Geneva / Baghdad (ICRC) - "Iraq is experiencing a major crisis," says Karl Mattli, who heads the delegation in Iraq of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Geneva/Kuala Lumpur (ICRC) – On 20-21 September 2005, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will host a two-day roundtable in Kuala Lumpur aimed at promoting dialogue on how rapid advances in the life sciences can be used to benefit humanity while minimizing the risk of their hostile use.

Geneva (ICRC) – Over the past 80 years, the 1925 Geneva Protocol has been instrumental in the successful effort to avert the use of chemical and biological weapons.

The ICRC urges the First Chemical Weapons Convention Review Conference to consider the implications of new scientific and technological developments.