Article | It is a very special year for the Singapore Red Cross because it is your 70th anniversary year and you have so much to be proud of over the last 70 years – so many humanitarian achievements.Today – at 70 years young – you continue to be an impressive Go to Source Date: […]Continue reading

Article | Twenty-nine outstanding nurses from 19 countries have been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal, which recognizes exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster. Go to Source Date: May 12, 2019 at 00:00 Author: https://www.icrc.org –

Flash flooding across Iran has washed away homes, roads and bridges, and the harvest, resulting in difficult access to many towns and leaving thousands of people homeless and displaced, and struggling with finding the basics to survive. Go to Source Date: April 29, 2019 at 18:10 Author: https://www.msf.org – joanna.keenan

Statement | Dear colleagues,I will start with this frank assessment: in conflicts around the world, attacks on health care workers and facilities are continuing unabated and the impact on civilians is nothing short of catastrophic.Three years after the landmark Go to Source Date: April 1, 2019 at 15:00 Author: https://www.icrc.org –

Article | Humanitarians are facing increasingly complex battlefields with an “explosion of movements and organisations”, the ICRC’s president has told a gathering at the University of London.Speaking at last night’s event entitled ‘Aid and Development in the A Go to Source Date: March 6, 2019 at 18:04 Author: https://www.icrc.org –

Article | FIRST CIRCULAR: ANNOUNCEMENTThough there are over half a billion Buddhists around the world, there has so far been no systematic and focused study of the interface between Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Go to Source Date: February 25, 2019 at 06:03 Author: https://www.icrc.org –

Why MSF has opened a paediatric care project in Simão Mendes National Hospital (HNSM), and what our teams are doing there. Go to Source Date: November 29, 2018 at 18:02 Author: https://www.msf.org – catherine.wilson

News release | A familiar but out-of-place man takes cover behind a broken wall as gunfire rains down from abandoned buildings. Santa Claus — a dirty, battle-worn Santa – appears shocked to be in a bullet-riddled cityscape. Go to Source Date: November 26, 2018 at 18:01 Author: https://www.icrc.org –

Statement | Madame President, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,The success of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) in protecting lives and limbs is undeniable.Twenty-one years after adoption, countless lives have been saved, and the goal of a mi Go to Source Date: November 26, 2018 at 09:04 Author: https://www.icrc.org –