AllThingsGerman.net (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
DRK stands for Deutsches Rotes Kreuz - the German branch of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It is an organisation that is made up of volunteers as well as part- or fulltime employees. They not only offer first aid courses and medical assistance at large events, but often Hausnotruf - an emergency service [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Today, as the American Red Cross joins other Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies around the world in responding to the cyclone in Myanmar, it also marks the birth of Henry Dunant, the founder of what is today known as the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
Global Dashboard (Free subscription) | 30/04/2008
I’m over in Geneva, where I’ve just been presenting to the IASC, which is composed of the heads of the world's largest humanitarian agencies (including UN agencies like WFP, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNDP and the WHO; NGOs like Oxfam; and the Red Cross / Red Crescent movement). Here’s my presentation, which uses food prices as a springboard from which [...]
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 17/12/2007
Date: 17 Dec 2007 Source: ICRC
CICR (Free subscription) | 17/12/2007
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement strongly condemns the abduction and murder of a volunteer of the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society in Jaffna on 14 December.
anonymous (Free subscription) | 01/12/2007
[JURIST] Seven countries on Friday committed to new efforts to protect journalists and their crews in armed conflicts following the conclusion of a meeting in Switzerland of the 194 signatories of the Geneva Conventions. The 30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement [official website] focused in part on the role of international humanitarian law in protecting
CICR (Free subscription) | 30/11/2007
The 30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent ended with a commitment from some 1,500 representatives of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and of States party to the Geneva Conventions to stronger collaborative humanitarian action.
CICR (Free subscription) | 23/11/2007
Geneva (ICRC) - The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has adopted a 10-year strategy aimed at strengthening help for families separated by armed conflict, natural disaster or cross-border migration to restore contact with their loved ones.
