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Ukraine: ICRC calls for clarity on aid convoy
12-08-2014
The ICRC is asking for more information about the aid convoy, which left Moscow for eastern Ukraine this morning. According to the Russian authorities, 280 trucks are bound for the region and is due to arrive at an agreed point on the border with Ukraine tonight. <br>
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Ukraine: ICRC calls for clarity on aid convoy
12-08-2014
The ICRC is asking for more information about the aid convoy, which left Moscow for eastern Ukraine this morning.
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Syria: All staff must be released safe and sound
18-10-2013
On Friday (18 October), ICRC Head of Delegation in Syria Magne Barth said: <br>&quot;It's a very very simple appeal. I appeal from my heart in the name of humanity, on behalf of the families to release our colleagues safe and sound and unharmed.&quot;
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Video gamers to face same dilemmas as real soldiers
28-09-2013
Every day millions of people worldwide wage virtual war through video games. Children and adults, including enlisted soldiers and budding recruits, are enthralled by this kind of 'militainment' - war packaged for recreational consumption.
ENG FRA SPA العربية
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, &quot;This means 150 years of engagement in conflict in which ICRC brought assistance to millions of people.&quot;
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Violence at unprecedented levels in DRC
07-05-2013
Violence has reached unprecedented levels in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between the army and armed groups intensifies. The situation is compounded by inter-ethnic tensions and violence between armed groups in North Kivu and South Kivu.
ENG FRA
Arms trade treaty important for humanity
29-03-2013
At the end of a nine-day conference in New York, States failed to reach an agreement on an Arms Trade Treaty. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deeply regrets that States were unable to adopt an Arms Trade Treaty at the diplomatic conference that ended yesterday in New York.
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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.
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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.
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