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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Georgia / Russian Federation – ICRC president announces access to South Ossetia for humanitarian team(News) |
16-8-2008 News release Georgia/Russian Federation: ICRC president to visit conflict-affected areas
Geneva/Tbilisi/Moscow (ICRC) – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Jakob Kellenberger, will travel to Georgia and the Russian Federation starting on 17 August to assess the impact in humanitarian terms of the armed conflict involving Georgian, Russian and South Ossetian troops.(News) |
14-8-2008 News release Georgia/Jordan: ICRC flies in humanitarian aid
Amman (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is flying humanitarian supplies from Jordan to Georgia to help victims of the recent fighting between Georgia and Russia.(News) |
14-8-2008 News release Philippines: Operation under way to aid more than 80,000 displaced people
in Mindanao
Geneva/Manila (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Philippine National Red Cross have jointly begun bringing aid to the more than 80,000 people displaced in the southern Philippines by recent hostilities between the armed forces and fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).(News) |
14-8-2008 News release Kenya: ICRC signs cooperation agreement with IGAD
Nairobi (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are entering into a cooperation agreement that will strengthen relations between the two organizations and enhance coordination of their activities.(News) |
13-8-2008 News release Georgia/Russian Federation: Large-scale humanitarian aid still needed
Geneva/Tbilisi/Moscow (ICRC) – Tens of thousands of people are in need of emergency help in areas affected by the armed conflict involving Georgian, Russian and South Ossetian troops, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).(News) |
11-8-2008 News release Georgia/Russian Federation: ICRC makes preliminary emergency appeal
Tbilisi/ Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a preliminary appeal for 8 million Swiss francs ($7.4 million) to meet the emergency needs of around 50,000 people affected by the armed conflict involving Georgian, South Ossetian and Russian troops.(News) |
11-8-2008 News release Georgia: ICRC to send humanitarian assistance to conflict area
Tbilisi / Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is preparing to fly 15 tonnes of medicines and medical supplies to Georgia early this week to help treat people injured in the international armed conflict between Georgian, South Ossetian and Russian troops.(News) |
11-8-2008 News release Expanded teaching of international humanitarian law
Manila (ICRC) – Introducing international humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the law of armed conflict, into the curricula of faculties other than those of law at Philippine colleges and universities was the topic of a meeting held by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City in July.(News) |
6-8-2008 News release Colombia: ICRC deplores improper use of red cross emblem
Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today expressed serious concern over what appears to have been a deliberate misuse of the red cross emblem during the operation to free 15 hostages that was carried out on 2 July.(News) |
30-7-2008 News release Chad: ICRC employee shot and wounded
N'Djamena (ICRC) – On 26 July an employee of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was shot and wounded in Abéché after two vehicles carrying ICRC personnel were stopped by armed men, some of whom were in military uniform.(News) |
30-7-2008 News release Haiti: Martissant residents gain medical evacuation service
Port-au-Prince (ICRC) – The Haitian National Red Cross Society, supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is now able to offer a medical evacuation service to residents of Martissant, a neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, and the surrounding districts.(News) |
28-7-2008 News release Iraq: ICRC helps bomb victims in Baghdad and Kirkuk
Baghdad/Geneva (ICRC) – In response to the blasts that rocked the cities of Baghdad and Kirkuk this morning, leaving dozens dead and injured, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) immediately delivered emergency medical supplies to the hospitals receiving the bulk of the injured.(News) |
25-7-2008 News release Lebanon: ICRC calls on fighters to respect humanitarian principles
Beirut / Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on all those involved in the current armed clashes taking place in Bab Tebbaneh, Jabal Mohsen and Kobbeh to spare the population and facilitate evacuation of all the wounded. (News) |
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