Beijing (ICRC) – To address the spiking humanitarian needs, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched its largest-ever yearly funding appeal for 2.3 billion Swiss francs (about …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been working tirelessly to address the issue of violence against health-care workers, health-care facilities, medical transport and patients in …
We believe getting as many people vaccinated against COVID-19 as possible is key to ending the pandemic. Together with our partners Magen David Adom (MDA) , last week we launched a campaign to …
Throughout 2020, the social and economic crisis in Venezuela continued to take its toll on the most vulnerable part of the population, who had to not only endure a context riddled with violence and a …
Over 2,300 people, both civilians and military personnel, are still missing in Georgia since the armed conflicts of 1990s and August 2008. Meanwhile, their families have been spending years in …
“In their own words” is a multimedia experience developed by the ICRC and published alongside the report “A Decade of Loss: Syria’s Youth after 10 Years of Crisis”. Five young people from Syria …
We introduce the infographics for our 2020 operational facts and figure with remarks from our immediate past Head of Delegation (December 2016- January 2021), Eloi Fillion: "As the Head of …
Hong Kong/Beijing (ICRC)-- The ICRC and Hong Kong Red Cross (HKRC) jointly organized the 19th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition for the Asia-Pacific Region through a …
Five years ago, Honorine was raped. Now, in Sange, South Kivu Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she has her hands full with work at a hospital, her restaurant and her grocery store. …
Joint ICRC–Sri Lanka Red Cross Society (SLRCS) emergency relief assistance was carried out island-wide with the support of local authorities to improve the daily food consumption of the most …
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