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South Sudan: ICRC available to act as a neutral intermediary in release of detainees
28-01-2018
The ICRC has informed parties involved in the conflict in South Sudan that it can facilitate any potential release of persons detained in relation to the conflict.
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The ICRC at Davos: Tech partnerships, augmented reality and the cruelty of war
22-01-2018
Geneva (ICRC) - Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss pressing humanitarian issues in an increasingly digitalized and interconnected yet fractured world.Mr.
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République centrafricaine: la violence exacerbe une « tragédie humanitaire oubliée »
17-01-2018
La situation humanitaire se dégrade rapidement en République centrafricaine et la moitié de
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Central African Republic: Violence Fuels “Neglected Humanitarian Tragedy,” with Half of Population in Need of Aid
16-01-2018
Bangui/Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warns that humanitarian conditions in the Central African Republic (CAR) are rapidly deteriorating, with half of the population in need of humanitarian aid.
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Sudan: Critical needs in Darfur, southern Sudan, where ICRC will increase assistance
15-01-2018
Khartoum/Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will increase its field assistance activities in Sudan's Darfur region in 2018, returning to an area where years of conflict have adversely affected the health and welfare of residents.
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Falkland/Malvinas Islands: ICRC presents results of humanitarian forensic identification project
01-12-2017
Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has today handed out its forensic reports resulting from the work it carried out to identify the mortal remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery.
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Aid reaches thousands displaced by clashes in Maguindanao
30-11-2017
Manila (ICRC) - Thousands of displaced families in central Mindanao’s Maguindanao province have been deprived of basic everyday necessities as intense fighting persists in the area.To help around 11,600 people in Shariff Saydona Mustapha municipality, the International Committee of the Red Cross...
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ICRC calls attention to overlooked humanitarian tragedy of missing migrants with powerful new website
29-11-2017
(Geneva) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today launches a new website - missingmigrants.icrc.org - calling global attention to the human stories behind the humanitarian tragedies of those who go missing along migration routes.The website is part of a concerted effort by the...
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20 Years after Ottawa: Landmines still Destroy Lives
29-11-2017
It is 20 years since the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines was adopted, but the legacy of these devastating weapons lives on. Landmines need just an instant to create a catastrophic injury that lasts a lifetime. And for decades, landmines were used in huge numbers, all over the world. In the years before the Convention, Erik Tollefsen, the ICRC’s head of Weapons Contamination, remembers mine clearance as an almost hopeless task.
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CHINA: Experts discuss the control of arms in international and domestic law
28-11-2017
Beijing (ICRC) - A round table on The control of arms in international and domestic law: Legal and Policy Considerations , co-organized by the International committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA), takes place in Beijing today.
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