Section, primarily intended for the media, containing all ICRC news releases and operational bulletins from the field. The ICRC’s presence in conflict areas and insight into problems faced by victims makes it the essential reference on the humanitarian consequences of war. 1-7-2005
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9-7-2008 News release Afghanistan: Civilians in the line of fire
Kabul / Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) deplores the high number of civilian casualties caused by recent attacks in different parts of the country. At least 250 civilians are reported to have been killed or injured in various incidents since 4 July.(News) |
7-7-2008 News release Rwanda: First training course for military legal advisers in international humanitarian law
Kigali (ICRC) – From 7 to 11 July 2008, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Rwandan Defence Forces (RDF) are running a training course in Kigali for legal advisers in international humanitarian law within the RDF and other State structures involved in the national application or implementation of humanitarian law.(News) |
7-7-2008 News release Lebanon: War surgeons meet to share knowledge
Beirut (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is organizing two war-surgery seminars in Beirut and Zahleh over the weekends of 5-6 and 12-13 July.(News) |
6-7-2008 News release Iraq: New health-care centre in Basra
Baghdad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today handed over to the Iraqi Directorate of Health a new primary health-care centre in Basra.(News) |
1-7-2008 News release Azerbaijan: Safe water reaches conflict-affected villagers
Baku (ICRC) – Families living in the village of Ayridara, along Azerbaijan's border with Armenia, will soon have access to safe drinking water thanks to a water project carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in cooperation with the local authorities and the community.(News) |
30-6-2008 News release Brazil: Red Cross starts to work in Rio’s favelas
Brasilia (ICRC) – On 28 June a group of 20 Brazilian Red Cross volunteers organized the first of six first-aid training sessions for favela dwellers in Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da Maré, two Rio de Janeiro communities hard hit by violence.(News) |
30-6-2008 News release Chile: Red Cross provides health care for communities in rural south
Buenos Aires (ICRC) – On Saturday 28 June, in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Chilean Red Cross ran a community health-care day in the Chaura Alto district of Villarrica, a municipality in the Araucanía region of southern Chile. (News) |
20-6-2008 News release Côte d'Ivoire: Seed and fertilizer for 21,000 farmers
Abidjan (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun to distribute seed and fertilizer to some 21,000 impoverished farmers in northern and central Côte d’Ivoire so that they can start cultivating their fields again.(News) |
19-6-2008 News release Philippines: Policy meeting held to ease plight of detainees
Manila (ICRC) – A meeting has been held of justice and correctional officials, various experts, staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and other interested parties including representatives of Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the European Commission.(News) |
18-6-2008 News release Philippines: Alternative energy for detention facilities
Manila (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in cooperation with the University of Southeastern Philippines, the Southern Mindanao Agriculture and Resource Research and Development Consortium and the regional office of the Department of Agriculture, conducted a seminar on biogas technology for selected Bureau of Jail and Penology and provincial engineers on 10 and 11 June in Davao City, Mindanao.(News) |
18-6-2008 News release Philippines: "Even wars have limits"
Iligan City (PNRC) – The slogan "Even wars have limits" summarizes the contents of a training seminar held jointly by the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 28 to 30 April in Iligan City. (News) |
16-6-2008 News release Mexico: ICRC signs cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Public Security
Mexico City (ICRC) – The cooperation agreement, signed by the regional delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Ministry of Public Security, is intended to increase awareness of human rights and humanitarian principles among members of the police force.(News) |
12-6-2008 News release Afghanistan: Civilians in peril as conflict continues
Kabul/Geneva (ICRC) – The protracted armed conflict in Afghanistan is causing great suffering for ordinary people across the country, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan, meeting today in Paris.(News) |
12-6-2008 News release Eritrea/Ethiopia: 415 persons repatriated
Asmara/ Addis Ababa (ICRC) - On 11 June, 400 persons were repatriated from Eritrea to Ethiopia under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This number includes a former prisoner of war who recently requested to be repatriated.(News) |
11-6-2008 News release Iraq: progress in clarifying fate of former POWs missing after Iran-Iraq war
Baghdad (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the government of the Republic of Iraq, represented by its minister for human rights, today signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at helping to clarify the fate of prisoners of war still missing after the Iran-Iraq conflict (1980-1988).(News) |
10-6-2008 News release Liberia: ICRC donates medical supplies to Redemption Hospital
Monrovia (ICRC) – As part of its ongoing support of the health-care system in Liberia, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has donated surgical equipment, drugs and other medical supplies to Redemption Hospital in New Kru Town, a neighbourhood of Monrovia. (News) |
9-6-2008 News release South Africa: Focus on cluster munitions at law seminar
Pretoria (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is joining South Africa's Department of Foreign Affairs to host the Eighth Annual Regional Seminar on the implementation of international humanitarian law, to be held in Pretoria from 10 to 13 June.(News) |
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