15-03-2022 Cairo (ICRC) – The International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Regional Arabic Course kicked off on Sunday in Sharm El-Sheikh after two years of suspension due to COVID-19 restrictions. This is …
13-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) – A worst-case scenario awaits the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped by heavy combat in Mariupol unless the parties reach a concrete humanitarian agreement urgently, …
09-03-2022 The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is increasingly dire and desperate, and the ICRC is scaling up its response by the hour to meet people’s vast needs. In just two weeks, homes have …
09-03-2022 Cairo, Geneva (ICRC) – Egyptian Minister of Justice Omar Marwan and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer signed on Monday a memorandum of …
06-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC) - Amid devastating scenes of human suffering in Mariupol, a second attempt today to start evacuating an estimated 200,000 people out of the city came to a halt. The failed …
05-03-2022 We understand that the safe passage operations from Mariupol and Volnovakha will not start today. We remain in dialogue with the parties about the safe passage of civilians from different …
04-03-2022 A statement from ICRC President Peter Maurer Geneva (ICRC) – We are seeing a devastating humanitarian crisis unfold in Ukraine. Today, the ICRC is urgently reminding the parties to the …
01-03-2022 Geneva (ICRC/IFRC) - With the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and neighbouring countries deteriorating rapidly, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and International …
26-02-2022 Kyiv (ICRC) – "As the armed conflict in Ukraine evolves and escalates, the anguish and fear people have endured for the past three days deepen. We are extremely concerned that the conflict …
25-02-2022 Kabul (ICRC) – The international community must step up urgently to stop Afghanistan's rapid slide towards total collapse and all-out humanitarian disaster, warned international Red Cross …
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