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 …
The head of our delegation in Ukraine, Alain Aeschlimann, explains how people affected by the conflict in Donetsk and Lugansk regions are struggling to cope, highlighting the ICRC's neutral …
Long-term Health Consequences of Nuclear Weapons Prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in cooperation with the Japanese Red Cross Society In 2015, seventy years after the …
Interview with Peter Maurer and Tadateru Konoe Thursday, 6 August 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This historic occasion provides an opportunity to reflect …
Families of missing persons recently gathered in the central park of Armavir to plant ash trees in memory of their loved ones – 41 people from Armavir Region who went missing in the early 1990s, …
Avtandil lost a leg to one of the universal consequences of armed conflict – landmines. But he continues to run his farm, with ICRC support. As I set out for Monaster, named after the nearby …
The armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has lasted over 20 years, is still driving families from their homes. Those who return, after months or even years of living in …
Seventy years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Red Cross hospitals are still treating thousands of survivors and identifying new links between radiation exposure and fatal …
A round table to present the Montreux Document to the Malagasy authorities was held on 18 June 2015 in the capital Antananarivo. This initiative was taken by the National International Humanitarian …
By Tadateru Konoe, President, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross Consider a shocking reality: …
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