Myanmar: Update on Red Cross flood response
In August, torrential rains and the offshore approach of cyclone Komen caused devastating floods and landslides in Myanmar. The disaster displaced almost 1.7 million people and took the lives of 132, …
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Health Care in Danger: Voices of the Community of Concern
A community has gathered around a common goal – to protect health care. This community is made up of doctors, nurses, patients, humanitarian workers, government officials, weapon bearers, and people …
Keep looking for the dead, don’t kill the hope
When people die during war or disaster, or while migrating, their bodies must be handled respectfully and with dignity; and the remains of unknown individuals must be searched for, recovered and …
Iran: Tehran hosts round-table on environmental challenges
23-11-2015 Tehran (ICRC) – A regional workshop and round-table discussion to explore different approaches to overcoming environmental sustainability challenges is taking place in Iran from 22 to 25 …
Yemen: Tropical cyclones compound humanitarian suffering
Joint statement by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Yemeni Red Crescent and the ICRC Two successive tropical cyclones hit Yemen’s southern coastal areas in …
ICRC president and vice-president re-elected
On 19 November at a meeting in Geneva, the supreme governing body of the International Committee of the Red Cross re-elected its president, Peter Maurer, and its vice-president, Christine Beerli, for …
50 years of the Fundamental Principles: A UK and Ireland perspective
The International Red Cross Red Cross Movement is celebrating 50 years of the seven Fundamental Principles that govern its work. At one of the events taking place all over the world , staff and …
Jamaica: Youth project aims to reduce impact of violence
20-11-2015 Caracas / Kingston (ICRC) – The Jamaica Red Cross (JRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are working together to provide local youth with solutions to mitigate the …
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Almost 7,000 people still missing
19-11-2015 Photo: ICRC Sarajevo (ICRC) – Twenty years after the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is urging institutions in Bosnia and …
Syria: Surgeons share knowledge of treating weapon-wounded
19-11-2015 Damascus (ICRC) – A three-day seminar on surgical techniques for treating weapon-wounded patients, attended by 45 surgeons, ended today in Damascus. The event – the first of its kind held …
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