Lebanon: Facts and figures 2015
The ICRC has been present in Lebanon since 1967 and has carried out its humanitarian work through periods of conflict, including 1975-1990 civil war. Currently it is responding to the rapidly growing …
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Lebanon: ICRC and Rafik Hariri University Hospital in partnership to improve access to health care
Beirut (ICRC) –- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut and the Lebanese Ministry of Health today signed a memorandum of understanding …
Podcast: The ICRC's protection work in Lebanon
In Lebanon, the ICRC's work includes visiting detainees and finding missing persons. We are helping displaced people fleeing war and violence across the region and the communities hosting them. The …
Fifth workshop on Data Protection in International Organisations
On 5 February 2016, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) and the ICRC hosted the fifth workshop on data protection as part of good governance in international organisations at the ICRC …
Syria: How much longer will the fighting rage?
Written by Marianne Gasser, head of the ICRC delegation in Syria. It was 15 March, 2011. I took the usual short walk to my office, enjoying the cool breeze and soft glow of a beautiful spring …
Ukraine: Residents rebuild war-damaged homes with ICRC support
Residents of Krasnohorivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region are rebuilding homes destroyed during shelling. The repair teams consist of skilled workers who have lost their jobs due to the conflict, and …
Syria Pledging Conference: ICRC President's call to the international community
Speech given by Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the Syria Pledging Conference 2016 in London. Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, When my colleagues …
Syria: Food and medicine reach besieged town of Moadamiyeh
Joint teams of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) have managed to deliver food and hygiene items for more than twelve thousand people in the …
Syria: Millions of people across the country received aid in 2015
The ICRC is working closely with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) to provide food, water, health care and other forms of relief assistance to Syrian people affected by the fighting in the country. …
Eleven Women Facing War: Exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum
An exhibition of powerful photographs and films by award-winning British photographer and filmmaker Nick Danziger tells the stories of eleven women living in conflict zones during the first decade of …
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