Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up

Posted on February 26th, 2009 by Robin Parker

Welcome to the Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up, in which we consolidate the major (and sometimes small, but interesting) international Red Cross and Red Crescent news into one list of bite-sized links for you…

IRAQ: Last year the ICRC and the Iraqi Red Crescent together facilitated some 40,000 family news exchanges between detainees in Iraq and their family members, mainly through Red Cross messages.

The ICRC, acting as a neutral intermediary, is still helping to repatriate the remains of Iraqi and Iranian soldiers from the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. Read more highlights of ICRC activities in Iraq here.

CAMEROON: The Cameroon Red Cross and the IFRC partner with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) to bring food aid – and hope – to refugees.

SOMALIA: Continuing conflict combined with drought conditions means that millions of Somalis depend on humanitarian aid. The ICRC is providing more than 100,000 people with shelter, water and medical care.

[The ALL CAPS place names link to maps so that you can get a quick idea of the region.]

GLOSSARY:

ICRC = International Committee of the Red Cross

IFRC = International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Filed under: International

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One Response to “Weekly Worldwide Wrap-Up”

  1. Ogden Rogers, Ph.D., on February 27th, 2009 at 3:46 pm Said:

    What a wonderful asset to the Blogosphere! I commend ARC for getting out and making a weekly contribution for international aspects of issues, needs, and news of the world and the Red Cross Movement. This will be most useful, and I encourage its support.

    We all need to be getting ready to celebrate an important 60th Anniversary on August 12, 2009. The signing of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. It seems to me that there cannot be enough “Buzz” about the International Humanitarian Law

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