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Hope guides visitors through revamped Red Cross Museum

Agence France-PresseMay 15, 2013 23:30
Hope and human resilience are the guiding themes of the new permanent exhibit at Geneva's International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, which will finally re-open its doors this week after a nearly two-year makeover. "It was important to have the museum be a museum of hope, to show that it is possible to rebuild a new life after living through something very dramatic," director Roger Mayou told AFP after showing off the revamped exhibition to journalists ahead of the official reopening on May 18.

Red Cross urges swift evacuation of Syria's dead and wounded

May 7, 2013 10:48
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urged both sides in Syria's civil war on Monday to allow swift evacuation of the dead and wounded, many of them civilians, who often lie abandoned for days or months in intense urban fighting. The ICRC reminded the government and the rebels that international humanitarian law requires bodies to be removed promptly and respectfully, and the injured to be evacuated for treatment.

Two Red Crescent staffers killed in Afghanistan

April 17, 2013 11:31
Two local employees of the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) have been killed in a "shocking" attack in the north of the country, Red Cross and Red Crescent officials said Wednesday. Two other staffers were injured in the shooting Tuesday on a main road in the Khanaqa district of Jawzjan province while their mobile clinic was travelling to the provincial capital Shiberghan, the officials said in a statement. They described the killings as "shocking and unacceptable" but said the identity of the attackers was unknown.

ICRC halts all Uzbekistan prisoner visits

April 12, 2013 10:16
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Friday it was terminating all visits to prisoners in Uzbekistan owing to the conditions imposed by the local authorities and their unconstructive attitude. The decision, which follows a suspension of several months, comes after a visit to Tashkent this week by the ICRC's director general Yves Daccord where he met with Uzbek government officials.

Red Cross appeals for $43mn for war-hit Mali

April 10, 2013 19:15
The Red Cross has appealed for an additional $43 million to help hundreds of thousands of people in war-torn Mali, and said it would be stepping up its visits of detainees. "Now that northern Mali has been in the grip of armed violence for almost 16 months, the living conditions of people affected by the conflict are very worrying and humanitarian needs substantial," the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement late Wednesday.

HOD of the ICRC Delegation in Azerbaijan: “The ICRC is in favor of holding the meetings of Azerbaijani and Armenian CEPODs regularly if the parties wish”

April 5, 2013 13:34
Kamala Guliyeva; The interview of HOD of the ICRC Delegation in Azerbaijan Ms Denise Duran with APA - The ICRC is active in the region for 20 years. How do you assess the ICRC activities during this period? Could the ICRC accomplish its mission in Azerbaijan? - As you know, the ICRC's mission is to bring assistance and protection to persons affected by conflict and violence. Since the outbreak of the conflict in Nagorny Karabakh, ICRC has worked towards this.

Armenia says has no information on Azerbaijani went missing on border

April 5, 2013 13:33
Anakhanum Hidayatova; Armenia has announced that it has no information about Azerbaijani citizen Sabir Muhit Karimov, said Armen Kaprielyan, head of the working group of the Armenian State Commission on Prisoners of War Hostages and Missing Persons, APA reports quoting Novosti Armenia.On April 2, resident of Khanliglar village of Gazakh region, 46-year-old Karimov Sabir Muhit went missing on the border with Armenia.

Looters strip Red Cross depots in coup-hit C.Africa

March 27, 2013 12:47
Looters in the coup-hit Central African Republic have stripped aid depots run by the International Committee of the Red Cross, threatening its ability to deal with the humanitarian crisis there, it said Wednesday. "The buildings we use to store equipment and food have been looted in Bangui. The bulk of the food has been stolen," ICRC spokesman Marie-Servane Desjonqueres told AFP in Geneva. "Acts like this endanger the work of the ICRC. Most of these supplies could have helped us deal with the emergency," she added.

Gunman wounds foreign Red Cross worker in Yemen

March 26, 2013 11:31
SANAA (Reuters) - An aid worker for the International Committee of the Red Cross from Kazakhstan was shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen in the Yemeni capital on Tuesday, a security official said. The victim was in an ICRC car when she was shot in a street in Sanaa, the official said. He said she was in critical condition but an ICRC spokeswoman in Geneva said the aid worker was not seriously hurt.

Gunman wounds Russian Red Cross worker in Yemen

March 26, 2013 07:15
SANAA (Reuters) - A Russian aid worker working for the International Committee of the Red Cross was shot and wounded by unidentified gunmen in the Yemeni capital on Tuesday, a security official said. "The foreign worker was in the car of an international organisation when she was shot in one of Sanaa's streets," the official said, adding that the woman was in critical condition.
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