18-12-2014 Cairo (ICRC) – Today, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Egyptian Red Crescent, in cooperation with Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population, held a conference …
A summary of the ICRC's activities in South Sudan since the beginning of the emergency in mid-December 2013 to the end of November 2014. FACTS & FIGURES DECEMBER 2014 ICRC IN SOUTH SUDAN It is now …
Legislation for common-law States seeking to implement their obligations under the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its 1954 and 1999 …
Damaged sewerage systems are placing 50,000 people at serious risk in the Gazan town of Beit Hanoun. "We have to repair basic infrastructure as quickly as possible," explains ICRC water engineer Sara …
The ICRC Australia Mission hosted a special event marking 100 years of ICRC's humanitarian action in detention at the Palace Electric Cinema in Canberra on 11 December. Up to 50 people attended the …
More than 170 families in the villages of Piki, Lumbi and Tutam in Imbonggu district of the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) were provided with essential items distributed by the …
Mary Nyakola Thoat is one of the many South Sudanese people internally displaced by the ongoing conflict. While she is now in a safer location, Mary faces another challenge: hunger. Isolated by …
When emergencies occur, the South Sudan Red Cross (SSRC) is one of the first to respond to the needs of the people affected. SSRC volunteers are often on the scene of the emergency within minutes, …
22-12-2014 With the influx of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees into the northern governorates of Jordan, the demand for water has grown significantly. The ICRC has expanded its water …
Semenovka in eastern Ukraine was hit particularly hard by fighting in 2014. Local people have set up a reconstruction committee, pooling meagre resources to repair their homes as best they can. As …
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