International Committee of the Red Cross Press Releases - EIN Presswire

Published on March 21, 2025 - 11:22 GMT

ICRC Regional Director, Nicolas Von Arx, warns of catastrophic consequences for civilians caught up in endless escalations in the ...

Today, our teams see the impact on civilians firsthand. In Gaza, people need aid and medical care, and hostages must come home. In Yemen, communities fear for their safety again. In Syria, recent waves of violence displaced people from their homes once …

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Published on March 21, 2025 - 09:47 GMT

Draft Environmental and Social Safeguard Documents for Consultation - Strengthening Community Resilience (SCORE) March 2025

SCORE aims to build community resilience through strengthening community institutions, building social cohesion and collective action capacity, and financing investments in small-scale infrastructure and basic livelihoods activities that protect human …

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Published on March 21, 2025 - 09:35 GMT

Finding hope amid loss: Families of missing persons rebuild lives in northeast Nigeria

Honoring the missing, strengthening the living In a recent commemoration, the families of the missing persons in Monguno town planted trees - symbols of enduring hope and remembrance – to honor their missing loved ones. Since 2022, the accompaniment …

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Published on March 21, 2025 - 07:02 GMT

Ethiopia: Solar power helps bring back water to the population of conflict-affected Lalibela

Because of conflicts and their consequences, which continue to this day, people in Lalibela have been receiving a very small amount of water for their daily consumption. Their lives have been disrupted. Once the project is completed, the volume of water …

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Published on March 20, 2025 - 13:01 GMT

ICRC brings together experts to explore how upholding rules of war can help facilitate peace

“A victory at all costs is not truly a victory, as it leaves societies in ruins and sows the seeds for future conflict,” said Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the ICRC. “When parties to conflict treat the enemy humanely, spare towns and cities, and provide …

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Published on March 20, 2025 - 12:30 GMT

Iraq: Water, Life, and the Fight Against Climate

For almost 5,000 years, Iraq's Marshes indigenous people have fished and cultivated crops in the wetlands not too far away from where I stood. Floating reed islands are built where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers meet before flowing into the Gulf, …

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Published on March 20, 2025 - 05:51 GMT

Myanmar: Finding hope, strength, and food security

Although the country is rich in resources, conflict and displacement—compounded by a political crisis, economic downturn, pre-existing poverty, and climate-related shocks—are making it increasingly difficult for its people to meet basic needs. Many …

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Published on March 19, 2025 - 12:28 GMT

Israel and the occupied territories: Red Cross Field Hospital responding to increased number of casualties in Gaza

Within hours of the violence restarting, staff at the Field Hospital in Rafah received a high number of patients in a short period of time. For the last eight weeks, medical staff at the Field Hospital had been able to focus on providing care amid relative …

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Published on March 19, 2025 - 09:08 GMT

DRC/Burundi/Uganda/Rwanda: Families search for their loved ones as cross-border displacement surges

With support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), National Red Cross Societies in the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda have mobilized hundreds of …

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Published on March 19, 2025 - 09:03 GMT

The 23rd Red Cross IHL Moot (Asia-Pacific Region) Championship goes to Singapore Management University

Dr James DING, JP, Law Officer (International Law), International Law Division, Department of Justice (forth from right), The Hon Madam Justice Carlye CHU, Vice President of the Court of Appeal of the High Court (forth from left), Ms Marwa SHABBAR, Head of …

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Published on March 19, 2025 - 05:26 GMT

Azerbaijan: Activity highlights for 2024

In 2024, taking note of the change in the context, the ICRC realigned its activities. By midyear, all assistance programs were phased out, and support for further development and capacity building of the local specialists as well as institutions continued …

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Published on March 17, 2025 - 16:13 GMT

Good news: Transforming pain through song

The fourth edition of Good News: Daughters and Granddaughters of Ayacucho was held on the main plaza of Ayacucho, Peru, on 10 December 2024, as part of events marking International Human Rights Day. Young people (under 30) mingled with their mothers’ and …

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Published on March 17, 2025 - 16:03 GMT

ICRC President: "We have a shared interest and responsibility to help Syria emerge from the ruinous abyss of war"

Excellencies, ladies, and gentlemen, Syria lives a historic moment. Peace is possible. Peace ensures that the future of all Syrians is one that is stable, economically viable, and free from fear. Yet, in the recent wave of violence along the coast we saw …

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Published on March 17, 2025 - 10:38 GMT

Call for entries for the 2025 Humanitarian Visa d’Or award

Since its inception in 2011, the Humanitarian Visa d’Or has been highlighting both the human cost of armed conflicts and the work that photojournalists are doing to give victims a voice. The award is part of the prestigious international photojournalism …

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Published on March 17, 2025 - 10:23 GMT

Syria: ICRC president warns “path to peace fragile” and calls on global community to not abandon country at this historic ...

“Syria is at a historic crossroads,” said President Spoljaric. “Peace is possible. We have a shared interest and responsibility to help Syria emerge from the ruinous abyss of war. This is achievable, but it will require renewed commitment by its leaders to …

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Published on March 13, 2025 - 13:37 GMT

Georgia: Remains of six people missing in connection with 1992–93 armed conflict handed over to families

This was made possible under the humanitarian mandate of the Coordination Mechanism on Persons Unaccounted For in Connection with the Events of the 1992–1993 Armed Conflict and After, which has operated with the ICRC’s support since 2010 and involves …

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Published on March 13, 2025 - 11:56 GMT

Iraq: Restoring Livelihoods That War Left in Ruins

Livestock farmers, poultry breeders, and fish producers in Anbar governorate continue to reel from the far-reaching consequences of the 2014-2017 conflict, such as low purchasing power and lack of economic opportunities. Veterinary services are now more …

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Published on March 12, 2025 - 05:25 GMT

Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC warns of worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Gaza (ICRC) – The ceasefire in Gaza has proven vital to saving lives, bringing in humanitarian assistance and sustaining the civilian population. However, Gaza's humanitarian crisis is far from over. Aid deliveries had substantially increased over the …

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Published on March 12, 2025 - 05:25 GMT

For the hostages in Gaza, the Red Cross is neutral - but we are not bystanders

The first phase of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas has ended. This was a nerve-wracking, exhausting, difficult month and a half in which combined supreme happiness with indescribable pain. Thirty hostages returned to Israel alive, eight …

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Published on March 12, 2025 - 04:17 GMT

India: Decade-long partnership with CURE India concludes successfully

“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime,” said Santhosh George, director of CURE International India Trust (CURE India), recognizing the contribution of the International Committee of the Red Cross …

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