ICRC governing body appoints new member
23-06-2015 Geneva (ICRC) – The Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has appointed Béatrice Speiser as its newest member. This brings the membership of the Committee to 19. …
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Rwanda: Regional seminar on health care in detention
24-06-2015 Kigali (ICRC) – A three-day regional seminar on health care in detention gets under way today in Kigali, organized by the ICRC. The seminar is an opportunity to make improvements in this …
Urgently needed aid shipment arrives in Yemen
24-06-2015 Sana'a (ICRC) – An International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) ship carrying 1,000 tonnes of food and three large generators has docked at Hodeidah port, in Yemen. The Stella di Mare …
Mali: Over 250,000 people receive aid in north
29-06-2015 Geneva / Bamako (ICRC) – Enduring terrible hardship, often with no means of survival or even shelter: that is the reality for thousands who have fled widespread violence in northern Mali …
South Sudan: Patients dying after fighting compels medical staff to leave hospital
10-07-2015 Geneva/Juba - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned about the deaths in South Sudan of more than a dozen people following clashes that forced doctors and …
Yemen: Intensified ground fighting heightens civilian suffering
24-07-2015 Geneva/Sana'a (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed by the recent spike in hostilities, including intense ground fighting, which has increased the …
Yemen: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement condemns attack on ambulance in Taiz
28-07-2015 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack on a Yemeni Red Crescent Society (YRCS) ambulance in the city of Taiz on Thursday …
Lebanon: ICRC and Lebanese University partner to improve weapon-wounded care
31-07-2015 Beirut (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Lebanese University signed a partnership agreement today to launch the new Faculty of Medical Sciences module on …
Yemen: ICRC facilitates release of prisoners in Aden
06-08-2015 Geneva/Sana'a - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has today facilitated the transfer of seven released prisoners from Aden to Sana'a. "The ICRC was directly approached by …
Hiroshima/Nagasaki atomic blasts still echo, 70 years on
06-08-2015 6 August 2015, Hiroshima/ Geneva (IFRC/ICRC) – Seventy years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese Red Cross Society hospitals are still treating thousands of …
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