Posts Tagged ‘ Red Crescent/Red Cross ’

After decades of war in Iraq, many families are destitute or living in poverty. Many male breadwinners have been detained or killed or have disappeared. ICRC delegate Caroline Douilliez met with two Iraqi women, who told her how they ensure their family’s survival. Other documents from the Red Cross: The ICRC worldwide > Middle East...
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The displacement of populations is one of the gravest consequences of today’s armed conflicts. It affects women in a host of ways. But far from being helpless victims, women are resourceful, resilient and courageous in the face of hardship. Nadine Puechguirbal, the ICRC adviser on women and war explains. Why is the ICRC raising awareness...
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A sharp increase in birth defects in the Iraqi city of Fallujah could be linked to sophisticated weaponry used by U.S. troops in 2004, it has been revealed. There has been a ‘massive unprecedented number’ of heart defects and an increase in the number of central nervous system defects in newborns, Fallujah doctors have told...
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قال مكتب إدارة انتخابات الخارج في مفوضية الانتخابات إن مباحثات جرت، الثلاثاء، مع رئيس بعثة الصليب الأحمر في العراق في إطار التعاون مع الجهات الدولية التي تهتم بالعراقيين الموجودين خارج البلاد، مبينا أن بعثة الصليب الأحمر المتواجدة بالعراق غير معنية بإصدار الوثائق لعراقيي الخارج. وجاء في بيان للمكتب أن رئيس بعثة...
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The ICRC supports the Iraqi health-care system by supplying hospitals, providing training for medical personnel and other health workers, repairing medical infrastructure and in other ways as well. This is an update on these and other ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in December 2009. The report can be downloaded as a PDF by following...
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بحث نائب رئيس الجمهورية طارق الهاشمي، في مكتبه ببغداد، الاربعاء مع وزيرة حقوق الانسان وجدان ميخائيل، ملف السجون السرية في العراق. واكد الهاشمي وجود عدد من السجون السرية، وان هناك آلاف العراقيين مازالوا يُقتادون إلى أماكن غير معروفة، استنادا إلى الشبهات وبغية الابتزاز دون تهم أو أوامر إلقاء قبض. ...
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بحث نائب رئيس الجمهورية طارق الهاشمي في مكتبه ببغداد، الأحد، مع رئيس بعثة منظمة الصليب الأحمر في العراق ماغنيه بارث، الدور الذي تضطلع المنظمة في العراق. وذكر بيان صحفي صادر عن رئاسة الجمهورية إن الهاشمي أثنى على دور المنظمة، مطالبا إياها زيادة اهتمامها بمتابعة شؤون المهجرين في الخارج والحرص...
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BAGHDAD, 31 December 2009 (IRIN) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Iraq wants closer ties with local NGOs in 2010, and the head of a leading NGO umbrella group believes more effective aid can be delivered to Iraqi returnees if cooperation between local NGOs and UN bodies is boosted. But there are a...
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In a variety of different ways, the ICRC has been helping Iraqi individuals and communities to be self-sufficient economically. This is an update on ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in November. Overview Women whose male breadwinners have been detained or killed, or have gone missing, struggle to care for their families...
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US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have operated under standing orders to ‘call for fire’ (an air-strike) whenever resistance fighters take cover in a house or apartment building, even when large numbers of civilians may also be inside the building, notes Nicolas J S Davies. Editor’s Note:  The "People on War" project on rules...
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