Nigeria commits to a global nuclear ban
06-08-2020 Abuja (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) welcomes Nigeria's commitment to contribute to a global ban on nuclear weapons by ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition …
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Violence against health workers must cease to help contain COVID-19 emergency
09-08-2020 Baghdad – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement deplores violence and acts of intimidation against health workers and urges respect for all medical personnel, vehicles, and …
Brazil: Essential workers face high risks in fight against COVID-19
A campaign to protect and respect essential workers aims to build recognition and support for all those who are working to keep us safe during the pandemic – workers who are, themselves, affected by …
International Conference on support to Beirut and the Lebanese people: Speech by Peter Maurer
10-08-2020 The tragic events that took place in Beirut have shocked us all. This tragedy, the scale and extent of the destruction, the casualties, the displaced and the missing, is all the more …
Beirut explosion: We will not leave Lebanon all alone
4 August 2020 marks another watershed in the series of dates of distressing incidents from which Beirut and Lebanon have suffered in recent decades. How does the explosion in Beirut's port affect …
Humanitarian situation in Lebanon requires immediate, sincere and wholehearted support
Statement to UN virtual briefing on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon As you may know, after the very first minutes after the tragic explosion in Beirut last week, partners in the Red Cross-Red …
Georgia: Remains of 13 people, considered missing due to 1992-1993 conflict, identified
11-08-2020 Tbilisi (ICRC) – The family members of 13 people unaccounted for in connection with the 1992-1993 armed conflict in Abkhazia have been informed that their loved ones were identified by the …
IHL Day 2020: Preserving human dignity in times of armed conflict
As we commemorate International Humanitarian Law Day on this day, 12 August, we recall the Geneva Conventions which came into being on this same day, 12 August, 71 years ago, in the aftermath of the …
ICRC humanitarian response in South Sudan: January to June 2020
Throughout the first half of 2020, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), together with the South Sudan Red Cross Society (SSRCS), remained active and committed to reaching families and …
Lebanon: “From one minute to the next, the world changed for Beirut”
11-08-2020 One week after a devastating explosion ripped through Beirut, the city's remaining hospitals are still full and hundreds of thousands of people need help to rebuild their lives. Hopes of …
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