Syria: Aid delivery across front lines in Homs
04-12-2014 In November, the ICRC provided clean water, food, health care and other emergency relief for more civilians than ever before, with joint ICRC-Syrian Arab Red Crescent teams repeatedly …
04-12-2014 In November, the ICRC provided clean water, food, health care and other emergency relief for more civilians than ever before, with joint ICRC-Syrian Arab Red Crescent teams repeatedly …
04-12-2014 Kuala Lumpur (ICRC) – Thirty prison managers and medical personnel have just completed a three-day seminar on health care in places of detention organized by the ICRC in close cooperation …
03-12-2014 Kathmandu (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Dhulikhel Hospital of Kathmandu University are jointly organizing three emergency-room trauma courses this year, …
29-11-2014 Bogotá/Geneva (ICRC) – Three members of the Colombian army held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (FARC-EP) since 16 November have today been released. The …
28-11-2014 Tehran (ICRC) – A regional moot-court competition in international humanitarian law took place in Tehran for the first time on 26 and 27 November, with the National Law University of …
28-11-2014 Geneva/Kinshasa (ICRC) – Beginning today, 52 children under the age of 17 will be rejoining relatives after being separated from them for several months. The International Committee of the …
26-11-2014 Kuwait (ICRC) – At a three-day regional seminar in Kuwait that ended today, prison authorities and health professionals came together to discuss mechanisms to improve health care in places …
26-11-2014 Geneva (ICRC) – For 2015, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is asking its donors for 1.6 billion Swiss francs (1.26 billion euros, or 1.68 billion US dollars) to help …
24-11-2014 Rabat/Geneva (ICRC) – The Moroccan government and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed an agreement today that formalizes the relations the ICRC has had with Morocco …
20-11-2014 Antananarivo (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in cooperation with Madagascar’s Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health, is organizing a dental health day at …
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