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News India: ICRC helps families and medical authorities identify victims of Mumbai attacks 29-11-2008 21-11-2008 Operational update Section ICRC operations in Asia and the Pacific Activities throughout the world: a country-by-country round-up of the ICRC’s work in Asia and the Pacific. The ICRC maintains extensive operations in Asia and the Pacific allowing it to respond to the needs of people affected by armed conflict and violence. Its biggest operation in the region remains Afghanistan, where the conflict has intensified and spread over the last year.
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Sri Lanka. Kantale Camp for displaced persons, August 2006.
Despite security restraints, the ICRC continues to conduct major assistance operations in collaboration with the Afghan Red Crescent. In Pakistan, medical assistance is high on the agenda after violence in Waziristan resumed in the middle of 2007 and spilled over into other areas that had previously been calm. In Sri Lanka, as well as providing shelter and other essential aid to conflict-affected people, the ICRC continues to run a major water and sanitation programme for those displaced by fighting, returnees and residents. In many of the region's countries that the ICRC covers, delegates will continue to visit detainees and will seek to visit others not yet visited. In all contexts where IHL applies, the ICRC will keep on reminding the parties to hostilities of their obligation to protect those not or no longer taking part in the fighting. The country and region names used herein are intended to facilitate reference and have no political significance.  Annual Report27-5-2008 ICRC Annual Report 2007: Asia & the Pacific: Introduction(Info resources\Annual Report\2007) Annual Report Includes PDF, Map Annual Report Includes PDF, Map Feature19-11-2008 Pakistan: when the wind breathes over BaluchistanFollowing the earthquake in Baluchistan women in the damaged villages have been secluded as required by local customs. Now, as the ICRC’s Jessica Barry explains, their voices are rarely heard except by aid workers and medical personnel. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Pakistan) Feature Includes Photo 21-10-2008 Philippines: caring for the sick and woundedSince the Philippines government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front resumed fighting in August, medical personnel in Central Mindanao have been working around the clock. The ICRC’s Iolanda Jaquemet talks about their daunting task. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Philippines) Feature Includes Photo 16-10-2008 Afghanistan: feeding families in needThe humanitarian situation remains grim in Afghanistan owing to the protracted conflict and chronic food insecurity, aggravated, among other things, by rising global food prices. With the winter looming, the ICRC has increased its emergency programmes for impoverished populations. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Afghanistan) Feature Includes Photo 7-10-2008 Sri Lanka: a step towards self-relianceIn Sri Lanka lack of transport and financial means makes it difficult for hundreds of disabled people to get treatment and orthopaedic devices. An ICRC-supported rehabilitation centre in Jaffna comes to their aid. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Sri Lanka) Feature Includes Photo Field newsletter27-6-2008 The ICRC in Philippines: Protecting people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violenceThe ICRC protects and assists civilians displaced or otherwise affected by armed clashes between the government and armed opposition groups. It works to minimize the effects of armed conflicts and violence on the population and acts as a neutral intermediary between opposing forces on humanitarian matters. The ICRC visits detainees and cooperates with the Philippine National Red Cross, to assist displaced people and promote compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL). (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Philippines) Field newsletter Includes PDF Interview1-12-2008 India: attacks on MumbaiIn the aftermath of the attacks in Mumbai, dozens of families are anxious about the fate of their relatives. The ICRC's Dusan Vujasanin spent a few days in Mumbai's hospitals and its morgue, helping family members trace their loved ones. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\India) Interview 27-11-2008 Sri Lanka: civilians long for elusive peaceFighting continues in northern Sri Lanka, isolating the region from the rest of the island and displacing civilians repeatedly. Hicham Mandoudi of the ICRC discusses the organization’s assistance to civilians fleeing the areas affected by the conflict. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Sri Lanka) Interview Includes Photo 9-9-2008 Pakistan: civilians continue to pay the price of conflictAs clashes escalate between the Pakistani military and armed opposition along the Afghan border, civilians bear the brunt. Pascal Cuttat, head of the ICRC delegation in Islamabad, talks about how the organization is helping them. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Pakistan) Interview Includes Photo 28-8-2008 Philippines: rescuing civilians threatened by conflict
Intensifying conflict between the army and an armed group on Mindanao Island is worsening the lot of thousands of displaced civilians. The ICRC's head of delegation in Manila, Felipe Donoso, discusses their plight and the organization's efforts to come to their aid. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Philippines) Interview Includes Photo 27-6-2008 Combating the legacy of weapon contamination in CambodiaMom Phireak is Programme Coordinator for Mine Risk Education/Risk Reduction at the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) in Phnom Penh. In 2005, at Mom's instigation, the CRC started an innovative micro-credit project to support the economic integration of people who are vulnerable to landmines and other explosive remnants. He spoke with Claudia McGoldrick about the project and its success. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Cambodia) Interview Includes Photo Official Statement1-6-2008 Intervening in humanitarian emergenciesAddress by Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the 7th Shangri-La Dialogue, IISS* Asian Security summit, 1 June 2008, Singapore. (ICRC Activities\Humanitarian diplomacy\Other organizations) Official Statement Operational update21-11-2008 ICRC/PRCS response to the Baluchistan earthquakeLatest report on ICRC activities in the field (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Pakistan) Operational update 13-11-2008 Philippines: Conditions worsen for displaced people in MaguindanaoLatest report on ICRC activities in the field (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Philippines) Operational update 13-11-2008 Afghanistan: ICRC activities from January to October 2008Afghanistan is one of the ICRC's biggest operations. From its main delegation in Kabul and other offices countrywide, the organization visits detainees, restores links between family members separated by conflict and runs health and rehabilitation projects. The following is an overview of the ICRC's latest activities. (The ICRC worldwide\Asia and the Pacific\Afghanistan) Operational update Photo Collection11-11-2008 Afghanistan: seeing families through the harsh winter The worst drought in a decade, soaring food prices and relentless insecurity could force thousands of Afghans from their homes this winter in search of food and work. The ICRC and Afghan Red Crescent Society are working hard to meet the needs of 280,000 people in the northern and north-western provinces. (Info resources\Photos\Asia and the Pacific) Photo Collection Includes Photo 2-10-2008 Philippines: helping people cope with displacement and torrential rain On 10 August 2008, the Philippine armed forces and fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front resumed hostilities on the island of Mindanao. The ICRC immediately launched an emergency operation to help those forced to leave their homes by the fighting. So far, over 120,000 have received food, water and basic household items. (Info resources\Photos\Asia and the Pacific) Photo Collection Includes Photo 21-8-2008 Missing persons in Nepal: the right to know In 2001 following the breakdown in the truce between the government and the Maoists, 20 young men left home in Jogimara, Dhading District to work on an airport runway being built 800 km away in western Nepal. Seventeen of them never returned. (Info resources\Photos\Asia and the Pacific) Photo Collection Includes Photo 6-6-2008 The many faces of Sri Lanka's long armed conflict In Sri Lanka, 25 years of armed conflict between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have had serious humanitarian consequences for civilians throughout the country. Over the years many people have fled their homes, particularly in the conflict-affected areas in the north and east of the country, and families have become separated. The ICRC has been working in Sri Lanka for almost two decades, aiming to improve the situation of affected populations on both sides of the armed conflict - including the internally displaced, the wounded and the sick, separated families and detainees. (Info resources\Photos\Asia and the Pacific) Photo Collection Includes Photo  |
