Aleppo: "Don't let civilians live in limbo"
17-12-2016 Geneva/Damascus (ICRC) - Thousands of people including women, children, the sick and injured, remain trapped in eastern Aleppo city waiting for the evacuation operation to continue. They …
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Management of limb injuries during disasters and conflicts
Speech given by Mr. Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC. Launch of the Handbook 'Management of limb injuries during disasters and conflicts' For the millions of people who are trapped within the …
Fifth Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Fifth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or …
Missing migrants from Senegal : "And the sea took him away forever.”
Mamadou (right) is seen in this picture with his wife Kadhy. He was 55 years old when he went missing in 2006. His wife still keeps her husband's carpenter tools, which she shows laid out on a mat. …
Georgia/South Ossetia: Tenth meeting held to seek ways forward on issue of missing persons from conflicts of 1990s and 2008
16-12-2016 The tenth meeting of the coordination mechanism for clarifying the fate and whereabouts of people who have been missing since the conflicts of the 1990s and August 2008 and their aftermath …
Meeting of the State Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons – Statement of the ICRC
Statement of the ICRC to the Fifth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed …
China: the “people on war” survey presented to media
Beijing (ICRC) – A new survey , on how people around the world perceive a range of issues relating to war, was presented to representatives of Chinese media during a briefing event held today at the …
Aleppo: 'Evacuation could take days - thousands of people in need'
15-12-2016 The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Syria, Marianne Gasser, has said it could take days to complete the evacuation operation in the Syrian city of Aleppo. …
In memories of our colleagues who have lost their lives
Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, Journée du Souvenir, Geneva, Switzerland. I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to you all for being present today in Geneva at the …
Ethiopia: First wheelchair basketball tournament ends with a win
The game clock was ticking down when a sharp-shooting player from the Addis Ababa wheelchair basketball team threw up a well-aimed shot. A game-winning score! Alemu Yosef couldn’t hide his …
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