Our work in Armenia in 2018
In Armenia, the ICRC focuses on providing civilians living along the international border, missing persons and their families, mine victims and people deprived of their liberty with assistance. In …
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Venezuela: ICRC president on 5-day visit to view operations, re-affirm commitment
05-04-2019 Caracas (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, is making a five-day visit to Venezuela from 6 to 10 April. Maurer will view the ICRC's …
Armenia: Inside a border village affected by conflict
We recently visited Baghanis an Armenian village located just one and a half kilometers away from the border with Azerbaijan. We arrived in the village during the day and found the earthen streets …
Snapshots: Photos that really matter
Snapshots are helping people in South Sudan find their loved ones We all love pictures: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat are full of them. We use them to laugh, remember, create, complain, …
Venezuela: ICRC to expand humanitarian effort
11-04-2019 Caracas/Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has completed a five-day visit to Venezuela as the organization looks to ramp up its …
A war down memory lane
"When the prisoners of war finally saw the plane, and they went up, that's when the excitement got a little bit contagious. It was just something you couldn't envision, people being prisoners in …
Empress Shôken Fund announces grants for 2019
The Fund The Empress Shôken Fund is named after Her Majesty The Empress of Japan, who proposed – at the 9th International Conference of the Red Cross – the creation of an international fund to …
Humanitarian forensics: Experts discuss current practice and challenges in Arab region
From 9 to 11 April 2019, the Arab Union of Forensics and Toxicology (AUFT) held its 10th international conference: Humanitarian Forensics – Education, Training and Practice. The event was organized …
ASEAN Secretariat, ICRC identify challenges and opportunities for humanitarian action
12-04-2019 JAKARTA, 12 April 2019 - ASEAN Secretariat and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) co-organized the first workshop on challenges and humanitarian action in Southeast Asia …
Syria: ICRC pleads for information on New Zealand nurse and two Syrians abducted in 2013
14-04-2019 Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is making a public call for information about three staff members abducted in Syria more than five years ago. …
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