#Goma #DRC: The use of heavy artillery in densely populated areas can have a devastating impact on civilians caught in the crossfire. Electricity have been cut off, affecting humanitarian operations & public health. @icrc.org helping to restore essential services.
www.icrc.org/en/article/d...

📍Israel and the Occupied Territories | We, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), are ready to help implement the agreement reached by the parties and bring hostages and detainees home.

Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President, shares 👇🏽

Addressing the growing menace of harmful information online is no simple task. Given its real life consequences - tech companies/governments/media/hum. organizations - have to come around and work together. Read why the @icrc.org is concerned by harmful info in war: blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...

The contemporary art exhibition - Dialogues On Humanity - is in #Beijing at 798 Art Zone. Photographs illustrating themes & situations we encounter every day; situations which touch & concern us in one way or another & which have a direct or indirect link to the Humanitarian Principles.

This is the ICRC I have devoted 19 years of my life.... an organization that exists for the people caught up in the most desperate of the situations and is made of the people who are the most selfless and courageous creatures I have ever known.

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From Battlegrounds to Bytes: @icrc.org report on digital threats faced by civilians during armed conflicts. We recently launched the Chinese version in #Beijing. Find out how digital technologies can both save and endanger lives...
www.icrc.org/en/article/c...

As we approach the end of 2024, we reflect on a horrifying number: 120.
More than 120 armed conflicts rage across the globe today. While only a few capture global attention, millions of people around the world endure suffering in wars that rarely make headlines.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...

Humanitarian & development actors must collaborate to restore people's dignity in protracted crises. Those living conflict & instability for decades, need water supply not water trucking, livelihood not food rations. In #Beijing, we discussed these issues with experts.
www.icrc.org/en/article/c...

Opened up my Bluesky account today. Happy and excited to discover and learn from this online community. Beijing, dated 18th December 2024.