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| Federation
launches appeal to help Sri Lanka cyclone victims Geneva, 28 December 2000 |
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies today launched a preliminary appeal for 525,000 Swiss francs after a cyclone in Sri Lanka left tens of thousands homeless. The funds will be used to assist 10,000 people with shelter, kitchen utensils, clothing and blankets. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chernobyl
closes but humanitarian needs persist says Red Cross Geneva, 15 December 2000 |
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies welcomed the closure of the Chernobyl nuclear plant today. However, it warned that 14 years after the accident, thousands of people are still living in severely contaminated areas. With an incidence of 100 cases of cancer per 100,000 people. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina is created Geneva/Sarajevo, 14 December 2000 |
The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina will hold its Constitutive Assembly on December 15. A single Red Cross Society will thus be established in the country. The establishment of the Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina is an historic occasion, the result of a process which has lasted for almost three years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The International Federation launches Appeal 2001-2002 Geneva, 5 December 2000 |
The changing face of disasters in the 21st century was highlighted today (December 5) by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at the launch of its Appeal 2001-2002 seeking 355 million Swiss francs for 81 humanitarian assistance programmes world-wide. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Two
million volunteers to fight AIDS in Africa Geneva, 1 December 2000 |
The Red Cross Red Crescent today marks World Aids Day with a frank admission that it has not been doing enough in view of the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, where 25.3 million people are living with HIV/AIDS including over 100,000 Red Cross/Red Crescent volunteers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Volunteers:
time to take stock Geneva, 28 November 2000 |
The world's largest humanitarian network is to modernize its support systems for volunteers and called today on Governments to improve the legal, fiscal and political base for volunteering during the UN International Year of Volunteers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President
Clinton meets with Red Cross in Vietnam Geneva/Hanoi/Bangkok, 18 November 2000 |
US President Bill Clinton met privately with Red Cross officials on Saturday during his historic visit to Vietnam. The president discussed humanitarian issues and congratulated the Red Cross on its programmes for victims of disasters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Red Cross brings aid to flood victims in Nepal Geneva, 20 October 2000 |
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies today launched an appeal seeking 658,180 Swiss francs to assist 47,000 people left homeless by severe flooding and landslides in Nepal in August and September. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Additional emblem for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Geneva, 12 October 2000 |
Substantial progress on the draft protocol which would create an additional emblem for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been achieved after six months of extensive consultations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement urges respect for civilians and
for all medical personnel Genevai, 6 October 2000 |
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (International Federation) are extremely concerned by the scale of the violence which has once again erupted in the region. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assistance for flood victims in Belize Geneva/Guatemala, 5 October 2000 |
Following an initial assessment of needs and damages in Belize in the wake of Hurricane Keith, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching a preliminary appeal for 1.7 million Swiss francs to assist 9,500 people over the next four months. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Red
Cross warns of major health threat as floods affect millions in Bangladesh
Geneva/Delhi, 3 October 2000 |
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent together with the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society have intensified relief operations across five districts in western Bangladesh where over 2.5 million people have been affected by severe flooding that began on September 22. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Red Cross Red Crescent joins fight to end polio Geneva, 27 September 2000 |
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement pledged its support in the fight to free the world of polio by 2005, as it launched an appeal seeking 8 million Swiss francs to assist 14 million people living in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Red Cross airlifts medicines to DPR Korea Geneva, 27 September 2000 |
The first cargo of 43 tonnes of medicine has arrived in Pyongyang. The medicines, airlifted by the Danish Red Cross, will be distributed to 450 hospitals and 1,250 health clinics in four provinces of the DPR Korea, helping 5.8 million people. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Red Cross responds as floods wreak havoc in india and Bangladesh Geneva, 26 September 2000 |
Heavy and prolonged monsoon rains have once more caused widespread devastation across the Indian state of West Bengal and neighbouring districts in western Bangladesh. Across the region well over 16 million people have been affected by the floods . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ouagadougou Commitment Geneva, 25 September 2000 |
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Africa are committed to defeating the diseases and food shortages which are decimating millions of people each year on the continent. Today, 51 Societies signed the Ouagadougou Commitment, which marked the closing of the fifth Pan African Conference, held in Burkina Faso from September 21 to 25. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Red
Cross steps up flood relief in South East Asia Geneva, 25 September 2000 |
The International Federation today launched an emergency appeal for more than 870,000 Swiss francs to assist 7,000 families who have lost their homes and/or farmland due to heavy flooding in the central and southern provinces of Laos. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appeal
to avert famine in Tajikistan Geneva, 19 September 2000 |
The International Federation today launched an appeal for 22.6 million Swiss francs to assist 250,000 people affected by the drought in Tajikistan for eight months. The funds will be used to provide urgently needed food and seeds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Red Cross adresses poverty in polar Siberia Geneva/Moscow, 19 September 2000 |
The International Federation today launched a major initiative to combat poverty in Russia's northernmost regions. The year-long programme will assist 200,000 of Russia's poorest, and address the challenge of helping remote communities to help themselves. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harsh
winter threatens thousands of homeless typhoon victims in DPR Korea
Geneva/Beijing/Bangkok, 19 September 2000 |
Approaching winter threatens thousands of people left homeless by severe storms in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, warned the International Federation as it appealed for 950,000 Swiss francs to provide immediate relief to 6,000 victims. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Red
Cross Red Crescent meeting the challenges in Africa Geneva/Nairobi, 18 September, 2000 |
"HIV/AIDS poses the greatest threat to the future of Africa," says Bana Maiga Ouandaogo, President of the Red Cross in Burkina Faso. The fight against the disease is the most urgent priority identified by the International Federation as it launches a 10-year public health initiative in Africa. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Immediate
relief to flood victims in south east Asia Geneva/Bangkok, 13 September 2000 |
The International Federation
of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for 2 million
Swiss francs to assist the Red Cross Societies of Vietnam and Cambodia
to provide immediate relief to 600,000 people who have lost their
homes and farmland due to unusually widespread monsoon floods.
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Appeal
for Bangladesh flood victims
Geneva, 18 August 2000 |
The International Federation
of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies today launched a preliminary
appeal for 3,200,000 Swiss francs to assist 200,000 persons affected
by recent severe flooding in Bangladesh. The funds will be used
to provide 3,800 tonnes of food and to support 20 medical teams.
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Treating
long-term psychological needs
Geneva, 14 August 2000 |
One year after a devastating
earthquake struck the industrial heartland of north-west Turkey,
hundreds of thousands of victims are still trying to come to terms
- both materially and psychologically - with the consequences of
the tremor that killed 17,000 people.
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India
floods threaten millions
Geneva, 11 August 2000 |
In response to extensive
flooding in North East India, the International Federation of Red
Cross and Red Crescent Societies today launched a request for assistance
for 6 million Swiss francs. Funds raised will be used to provide
200,000 flood victims food items such as rice as well as water purification
tablets and blankets.
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Drought
threatens millions in South Asia
Geneva, 7 July 2000 |
Severe drought is threatening
the livelihood of more than 3.5 million people in South Asia, warns
the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Tens of thousands of farmers and nomads living in western India,
and in south western and south eastern Pakistan, have no access
to fresh water, resulting in crop failure and the loss of livestock.
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Diseases are turning into silent
disasters warns Red Cross/Red Crescent disaster report Geneva, 28 June 2000 |
While earthquakes and floods capture media headlines and donor dollars, the uncontrolled spread of infectious disease takes the most lives. Shocking figures are contained in this year's World Disasters Report released today by the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Long-term solution to a long-standing
problem Geneva, 16 June 2000 |
A joint working
group on the issue of the emblems of the International Red Cross and
Red Crescent Movement concluded the moment had come to move quickly
to adopt a new treaty which would see the Israeli and Kazakh national
societies admitted to the Movement, the Movement's Standing Commission
was told in Geneva on 15-16 June. |
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Red Cross field hospital for earthquake
victims Geneva, 14 June 2000 |
A 150-bed field
hospital, equipped with two operating theatres, x-ray, laboratory,
surgical equipment, medicines and medical supplies, is on its way
to Indonesia, following the massive earthquake that devastated Bengkulu
province in western Sumatra on 4 June. |
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Assistance for Indonesia earthquake
victims Geneva, 6 June 2000 |
The International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies today launched
a preliminary appeal for 5,300,000 Swiss francs to assist the victims
of the powerful earthquake that struck the island of Sumatra on Sunday.
The funds will be used to provide 140,000 people with blankets, shelter,
household items as well as medical supplies. |
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| Unseasonal
flooding in Kazakhstan Geneva, 26 May 2000 |
The International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has today launched
an appeal for CHF179,000 to assist 3,000 persons affected by the recent
severe flooding in Kazakhstan. |
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| Red
Cross/Red Crescent breakthrough Geneva, 11 May 2000 |
The Standing Commission
of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement held a special meeting on 11
May in Nice and said a consensus was emerging on a way to admit the
Magen David Adom in Israel Society and the Red Crescent and Red Cross
Society of Kazakstan to full membership of the Movement before the
end of 2000. |
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| Progress
on Red Cross/Red Crescent emblem issue Geneva, 14 April 2000 |
A joint working
group on the emblem, composed of representatives from 16 States and
representatives from the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, said it
will recommend a third protective emblem be added to the Geneva Conventions.
The emblem would be additional to the red cross and red crescent. |
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| Red
Cross to provide vital link in Ethiopia Geneva, 10 April 2000 |
In a race against
time, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
is working to help to avert a famine in Ethiopia that is threatening
more than 8 million people across the country. An appeal for 5.2 million
Swiss francs has been launched to help nearly 80,000 people. |
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| Partnership
for safe blood Geneva, April 7 2000 |
The International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is joining the
World Health Organization (WHO) as a partner in promoting blood safety
initiatives throughout the world on 7 April, World Health Day. The
theme of this year's World Health Day is Safe blood starts with me.
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| Starvation
threatens Mongolian herdsmen Geneva, Beijing, March 29 2000 |
Mongolian herdsmen,
physically and mentally exhausted from a severe winter that has killed
1.7 million of their livestock, could face starvation unless aid gets
to them quickly, the International Federation of the Red Cross and
Red Cross Societies warned today. |
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| Flood
victims in danger unless aid reaches Madagascar Geneva, March 17 2000 |
The plight of nearly
100,000 flood victims in Madagascar is critical and will deteriorate
further unless more aid reaches them soon, warns the International
Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. In response,
the International Red Cross has today (March 17) launched an appeal
for 4.3 million Swiss francs to help the homeless. |
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| Red
Cross appeals to international community not to forget Zimbabwe Geneva, March 10 2000 |
Tens of thousands
of people in Zimbabwe in a desperate situation are not receiving the
support they need as the world focuses on events in Mozambique, says
the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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| Red
Cross appeals for additional money as another cyclone threatens Mozambique Geneva, March 3 2000 |
Hundreds of thousands
of people are at risk as a third cyclone approaches Mozambique, warned
the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Cross Societies
on Friday. "Unless more money is given quickly, we are looking at
a catastrophe," says Richard Hunlede, progamme manager for the appeal. |
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| More
help needed for Mozambique as situation becomes desperate Geneva, February 28, 2000 |
Inadequate air
transport facilities could lead to the loss of great numbers of lives
in Mozambique, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies warned on Monday. Hundreds of thousands of people continue
to be stranded across southern Mozambique and the situation is deteriorating
rapidly as flood levels continue to rise. |
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| Fighting
for survival in Mongolia Geneva, February 22, 2000 |
As Mongolians watch
their herds die in freezing temperatures, the Red Cross is moving
in to help. The International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent
Societies today launched an appeal for 815,000 Swiss francs to assist
nearly 30,000 herdsmen and their families cope with the catastrophic
loss of their livestock, brought on by the worst snow and frost in
30 years |
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| Mozambique
and Botswana Floods Geneva, February 21, 2000 |
Red Cross volunteers
are on alert in Mozambique as the country awaits the landfall of tropical
cyclone Eline along the coastal province of Inhambane. Local authorities
have already sent out cyclone warnings to the general population. |
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| Appeal
for earthquake victims in China Geneva, January 26, 2000 |
The International
Federation of Red Cross and Red Cross Societies today issued an international
appeal for 2.8 million Swiss francs to assist 80 thousand victims
of several earthquakes that struck three provinces of China in late
1999 and early 2000. |
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