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Feedback on the report by the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post- 2015 Development Agenda

His Excellency Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General of the United Nations C.c.: His Excellency Vuk Jeremić, President of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly 22 July...

Preparedness and Coordination essential to saving more lives and reducing the impact of natural disasters

Once again the hurricane season is upon us and across the Americas Red Cross National Societies continue the challenging work of preparing for the emergencies.

A joint statement on the collaboration between the government of Afghanistan and the IFRC on universal health coverage

Her Excellency Dr Suraya Dalil, Minister of Public Health of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Mr Bekele Geleta, Secretary General of the IFRC, met today at ...

IFRC strongly dissociates from the claim of a ‘miracle’ solution to defeat malaria

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) dissociates itself in the strongest terms from the content of the recent Master Mineral ...

نحتفل في هذا اليوم العالمي للصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر بمرور 150 عاما من العمل الإنساني والتعهد المتواصل بـخدمة الضعفاء في عالمنا المتغيّر.

كلمة يلقيها كل من تداتيرو كونُوِي، رئيس الاتحاد الدولي لجمعيات الصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر وبيتر ماورير، رئيس اللجنة الدولية للصليب الأحمر

Typhoon Bopha survivors languish in ‘uninhabitable’ homes as funding shortfall stalls recovery efforts

When Typhoon Bopha, locally known as Pablo, swept across the Philippine island of Mindanao last December, more than 200,000 families in the provinces of Davao ...

Recent speeches:

The Voice of Women in Silent Crises - Asturias Award Roundtable
Presentation by Mette Buchholz, Gender Adviser, IFRC Principles and Values Department, 24 October 2012

United Nations Alliance of Civilizations - Skills and values based education
Statement delivered by Francis Markus, East Asia Regional Communications Delegate, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, at the UNAOC Regional Forum for Asia. Shanghai, November 2012 I have here in my hand a mandarin orange and if I ask our moderator to have a thorough look at it, touch it, get familiarized with it and then put your mandarin orange in a basket full o...

Culture of peace - Plenary Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Statement by MR CHRISTOPHE LOBRY-BOULANGER ADVISER of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to the United Nations Agenda item 15, Plenary Session of the United Nations General Assembly New York, 17 December 2012 Mr President, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) welcomes the reports of the Secretary-General on intercultural a...