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COP27: Now is the time to transform words into action

COP27: Now is the time to transform words into action

| Press release

COP27: Negotiations are missing the ambition needed to protect those hardest hit by climate change, warns IFRC

COP27: Negotiations are missing the ambition needed to protect those hardest hit by climate change, warns IFRC

| Press release

IFRC launches Global Climate Resilience Platform to support 500 million people on climate crisis frontlines

IFRC launches Global Climate Resilience Platform to support 500 million people on climate crisis frontlines

| Press release

IFRC Secretary General speech at the Early Warnings for All Executive Action Plan launch

IFRC Secretary General speech at the Early Warnings for All Executive Action Plan launch

| Speech

Survivors stranded at sea: SOS MEDITERRANEE and IFRC call for maritime law to be respected

Survivors stranded at sea: SOS MEDITERRANEE and IFRC call for maritime law to be respected

| Press release

COP27: The world cannot afford another set of vague promises, warns IFRC

COP27: The world cannot afford another set of vague promises, warns IFRC

| Press release

Universal Health Coverage: IFRC Secretary General addresses the Third Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Global Health

Universal Health Coverage: IFRC Secretary General addresses the Third Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Group of Friends of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Global Health

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Migration and displacement crisis in MENA: Responding to the basic needs of people on the move

Migration and displacement crisis in MENA: Responding to the basic needs of people on the move

| Press release

Eight days waiting onboard Ocean Viking amid overwhelming medical needs: SOS MEDITERRANEE and IFRC call for 460 of survivors’ right to disembark

Eight days waiting onboard Ocean Viking amid overwhelming medical needs: SOS MEDITERRANEE and IFRC call for 460 of survivors’ right to disembark

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IFRC: 210,000 migrants need urgent life-saving assistance and protection in Central America and Mexico

IFRC: 210,000 migrants need urgent life-saving assistance and protection in Central America and Mexico

| Press release

Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders commit to accelerate efforts to tackle rising humanitarian challenges

Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders commit to accelerate efforts to tackle rising humanitarian challenges

| Press release

IFRC and C40 Cities urge cities to prepare for more dangerous and deadly heat waves

IFRC and C40 Cities urge cities to prepare for more dangerous and deadly heat waves

| Press release