Section, primarily intended for the media, containing all ICRC news releases and operational bulletins from the field. The ICRC’s presence in conflict areas and insight into problems faced by victims makes it the essential reference on the humanitarian consequences of war. 1-7-2005
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29-7-2010 Operational update Iraq: putting the health-care system back on its feet
Despite some recent improvements, Iraq's health-care services are still struggling to cope. The ICRC is engaged in a wide range of initiatives aimed at helping them to respond to emergencies. This is an update on activities carried out in the country in May and June.(News) |
29-7-2010 News release Cluster munitions: banned at last!
Geneva (ICRC) – The entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 1 August 2010 is a major step towards putting an end to the terrible suffering those weapons have caused for decades, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today. (News) |
29-7-2010 News release Iran/Iraq: ICRC helps repatriate remains of two Iranian soldiers
Tehran/Baghdad (ICRC) – The mortal remains of two Iranian soldiers killed during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War were repatriated today at the Shalamjah border crossing, near Basra, under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).(News) |
27-7-2010 News release Pakistan: teaching journalists to save lives
Islamabad/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is providing training in first aid for journalists from Pakistan working in violence-affected areas.(News) |
26-7-2010 News release Iraq: providing for poor families during Ramadan
Baghdad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is helping more than 64,000 destitute Iraqis through the holy month of Ramadan by providing them with food and hygiene items.(News) |
22-7-2010 News release Panama: authorities and ICRC sign agreement on new office
Panama City (ICRC) – Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez, Panama's vice-president and foreign minister, and Karl Mattli, who heads the regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for Mexico, Central America and Cuba, today signed an agreement to establish an ICRC office in Panama.(News) |
22-7-2010 News release Democratic Republic of the Congo: food for over 50,000 violence-affected people
in North Kivu
Geneva/Kinshasa (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Red Cross Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo today began to distribute food to 53,000 people who have fled their villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since mid-July. The villagers have been displaced by military operations pitting the Congolese armed forces against an armed group to the north-east of Lake Kivu near the border with Uganda. Most of the displaced have been taken in by host families in and near the city of Oicha; others have been accommodated in schools and churches.(News) |
22-7-2010 News release Democratic Republic of the Congo / Uganda: 14 children finally rejoin their families
Geneva/Kinshasa/Kampala (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has reunited 14 Congolese children aged three to 17 years with their families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Host families had been temporarily looking after the children in refugee camps in Uganda. Some of the children had been separated from their parents for as long as a year.(News) |
22-7-2010 Operational update Afghanistan: spring floods force thousands in conflict-affected areas to flee
Heavy flooding in conflict-affected northern and western Afghanistan has forced thousands to flee their homes and seek shelter elsewhere. The ICRC and the Afghan Red Crescent provided emergency aid for over 40,000 people – many of them in dangerous or remote areas – in May and June.(News) |
14-7-2010 News release Kyrgyzstan: ICRC steps up humanitarian response amid continuing tension
Geneva (ICRC) – Following the violent inter-ethnic clashes that erupted in the south of Kyrgyzstan last June, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is appealing to its donors for an additional 26,938,142 Swiss francs for its Central Asian budget, bringing the total budget for its activities in the region in 2010 to Sfr 37,445,974 (approximately 35.5 million US dollars).(News) |
12-7-2010 News release Haiti: health-care heroes honoured after earthquake
Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – Exactly six months after the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is honouring three extraordinary health-care workers for their unwavering commitment to helping the sick and wounded. (News) |
9-7-2010 News release Niger/Mali: 290,000 people benefit from massive aid operation
Niamey (ICRC) – Farmers and stockbreeders in northern regions of Niger and Mali are suffering the combined effects of drought and inter-community violence. In May this year, the ICRC launched a large-scale aid operation to help 290,000 of them.(News) |
6-7-2010 News release Colombia: person released by FARC
Bogotá (ICRC) – On 5 July, in a rural area of Arauca department, an individual held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) was released and handed over to representatives of the ombudsman’s office and the Catholic Church, in the presence of a delegate from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).(News) |
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