Armenia: Trees as living memories
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, …
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South Ossetia: Mine victim produces sweetness and light
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 …
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Essential aid helps families make a new start
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 …
Japan: 70 years later, new fatal illnesses linked to nuclear bomb
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 …
International humanitarian law: Madagascar supports Montreux Document
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 …
Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki urge us to eliminate nuclear weapons
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: …
Liberia: Liberian Red Cross and ICRC join military exercise
Harbel, Liberia, 24 June 2015. The deputy head of the ICRC's Liberia delegation, Benjamin Lark, explains the role of the ICRC to Joshua During, deputy commander of the Emergency Response Unit (riot …
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Please don't make any more like us. We don't want any more hibakusha This is the prayer of the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - also known as "hibakusha". They came together to share their …
Myanmar floods: ICRC joins relief efforts in Rakhine
Persistent heavy monsoon rains in Myanmar, exacerbated by Cyclone Komen on July 31, have caused landslides and extensive flooding across the country. The International Committee of the Red Cross …
Helping mothers improve child nutrition in Somalia
Somalia has been ravaged by decades of armed conflict which has disrupted livelihoods and thrown the social fabric into disarray. Seasonal occurrences of drought and floods deepen the crisis by …
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