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Winners of the 2015 Young Humanitarian Writers Competition
Nine people have been selected as the winners of the 2015 Young Humanitarian Writers Competition, organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and The National Press Club Malaysia in cooperation with the Malaysian Red Crescent Society…
30-12-2015 | News release
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Syria: Over 450 people including injured evacuated from hard to reach and besieged towns
Joint Press Release. The United Nations in Syria, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross on the evacuation of injured people and relatives in Syria’s Idleb and Rif Damascus governorates.
28-12-2015 | News release
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Saudi Arabia: ICRC president calls for increased dialogue and cooperation
Kuwait (ICRC) – Today the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, concluded his visit to Riyadh, where he met with the Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre, the president of the Saudi Red Crescent and the Saudi foreign minister.
In his meeting with Dr Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Rabiah, supervisor-general of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid & Relief Centre, Mr Maurer underlined the “need to take a neutral and independent approach to providing aid in order to be able reach people in need and protect and assist them.” They also discussed a possible partnership aimed at finding more effective ways of distributing aid impartially and, ultimately, alleviating the suffering of people in Yemen affected by the conflict…
21-12-2015 | News release