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VIDEOS BY THE ICRC NEW DELHI 150 years of humanitarian action: Where ICRC meets India On a visit to New Delhi, the ICRC director-general discusses the strategic partnership between his organization and the Indian Red Cross Society and outlines the humanitarian services the ICRC has provided on the Indian sub-continent since 1917. Speaking at various fora, he highlights humanitarian challenges...

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“This travel document ignites a hope to see my family share smiles all over again”, says Lal Zuali, a 37 year–old Burmese refugee in New Delhi while pointing to the travel document that she received from the ICRC to join her husband in a re-settlement country. Zuali’s moist eyes light up as she looks at the document and then the faces of her four teenage daughters. As they walk away from...

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The New Delhi delegation’s newsletter focuses on the diverse commitments that the regional delegation undertakes with the media in India and the South Asian region. It also highlights some of the major events of the last quarter undertaken by the various units through essays, first-person accounts and interviews.  

The ICRC celebrated World Red Cross day on 8th May across its offices in India, i.e. New Delhi, Jammu, Srinagar and Raipur, with the Red Cross Movement partners – IRCS and the IFRC. In New Delhi, a 16-over cricket match was organised between the ICRC and IFRC at the Talkatora Cricket Stadium and in true Movement spirit, colleagues played the friendly match braving the heat. At the end...

A special week long photo exhibition marking 150 years of the international Red Cross and Red Crescent movement was carried out by the ICRC at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi University and the University of Jammu in 2013.  Earlier in March 2013, the photo exhibition  was launched by Mr Yves Daccord, Director General, ICRC at Swiss Embassy in New Delhi which was attended by...

Senior Editors Debate their Role in Conflict Reporting The media of South Asia has an important role to play in covering conflict, violence and the challenges faced by vulnerable groups. At times, reporting on these issues can influence the humanitarian situation on the ground. Bringing together senior editors of media organizations from the region, the ICRC alongwith the AJK Mass Communication...

Supported by the ICRC, Across the Crossfire is a compilation of work by women writers, all generated by Women’s Feature Service between 2009 and 2011 from across the length and breadth of the country. Apart from telling stories from various zones of internal disturbances in India, the book also chronicles stories of women’s courageous resistance, their resourceful practicality...

A two-day seminar on “Health Care in Detention” was recently organized by the ICRC in collaboration with J&K Prisons Department and Directorate of Health Services in Srinagar and Jammu. The seminar was aimed at providing a platform to discuss, share and learn about experiences and challenges related to issues of health care in prisons. On the occasion, Director Health...