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Joint Statement Urging More Aid, Solidarity and Attention to Sudan Crisis

13/09/2023. We, the heads of over 50 human rights and humanitarian organizations are coming together to sound the alarm about Sudan, where a disaster is unfolding before our eyes.

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Collective punishment’: Sanctions worsen humanitarian conditions in post-coup Niger

14/09/2023. The sanctions levied on Niger’s military junta are having a severe impact on the wider population as food prices rise...

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The humanitarian carveouts have allowed people to benefit from life-saving assistance

24/05/2023. Speech given by Mirjana Spoljaric, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, at the Side Event in New York...

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We need to get lifesaving aid to millions trapped behind Ukraine’s front lines

25/02/2023. Building on the success of the Black Sea grain deal, the UN should seize every opportunity to engage in humanitarian negotiations with Kyiv and Moscow.

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‘Catching up with the curve’: the participation of women in disarmament diplomacy

25/08/2022. Though it cannot be up to women alone to capture gendered impacts in treaty texts and outcome documents, their perspective has often helped to pave the way.

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INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY by Michel Veuthey

18/12/2020. 20 years ago, the United Nations General Assembly established the 18th of December as "The International Migrants Day." Today safe migration and more generally, human mobility are more pressing issues than ever.

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The Rohingya remain desperate for help

30/08/2020. There are now about 1 million people living in five refugee camps of bamboo and plastic shelters over an area equivalent to about a third of Manhattan.

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How philanthropy benefits the super-rich

08/09/2020. There are more philanthropists than ever before. So how come inequality keeps rising?

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2019 global natural disaster assessment report

09/04/2020. This report systematically assessed the global natural disasters occurred in 2019 and over the last 30 years,

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Seven things you need to know about climate change and conflict

Article published on ICRC website on 07/09/2020 A new ICRC report, When rain turns to dust, explores how countries enduring conflict are disproportionately affected by climate change and climate variability.* Here are seven things you need to know: 1. Of…

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