Damage to ICRC warehouse in Mariupol
30-03-2022 We can confirm that an image being circulated online shows damage to the ICRC warehouse in Mariupol. We do not have a team on the ground there, so have no other information on potential …
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Ukraine: As humanitarian crisis deepens, parties urgently need to agree on concrete measures; misinformation risks lives
29-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – As the international armed conflict in Ukraine enters its fifth week, the level of death, destruction and suffering that continues to be inflicted on civilians is abhorrent …
Ukraine: Addressing misinformation about ICRC’s activities
26-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - Over the past days, false information about the ICRC has been circulated that we must address, as it could have a major impact on people affected by the conflict in …
Brazil and the Southern Cone: The ICRC warns of the impact of violence and migration in new report
25-03-2022 The Humanitarian Report is an annual account of the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, including support and …
ICRC President completes visit to Russia to speak about humanitarian issues in armed conflict
24-03-2022 Moscow (ICRC) – Peter Maurer, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has completed a two-day visit to Moscow where he continued ongoing humanitarian …
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross arrives in Moscow
23-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, arrived in Moscow on Wednesday to continue the ICRC’s ongoing humanitarian discussions …
Having access to water is increasingly a matter of survival in conflict zones
21-03-2022 Dakar/Geneva (ICRC) – Access to drinking water is a major problem around the world. The situation has grown worse for hundreds of millions of people living in areas affected by armed …
ICRC President: The suffering in Mariupol must not become the future of Ukraine
17-03-2022 The following is a statement from Peter Maurer, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who is currently in Ukraine: Kyiv (ICRC) – Driving toward Kyiv this …
Yemen: Even as global attention shifts, the world must not abandon Yemen
17-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – Seven years of raging conflict in Yemen has exhausted the population’s capacity to cope, even as global attention is shifting toward other high-profile crises. That’s why …
Armed violence in Mexico and Central America continues to cause large-scale suffering
16-03-2022 High levels of armed violence in Mexico and Central America continue generating serious humanitarian consequences, visible and invisible, and affect the present and future of thousands of …
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