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
12.11.2009
Camps for people forced to flee their homes by conflict can cause resentment, tension and violence between internally displaced people and the people around them, warns a Red Cross report.
more...Related topics/regions: [Shelter & housing] [Refugees]
Image: The ICRC and the Pakistan Red Crescent provide relief aid in an IDP camp in Pakistan's Buner District. (©ICRC/Ph.Fichard/pk-e-00882)
01.10.2009
The Red Cross Red Crescent is responding to four near-simultaneous disasters in Asia Pacific.
+ Twitter stream from the disaster zone
+ Indonesia: UN assessment teams to survey damage
+ UNESCO chief distressed by loss of life in wake of Pacific island tsunami
+ Warning of waterbourne diseases after earthquake
+ Indonesia earthquake appeal
+ East Asia Disasters Appeal
+ Children in desperate need
+ Second storm heads for The Philippines
+ to aid earthquake survivors Appeal to aid 'quake survivors
+ We are supporting our partners
more...+ Twitter stream from the disaster zone
+ Indonesia: UN assessment teams to survey damage
+ UNESCO chief distressed by loss of life in wake of Pacific island tsunami
+ Warning of waterbourne diseases after earthquake
+ Indonesia earthquake appeal
+ East Asia Disasters Appeal
+ Children in desperate need
+ Second storm heads for The Philippines
+ to aid earthquake survivors Appeal to aid 'quake survivors
+ We are supporting our partners
Related topics/regions: [South East Asia] [Emergency relief]
22.04.2009
The UN Security Council should put pressure on the Sri Lankan government to suspend its military offensive in the north to enable tens of thousands of trapped civilians to leave the battle zone, said a leading international rights organisation.
+ Hundreds of wounded arriving from war zone
+ 40,000 more flee battle zone – UN
+ The Tamil diaspora: solidarities and realities
+ 'Final assault' is no answer
+ Thousands flee in Sri Lanka
+ ICRC calls for exceptional precautionary measures to minimize further bloodshed
more...+ Hundreds of wounded arriving from war zone
+ 40,000 more flee battle zone – UN
+ The Tamil diaspora: solidarities and realities
+ 'Final assault' is no answer
+ Thousands flee in Sri Lanka
+ ICRC calls for exceptional precautionary measures to minimize further bloodshed
Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka]
Image: Civilians escaping the combat zone in northeast Sri Lanka (UN photo)
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