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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3-9-2010 News release Pakistan: providing relief to Balochistan's flood victims
Geneva/Quetta (ICRC) – A string of natural disasters that caused widespread suffering and devastation in Balochistan in 2010 seems largely to have gone unnoticed outside this arid south-western province.(News) |
2-9-2010 News release Pakistan: ICRC steps up assistance for flood victims
Geneva/Islamabad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a budget extension appeal for 77 million Swiss francs (approximately 76 million US dollars, or 59 million euros) to boost the assistance it is providing in cooperation with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society for victims of the floods in Pakistan.(News) |
30-8-2010 News release Azerbaijan: families of missing gather for commemoration
Baku (ICRC) – Families of people missing in connection with the Nagorny Karabakh conflict, together with representatives of local authorities, the Red Crescent Society of Azerbaijan and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) gathered in Baku, Sumgayit, Sabirabad, Ganja, Mingachevir and Lankaran cities to commemorate the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August).(News) |
30-8-2010 News release Armenia: fate of over 4,500 people not yet clarified
Yerevan (ICRC) – Sixteen years after a ceasefire agreement was signed that put an end to the Nagorny Karabakh conflict, the psychological, economic and legal impact of the conflict on the families of missing persons is still acutely felt, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today.(News) |
27-8-2010 News release ICRC calls on States to join convention against enforced disappearance
Geneva (ICRC) – More States should urgently become party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, a key instrument to prevent and eradicate disappearances, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today. In the run-up to the International Day of the Disappeared on 30 August, the ICRC expressed regret that the convention has still not entered into force as it has not yet been ratified by 20 States. To date, 83 States have signed the convention and 19 have become party to it.(News) |
25-8-2010 News release Ghana: Red Cross brings aid to 10,000 victims of violence in north of country
Abidjan (ICRC) – With support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Ghana Red Cross Society today began distributing food to some 2,000 families – more than 10,000 people in all – affected by armed violence that erupted in Bawku, in the north of the country, in March.(News) |
24-8-2010 News release Serbia: launch of Missing Lives exhibition
Belgrade (ICRC) – A photo exhibition entitled Missing Lives opened at Belgrade's Kalemegdan fortress last evening to launch a "week of the missing" in the Serbian capital. (News) |
24-8-2010 News release Iran: blankets for Pakistan flood victims
Tehran (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has purchased 200,000 blankets from Helal Iran Textile Industries, which belongs to the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to be distributed jointly with the Pakistan Red Crescent Society to flood victims in Pakistan.(News) |
24-8-2010 Operational update Pakistan: significantly increased aid for flood victims
As more areas in the south succumb to the flooding, the ICRC and the Pakistan Red Crescent have increased the geographical scope of their food distributions, and continue to restore water supplies and provide health care in the north-western areas where floodwaters are slowly receding.(News) |
23-8-2010 News release Youth contest fosters dialogue on armed conflict
Geneva (ICRC) – In an effort to give young people a stronger voice concerning today's most pressing humanitarian issues – from mass displacement caused by war to the lifelong and devastating impact of landmines – the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching a global "young reporter" competition, aimed at enabling people between the ages of 18 and 25 to better understand how violence affects young lives and share their views on armed conflict with others.(News) |
18-8-2010 News release Yemen: food distributed to the displaced in Amran
Sana'a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has just completed a distribution of one-month food rations in cooperation with the Yemen Red Crescent Society to nearly 2,000 people living in the Khaiwan al-Hamra camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Amran governorate. (News) |
16-8-2010 News release Iran: 20th anniversary of prisoner-of-war repatriation
Tehran (ICRC) – On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the repatriation of Iranian prisoners from the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, which started on 17 August 1990, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been invited to attend a ceremony organized by Iran's Martyr Foundation and the Payam Azadegan Cultural Institute.(News) |
13-8-2010 Operational update Pakistan: no respite in devastating floods
The scale of the devastation wrought by the current flooding in Pakistan is staggering, and the resulting needs are daunting. This is an update on the relief effort undertaken by the Pakistan Red Crescent and the ICRC for hundreds of thousands of people.(News) |
13-8-2010 News release Haiti: three Haitians awarded prestigious Florence Nightingale Medal
Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – At a ceremony today in Arcahaie, a coastal town some 30 kilometres from Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, Germaine Pierre-Louis, Michaëlle Colin and Jude Célorge will be presented with the prestigious Florence Nightingale Medal.(News) |
12-8-2010 News release Burkina Faso: Red Cross assists over 5,000 flood victims
Abidjan (ICRC) – With the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Burkinabé Red Cross has been assisting flood victims since 30 July following the torrential rains that hit the Sahel, Centre-North and East Provinces of Burkina Faso, affecting mainly the Manni, Thion and Coala Departments.(News) |
12-8-2010 Operational update Yemen: population displaced by fighting now facing severe weather
In northern Yemen, thousands will spend Ramadan away from home, some for the second time or more. Harsh weather is adding to the everyday difficulties faced by internally displaced people (IDPs) and residents affected by the last round of fighting that ended in February 2010.(News) |
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