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Bangladesh: Increasing safe access for National Society staff and volunteers

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) jointly organized a round-table dialogue in Chattogram on 22 August that focused on the importance …

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Gaza’s Youth: Suspended Lives, Fading Opportunities

27-09-2022 Gaza – A new online survey conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) found that 9 out of 10 young people from Gaza who took the survey believe their lives are …

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Malaysia: 7th national IHL role play competition 2022

Since 2015, the ICRC Kuala Lumpur has been partnering with local universities to organize the IHL role play competition , which is designed to take International Humanitarian Law (IHL) out of the …

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ICRC appoints Special Coordinator for Northeast Syria

The humanitarian situation in Northeast Syria is untenable: basic conditions are deteriorating both inside and outside of camps and places of detention. As of mid-2022, more than 58,000 people remain …

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Expression of Interest - Water and Habitat, Iraq: New Abu Maria - Tal Afar Master pipe diagnosis and leak detection

Dear Madam, Sir, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is pleased to launch an Request for Interest to pre-qualify for an upcoming restricted tender in connection with the following …

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Heart of a humanitarian: How Hyeon-Geun Lee is helping detainees in the Philippines

It's just another workday for Hyeon-Geun Lee. He visits a detention facility on the outskirts of Metro Manila in the Philippines and along with several other colleagues from the International …

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“I don’t know what my father looked like”: remembering the missing in Bougainville

To commemorate the International Day of the Disappeared (IDOD), a group of families in Aita and Siwai, Bougainville honoured the lives of their loved ones who went missing during the Bougainville …

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Peter Maurer: The TPNW brings us one step closer to a nuclear-weapon-free-world

Statement Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the TPNW Signing Ceremony on September 22, 2022 Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, A decade …

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Digitalizing the Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal Emblems

This report present’s the ICRC’s cutting-edge research into the benefits, risks and possible avenues to develop of a ‘digital emblem’. In its quest for concrete measures to operationalize the …

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Peter Maurer: "Communities in the Sahel now walk on a tightrope of survival"

Statement Speech given by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross -UNGA Side-Event Partnering on Peacebuilding, Climate and Security in the Sahel Region, UN …

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