Atma talk about the trauma of having their house destroyed by military operations, being denied access to their land and crossing checkpoints to go to school.

Since construction started on the West Bank Barrier, how has the Israeli occupation affected the lives of ordinary Palestinians? Families from Salfit and Hebron talk about the trauma of living with military operations, being denied access to their land and facing constant restrictions on every aspect of life.

One year after the outbreak of hostilities that opposed Hezbollah and Israel during the summer of 2006, the situation in the South of Lebanon remains tense. The civilian population continues to bear the consequences of this conflict. A lot of work is still needed to repair housing, the road network and the water-supply infrastructure. But the reconstruction work is obstructed by thousands of unexploded bomblets still polluting the areas.

For a woman like Hassena Jan, a disabled person who suffers from short limbs problems because of Polio, it is very difficult to earn a living and feed her family. Mother of three children, she decided to become a professional tailor and be the breast feeder of the family as her husband is disabled because of a mine-accident.

On the 8 June 2007, the International Committee of the Red Cross will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the first two Protocols additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions. This report shows how violations of the law such as rape against women or the lack of distinction between civilians and military impacts on human lives.

ICRC teams are assisting the displaced with an initial consignment of 20 tons of food. Today an ICRC convoy of 11 truckloads with over 220 tons of food items is arriving in Lebanon

The report looks back at a year marked by acute violence in countries such as Sudan, Somalia and Colombia, highlighting the issue of internal displacement as one of particular concern to the ICRC with interviews from Director of Operations, Pierre Kraehenbuehl.

After decades of armed conflict in Colombia, more and more civilians are being caught up in the fighting. In its Annual Report for Colombia, which will be published on Thursday 29 March, the ICRC describes how thousands of people are having to deal with the devastating effects of conflict in their daily lives. This video contains two stories: 1) Helping the displaced and destitute; and 2) Family visits in Colombian prisons

"We fled the fighting in Mogadishu. We came here to find refuge. As you see, we do not have anything, no shelter and nothing to sleep on.

In Afghanistan, Abdul Hakim has been receiving messages from his brother detained in Guantanamo for the last five years. After all these years, he still doesn't know what his fate will be. Vincent Lusser from the ICRC comments on the legal status of persons detained in Guantanamo and Bagram.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is appealing to donors to continue to relieve the suffering of people affected by conflicts. Statements from ICRC director of operations, Pierre Kraehenbuehl with footage from Sudan, DRC, Colombia, Palestinian Territories and Afghanistan.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals. The severe floods in Somalia have destroyed crops and farmland, disrupted food supplies and cut off entire villages. Hundreds of thousands of people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals. As the International Committee of the Red Cross is launching its report on "Household Economy Assessment" this report shows two stories of impoverished Palestinian families.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals. One out of five deaths in Burundi is caused by water-borne disease or poor sanitation. Avoiding epidemics is a major challenge.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals. As elections are delayed for a second year running, ICRC relaunches immunization programme and provides seeds and fertilizers for farmers in rebel-held north.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals. Following the fighting between Sri Lankan security forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Trincomalee district, thousands of civilians remain displaced from their homes and are living in temporary camps in Jaffna Peninsula, Batticaloa and Trincomalee.

Footage illustrating the relief efforts of the ICRC and its partners in South Lebanon

ICRC video footage available for media professionals. Unique footage from remote North Kivu Province 45,000 villagers, chased from their village by fighting, return home and receive basic supplies from the ICRC.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals. ICRC provides medical and psycho-social support for rape victims

ICRC video footage available for media professionals.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals.

ICRC video footage available for media professionals.

ICRC footage available for media professionals. Families in Afghanistan are desperate for news of relatives detained by the U.S.authorities in Guantanamo and Bagram prisons. Many have been separated for up to four years. This video shows how families stay in touch with their relatives through Red Cross messages.

Six months after, the International Committee of the Red Cross is supplying seed, fertilizer and farming implements to some 30,000 families (142,000 people) in parts of Muzaffarabad District. This video shows the challenges of this operation to be taken place until the end of this April 2006.

Giving access to health care to isolated women and children in Darfur, training female prisoners in Yemen to help them prepare for release... This footage shows the ways the ICRC helps women most in need.

The Horn of Africa is in the grip of a severe drought. One of the most affected areas is southern Somalia. Two to four (depending on the region) consecutive poor rain seasons, have caused acute shortages of water and food and destroyed crops and grazing lands in the predominantly agro-pastoralists and pastoralists regions. Many rain water catchments such as in Hudur town, Bakool region are completely dried up. As a result tens of thousands of people are in urgent need of assistance.

Yemeni families of Guantanamo Bay detainees derive some comfort from letters sent by their detained relatives. They give their testimonials on the importance to stay in touch with their sons through the "Red Cross Messages".

As Angola is celebrating it's 30th anniversary of independence, the problems of mine is still hampering the return to normal life 3 years after the end of the conflict. In Mavinga, four brothers and sisters are flying over mine fields to come to Kuito and be reunited with their uncle's family in Andulo. In a rural area 12 km away from Kuito, the village of Calumbulo is heavily contamintated by mines, children learn how to play safely and how to react when they happen to see a mine.

In remote parts of rural Darfur, the ICRC's Mobile Surgical Team brings life-saving treatment to soldiers and civilians wounded in conflict. Unedited news footage available from the ICRC for use by TV journalists and current affairs broadcasters.