International Committee of the Red Cross
The ICRC is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.
Primary web addresses
http://www.icrc.org
Email
webmaster.gva@icrc.org
Main Address
International Committee of the Red Cross
19 avenue de la Paix
CH 1202 Geneva
19 avenue de la Paix
CH 1202 Geneva
Country
Switzerland
External phone number
41 22 730 23 84
Main Telephone
41 (22) 734 6001
Joined OneWorld
15.10.1999
Features
11.08.2008
For humanitarian organisations, which often work more in rural areas, Mogadishu, Grozny, Kabul and Baghdad present particular challenges. Are other towns in countries that are at peace but experiencing uncontrolled growth the breeding ground of new forms of violence?
more...Related topics/regions: [Conflict] [Emergency relief]
Image: Pickup truck with mounted gun in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
17.03.2008
Five years after the outbreak of the war in Iraq, the humanitarian situation in most of the country is among the most critical in the world, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a report issued today.
more...Related topics/regions: [Iraq]
Image: Red Cross, Crescent and Crystal
14.01.2008
The International Red Cross and the U.S. have introduced a programme to enable the approximately 600 prisoners at the US jail in Bagram, Afghanistan, to communicate with their families via video-teleconference calls.
more...Related topics/regions: [United States] [Afghanistan]
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