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Iraqis rebuild lives despite growing violence
23-12-2013
In Iraq, violence has increased steadily in the past 8 months, prompting fears of a return to conflict. So far this year, over 7,000 thousand have been killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks at mosques, markets and other sites.
ENG FRA العربية
Field priorities for 2014 - An ambitious yet realistic budget
06-12-2013
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which works in more than 80 countries all over the world, is asking its donors for 1.29 billion Swiss francs (1.05 billion euros, or 1.33 billion US dollars) to cover its activities in 2014.
ENG
Syria: ICRC President calls for increased humanitarian action
11-09-2013
On Wednesday 11 September ICRC President Peter Maurer called on the international community to work together to ensure that assistance reaches people in dire need in Syria.
ENG SPA العربية
Day of Disappeared 30 August: The Missing in Nepal
28-08-2013
Seven years after the end of the conflict between the Maoists and the government of Nepal more than 1,360 people are still reported missing by their families.
ENG
ICRC marks 150 years of humanitarian action
08-05-2013
On World Red Cross Red Crescent Day (May 8) the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) marks 150 years since it was founded. Speaking from the ICRC headquarters in Geneva, Peter Maurer, President of the ICRC, said, "This means 150 years of engagement in conflict in which ICRC brought assistance to millions of people."
ENG FRA
Paraguay: Behind bars women work to support their families
07-03-2013
Female detainees are often the sole providers for their families so their detention results in great hardship for their loved ones. However in Paraguay an innovative income generating project is helping the detainees and their families better cope mentally, economically and socially.
ENG FRA SPA
ICRC President's Syria visit ends amid relentless fighting
07-09-2012
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has just returned from a three-day visit to Syria during which he held talks with the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, and the ministers of foreign affairs, the interior, health and national reconciliation. Mr Maurer also visited areas affected by the fighting in Rural Damascus to witness at first hand how civilians are coping in a context of extreme violence.
ENG
Arms trade treaty: Agreement urgent as ever despite failure
28-07-2012
After a full month of difficult negotiations between States at United Nations Headquarters in New York, delegates have not reached agreement to adopt a long-awaited and much needed Arms Trade Treaty.
ENG
Niger population and Malian refugess hard hit by food crisis
01-06-2012
Already hard hit by a mediocre growing season in 2011-2012, characterized by rainfall badly distributed in time and place, the population in North Tillabery has to share its meagre resources with the many refugees arriving from Mali. According to the authorities in Niger, more than 30,000 Malians from the Menaka area and an estimated 8,000 Niger nationals living in Mali have found refuge in Niger since the beginning of the year, fleeing the fighting between government forces and armed groups. <br>
ENG
Kidnapped ICRC delegate murdered in Pakistan
29-04-2012
Pierre Krahenbuhl, Director of Operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), confirms today the murder of its staff member Khalil Rasjed Dale, four months after his kidnapping in Quetta/Balochistan, Pakistan.
ENG
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