South Sudan: Helping farmers grow their own food
Years of conflict in South Sudan have had a terrible impact on the country's economy and have severely undermined people's capacity to provide for their families. Poor rains last year became another …
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Bangladesh: National and regional media professionals discuss humanitarian reporting
"Give a voice to voiceless and go beyond the headlines", "Personalize and humanize the stories", "Media should be a vehicle for change", "We have a responsibility to also tell positive stories to …
Afghanistan: Facts and figures, July-September 2016
During July, August and September 2016, the ICRC, together with the Afghan Red Crescent, has helped displaced persons, supported communities deprived of safe water and health care and helped family …
When cities become battlefields
Food and water scarce ... hospitals damaged and destroyed. The five biggest challenges civilians face when cities become …
Speech by ICRC president to OSCE
Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, to the OSCE in Vienna, Austria, on 27 October 2016. Honorable Chair, Excellencies, Dear colleagues, Ladies and …
Migration: Speech by ICRC president to Council of Europe
Speech by Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France, on 26 October 2016. First of all, let me thank you for the …
Peacekeeping operations: ICRC statement to the United Nations, 2016
Statement by the ICRC to the United Nations General Assembly, 71st session, Fourth Committee, item 56 of the agenda. General debate on the comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping …
Rwanda: Law students square up in moot court to promote humanitarian law
The violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) that were committed during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 must never be allowed to happen again, the country's chief justice has said. Professor …
Russia: Conference discusses the human cost of weapons
The Use of Weapons in Modern Conflicts: Humanitarian Aspects conference was recently held in St Petersburg, and co-organised by the ICRC and the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Member Nations of …
Sudan: Treating children affected by clubfoot
Asmaran has clubfoot on both feet. She is less than a month old. This is Asmaran's second visit to Khartoum Cheshire Home. Babies born with clubfoot have one or both feet facing inwards and …
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