Gaza: Rebuilding homes, lives and hopes
During his 15 months as head of the ICRC office in the Gaza Strip, Christian Cardon led the organization's humanitarian response to the 51-day conflict of last July and August. In his final interview …
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Nuclear weapons: Create conditions to make nuclear disarmament possible
Speech given by Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, Vienna, Austria There has been a fundamental change in the debate about …
Philippines: ICRC readying typhoon relief operation
Typhoon Hagupit (local name Ruby) made landfall in the central Philippines on the evening of Saturday, 6 December, hitting the town of Dolores, on eastern Samar, with sustained winds of up to 195 …
Market Analysis Guidance
This publication features processes and tools that can be used to integrate market assessment into the different phases of the project cycle, taking the Movement’s existing technical documents into …
Chad: Law passed to protect red cross emblem
05-12-2014 N'Djamena (ICRC) – Forty-four years after the Red Cross of Chad was founded, Chad's National Assembly has passed legislation aimed at protecting the red cross and red crescent emblems in …
Philippines: Preparations for Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) gather pace
This weekend, Typhoon Hagupit (local name Ruby) is expected to make landfall in central Philippines as a Category-5 storm. It will most likely be accompanied by strong winds, storm surges of 4 - 5 …
Armenia: Drinking water for villagers in border area
04-12-2014 Yerevan (ICRC) – Residents of the remote village of Movses, in the Tavush region along the international border with Azerbaijan, now have safer and easier access to clean drinking water …
Australia: Perspectives from an ICRC surgeon
ICRC medical adviser Dr Robin Coupland visited Australia recently to attend the World Medical Association's Global Health Summit. During his visit, we talked to him about his long career as an ICRC …
Health Care in Danger: New tool for State armed forces
A new publication presents measures to minimize the impact of military operations on the delivery of health care. Data gathered by the ICRC since 2012 in 23 operational contexts, and published in an …
Syria: Aid delivery across front lines in Homs
04-12-2014 In November, the ICRC provided clean water, food, health care and other emergency relief for more civilians than ever before, with joint ICRC-Syrian Arab Red Crescent teams repeatedly …
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