ICRC [to 27 June 2015]
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Engaging with armed groups to protect health care
Article
26 June 2015
After a two-year long consultation process with 36 armed groups, the ICRC – as part of the Health Care in Danger initiative – has produced a publication addressing armed groups, calling on them to strengthen their commitment to protect health care.

Yemen: ICRC delivers aid, urges parties to minimize civilian casualties
Video
25 June 2015
The recent intensification of fighting in Yemen, with airstrikes day and night, brought increased suffering to the people of Yemen and required the ICRC to deliver emergency medical and food aid, explains Cédric Schweizer who has recently finished a two-year stint as head of the ICRC’s delegation in Yemen.

ICRC governing body appoints new member
News release
23 June 2015
Geneva (ICRC) – The Assembly of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), has appointed Béatrice Speiser as its newest member. This brings the membership of the Committee to 19.

Ms Speiser, from Basel, Switzerland, is a doctor of law, with a degree from St Gallen Business School. She also studied in the United States and in France. A lawyer and independent entrepreneur, Ms Speiser is the founder and president of Crescenda, a Swiss-based organization that promotes entrepreneurship for immigrant women.

She will take up her duties on 1 October 2015…