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In order to discharge the humanitarian mission conferred on it by the international community, the ICRC needs to be able to count on a first-rate staff: its activities are carried out by over 12,000 staff members working in one of 80 delegations and missions worldwide..

That impressive human resource figure makes the ICRC one of the biggest emergency humanitarian organizations working in areas of armed conflict and violence today. ICRC staff members have widely varying responsibilities and tasks, depending on their function and the context in which they work. They strive to provide protection and assistance to the victims of conflicts: the wounded, prisoners, the families of missing persons, displaced persons, threatened civilian populations, etc.


ICRC personnel in 2009

12,184 staff members in more than 80 countries

Expatriates: 1,453 people

Men: 56% ; Women: 44%

Over 100 different nationalities

Delegation employees: 9,908 people

823 staff at headquarters in Geneva