Central America Annual Report 2019
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization that operates according to the Fundamental Principles of impartiality, neutrality and independence and has the …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization that operates according to the Fundamental Principles of impartiality, neutrality and independence and has the …
11-10-2017 ICRC, IFRC, and UNOCHA release a brief guide for humanitarians. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies …
… essential services, together with a lack of jobs, has resulted in mounting social …
In 2019 Venezuela experienced an increase in social tensions, and its economic and social situation deteriorated, giving rise to a shortage of essential goods, health care, and other essential …
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 …
… the only option. They leave behind their jobs and studies, belongings, security, hopes …
The ICRC depends on pertinent information to understand the environments in which it operates, and to respond effectively to the needs of people affected by armed conflict and other situations of …
… Ashfaq Yusufzai, “Specialist Doctors Quit Jobs to Join LRH”, Dawn News (9 June 2017) KP … compulsory to apply for in-house hospital jobs. Noti cations are legally binding. v. The …
2022 was a year of growth, in which we explored new ways of protecting and assisting people affected directly or indirectly by the armed violence in Venezuela. We improved people's access to clean …
Over the past ten years, several armed conflicts have plagued the Middle East and North Africa. These conflicts and other situations of violence have created unprecedented levels of human suffering …
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