Georgia: ICRC gets help to people caught up in conflict

21-08-2008 FilmRef. ref. V-F-CR-F-01005-W

In the first days of the emergency,hundreds oftonnes of food, blankets and sanitary supplies were flown into the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. During his 3 day visit toGeorgiaand the Russian Federation, ICRCPresident Jacob Kellenberger saw the difficult conditionsfor himself,and met some of the thousands of people displaced by fighting and in urgent need of assistance.