Briefing to Military Attachés association on the Lake Chad Basin Region
… (Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Russia), the EU and NATO. …
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President of the International Committee of the Red Cross arrives in Moscow
… providing assistance to those who arrived in Russia after fleeing from their homes in …
Moscow: 100 commanders attend biggest seminar in the world on rules of war
… over 70 countries, came together in Moscow, Russia, to participate in the biggest seminar … an introduction by General Alexander Fomin, Russia's deputy minister of defence, and Helen …
World Humanitarian Day: 17 million volunteers. Half a million aid workers. 190 countries. 1 day.
… their families. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC 11:00 am, Russia: Ladies who lunch! A mother and daughter … about 9,000 displaced people in the south of Russia. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC 12:00 pm, Myanmar: …
The Republic of Moldova and the ICRC sign Headquarters Agreement
… to the humanitarian needs arising from the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict. …
ICRC President Spoljaric concludes visit to Moscow: Progress on prisoners of war is urgent
… to the international armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. She also discussed the …
Senior military officers from over 90 countries meet to discuss laws of war
… Algeria, the UAE and, most recently, in Russia. …
ICRC president arrives in Moscow to discuss pressing humanitarian issues
… the humanitarian consequences of the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict as …
Majority of millennials see catastrophic war as real possibility, and believe there should be limits
… the highest numbers in Syria (81 percent), Russia and Ukraine (both 76 percent), France … the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Russia, South Africa, Syria, Switzerland, the …
Belgium: past and future of the Bruges colloquium on IHL.
… and legal challenges, particularly in the Russia-Ukraine IAC, was also discussed. The …
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