GenevaLunch » ICRC http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:11:03 +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.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no ICRC concerned about Palestinian hunger strikershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/10/icrc-concerned-about-palestinian-hunger-strikers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/10/icrc-concerned-about-palestinian-hunger-strikers/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 07:02:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=70098 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The International Red Cross in Geneva says that it is “extremely concerned about the deteriorating health condition of six Palestinian detainees who have been on hunger strike for between 47 and 71 days.” More than 1,600 people being held in what is called “administrative detention: by Israeli authorities have been on a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/10/icrc-concerned-about-palestinian-hunger-strikers/feed/ 0 Cheering news from int’l. organizations in Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/09/cheering-news-from-intl-organizations-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/09/cheering-news-from-intl-organizations-in-geneva/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:59:58 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69997 GenevaLunch.com Haitians finding shelter, Jordan’s mines lifted, Thai migrants get affordable HIV help GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Warnings of impending civil war in Syria came from the UN’s Special Envoy Kofi Annan Tuesday 8 May, backed up by an International Red Cross appeal Tuesday for CHF24.5 million in funds to help the tens of thousands of displaced [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/09/cheering-news-from-intl-organizations-in-geneva/feed/ 0 ICRC worker murdered in Pakistan (Update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/icrc-worker-murdered-in-pakistan-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/icrc-worker-murdered-in-pakistan-update/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:28:35 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69697 GenevaLunch.com Updated 23:00  GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Khalil Rasjed Dale, a British national who worked for the British Red Cross and Geneva-based ICRC (International Red Cross) was murdered in Pakistan, the ICRC says, without providing further details about his death. Dale was the health-programme manager in Quetta/Balochistan. He had previously carried out assignments for the ICRC in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/29/icrc-worker-murdered-in-pakistan-update/feed/ 0 Colombian rebels release last uniformed hostageshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/03/colombian-rebels-release-last-uniformed-hostages/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/03/colombian-rebels-release-last-uniformed-hostages/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:18:10 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=68558 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND -  Thanks to ICRC (International Red Cross) mediation, six police and four soldiers, the last captives in uniform held by Colombian rebels, were released Monday 2 April after 10-14 years in jungle captivity. Thomas Ess, a Swiss ICRC staff member who until recently was based in Geneva and who is now in Bogotá, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/03/colombian-rebels-release-last-uniformed-hostages/feed/ 0 Int. Red Cross head to Moscow to plead for 2 hr/day aid breakshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/19/int-red-cross-head-to-moscow-to-plead-for-2-hrday-aid-breaks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/19/int-red-cross-head-to-moscow-to-plead-for-2-hrday-aid-breaks/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:09:23 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67905 GenevaLunch.com Visit “against deteriorating humanitarian aid background” as fighting breaks out in capital GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Jacob Kellenberger, head of the Geneva-based International Red Cross, is in Moscow Monday 19 March to ask Russian authorities for help in getting a two-hour daily break in fighting in Syria. Kellenberger’s visit “takes place against the background of a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/19/int-red-cross-head-to-moscow-to-plead-for-2-hrday-aid-breaks/feed/ 0 ICRC carries on distributing food, supplies in Syriahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/06/icrc-carries-on-distributing-food-supplies-in-syria/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/06/icrc-carries-on-distributing-food-supplies-in-syria/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:58:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67330 GenevaLunch.com Social media’s role having a huge impact on Red Cross work GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The International Red Cross working closely with the The Syrian Arab Red Crescent team, continue to provide first aid and medical care as well as food, blankets and hygiene items near the city of Homs, to residents and people who fled [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/06/icrc-carries-on-distributing-food-supplies-in-syria/feed/ 0 Landmines, Internet freedom, Syria keep Geneva busy this week (correction)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/correctionlandmines-internet-freedom-syria-keep-geneva-busy-this-week-correction/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/correctionlandmines-internet-freedom-syria-keep-geneva-busy-this-week-correction/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:48:52 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67200 GenevaLunch.com (Land mine information corrected) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva’s international profile was particularly high during the past week. The Human Rights Council condemned Syria but also highlighted growing concerns over Sri Lanka, the World Trade Organization picked up the Acta Internet freedom debate, Cern announced it will be using cloud computing to help handle massive LHC [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/correctionlandmines-internet-freedom-syria-keep-geneva-busy-this-week-correction/feed/ 1 Int’l aid from Geneva: Haiti looking better, Syria mixed picturehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/28/intl-aid-from-geneva-haiti-looking-better-syria-mixed-picture/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/28/intl-aid-from-geneva-haiti-looking-better-syria-mixed-picture/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:55:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67033 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Two of the main Geneva-based aid organizations are reporting very different situations in the field this week. The IOM (International Organization for Migration) Tuesday 28 February announced the relatively good news that the number of people still living in camps in Haiti has fallen to under half a million people for the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/28/intl-aid-from-geneva-haiti-looking-better-syria-mixed-picture/feed/ 0 Red Cross warns Libyans about unexploded ordnancehttp://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 healthhttp://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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