GenevaLunch » ICRC http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Red Cross warns Libyans about unexploded ordnance http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/red-cross-warns-libyans-about-unexploded-ordnance/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/red-cross-warns-libyans-about-unexploded-ordnance/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:29:04 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63976 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ICRC (International Red Cross) in Geneva and the Libyan Red Cross have begun a three-week radio campaign in Libya to warn the population of the danger of explosive remnants of war. The programme is being launched a day after the Landmine Monitor Report 2011 cautioned that landmine detection work will need [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/24/red-cross-warns-libyans-about-unexploded-ordnance/feed/ 1 ICRC visit to Qaddafi son, says he is in good health http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/23/icrc-visit-to-qaddafi-son-says-he-is-in-good-health/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/23/icrc-visit-to-qaddafi-son-says-he-is-in-good-health/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:13:45 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63882 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – An ICRC (International Red Cross) official has told news agency Reuters that its staff has visited Seif al-Islam Qaddafi in Zintan, in western Libya, where he is being held. The ICRC limited its comments to the fact he appears to be in good health, noting that he is one of 8,500 people [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/23/icrc-visit-to-qaddafi-son-says-he-is-in-good-health/feed/ 0 Swiss diplomat Maurer to replace Red Cross’s Kellenberger (update 2) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/swiss-diplomat-maurer-to-replace-red-crosss-kellenberger-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/swiss-diplomat-maurer-to-replace-red-crosss-kellenberger-update/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:26:44 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62594 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Jakob Kellenberger, 67, who has headed the ICRC (International Red Cross) since 2000 will be leaving, to be replaced by Swiss diplomat Peter Maurer, 55, currently head of the Swiss Foreign Affairs Department. The ICRC confirmed the news late Wednesday. Maurer will step into his new role in July 2012. Maurer has [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/19/swiss-diplomat-maurer-to-replace-red-crosss-kellenberger-update/feed/ 0 Colombian child released with Red Cross help http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/18/colombian-child-released-with-red-cross-help/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/18/colombian-child-released-with-red-cross-help/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:51:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62546 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The kidnapping of a 10-year-old girl in Colombia three weeks ago outraged the country and when Nohora Valentina Munoz was released near the Venezuelan border Monday evening 17 October, the country’s president gave effusive thanks to the Geneva-based International Red Cross (ICRC), which negotiated the child’s freedom. She and her mother were kidnapped [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/18/colombian-child-released-with-red-cross-help/feed/ 0 ICRC tells Reuters it may help in Palestine, Israeli prisoner swap http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/17/icrc-tells-reuters-it-may-help-in-palestine-israeli-prisoner-swap/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/17/icrc-tells-reuters-it-may-help-in-palestine-israeli-prisoner-swap/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:27:51 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62533 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The International Red Cross, ICRC, has offered to help facilitate the swap of Israeli and Palestinian prisoners, next week in Egypt, Reuters reports Monday morning 17 October. Officials involved in the negotiations have told media in the region that the swap could involved up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Israeli soldier Gilad [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/17/icrc-tells-reuters-it-may-help-in-palestine-israeli-prisoner-swap/feed/ 0 Two MSF workers kidnapped at Kenya’s Dabaab refugee camp, driver shot http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/two-msf-workers-kidnapped-at-kenyas-dabaab-refugee-camp-driver-shot/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/two-msf-workers-kidnapped-at-kenyas-dabaab-refugee-camp-driver-shot/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:36:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62460 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two women, Medecin Sans Frontieres (MSF) staff, were kidnapped at 13:20 Thursday 13 October from the Ifo extension area of the Dadaab refugee complex in Kenya. Their driver is undergoing urgent medical treatment after being shot. Dadaab is the world’s largest refugee camp, with 463,739 Somali refugees, more than 190,000 of whom [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/13/two-msf-workers-kidnapped-at-kenyas-dabaab-refugee-camp-driver-shot/feed/ 0 Red Cross starts to feed Somalis, with Al-Shabaab’s agreement http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/red-cross-starts-to-feed-somalis-with-al-shabaabs-agreement/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/red-cross-starts-to-feed-somalis-with-al-shabaabs-agreement/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:54:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62131 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ICRC (International Red Cross) said Wednesday 5 October that it has started to distribute food to help 1.1 million Somalis living in the areas hardest hit by war, in southern and central Somalia. Enough beans, rice and oil to survive for one month are already being given to 72,000 people in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/red-cross-starts-to-feed-somalis-with-al-shabaabs-agreement/feed/ 0 Int’l. Red Cross gets new logistics centre in Satigny http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/20/intl-red-cross-gets-new-logistics-centre-in-satigny/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/20/intl-red-cross-gets-new-logistics-centre-in-satigny/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:54:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61682 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross, inaugurated its new logistics centre in Satigny 14 September: a 3,500m2 building close to the airport that serves mainly as an area to stock medical supplies the ICRC furnishes to populations hurt by armed conflicts and violence. The new building, where supplies benefit from [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/20/intl-red-cross-gets-new-logistics-centre-in-satigny/feed/ 0 Aid efforts for Somalia famine stepped up; appeals launched http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/26/aid-efforts-for-somalia-famine-stepped-up-appeals-launched/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/26/aid-efforts-for-somalia-famine-stepped-up-appeals-launched/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:06:40 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60107 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Appeals are being launched from Geneva to help fight the famine that is following the worst drought in 50 years in southern Somalia, coupled with fighting in the region. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 18 July officially labelled the catastrophic situation a famine and UN organizations, including those based in Geneva, are scrambling [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/26/aid-efforts-for-somalia-famine-stepped-up-appeals-launched/feed/ 0 UNHCR, ICRC get new US funds for Cote d’Ivoire aid http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/06/unhcr-icrc-get-new-us-funds-for-cote-divoire-aid/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/06/unhcr-icrc-get-new-us-funds-for-cote-divoire-aid/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 12:52:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57352 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Two Geneva-based humanitarian aid groups, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Red Cross (ICRC) are to receive $8 million in new funding from the US government for operations in Cote d’Ivoire, the US Mission in Geneva announced Friday 6 May. The money brings to $43m the total the [...]

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