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To increase the awareness on the risk of landmines and unexploded ordinances, ICRC teams reached out to more than 9,000 people through various activities providing information on such risks and safer behavior in contaminated areas. Around 1,500 mine warning signs were donated to the Azerbaijan National Mine Action Agency to support marking of mined areas.Strong collaboration

The ICRC takes the issue of misinformation, disinformation and hate speech during armed conflict seriously and is dedicated to finding effective ways to address this problem and its consequences.

Remarks by Fabrizio Carboni, ICRC Regional Director for the Near and Middle East, on the Türkiye-Syria earthquake, at the UN Office in Geneva Press briefing

Neutrality is essential, not optionalOver the last 160 years, the ICRC has spared no efforts to protect and assist people who are suffering the consequences of armed conflicts around the world.

On 24 June 1859, the future founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Henry Dunant, got the shock of his life. What he was about to do would change the course of humanitarianism profoundly. Still today, 160 years on, his ideas remain as powerful as ever, giving millions of men and women around the world the means to prevent and alleviate human suffering.

A statement from Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, following her visit to Syria from 9-14 February

We wish to express our deep sympathy and solidarity with all those who were affected by the deadly earthquake that struck southern Türkiye overnight Sunday to Monday. In Syria, the earthquake adds a layer to the humanitarian tragedy that has been ongoing for 12 years.

An agreement between the ICRC and CRASSH at the University of Cambridge delivers a new research programme exploring digital and cyber security policy, ethics and regulation.

The ICRC is appealing for 2.8 billion CHF to help it meet the humanitarian needs of people affected by armed conflicts and other situations of violence in 2023.