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15 Jul 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland

The Cruel Confluences Of Climate Change And Conflict

A new policy report from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) explores how people deal with the combination of conflict and climate risks, and how they cope and adapt. The report suggests ways that the humanitarian sector can adjust and adapt to address these risks and makes an urgent call for strengthening climate action and finance in countries affected by conflict...

10 Oct 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

Water Diplomacy Talks -- "The Geneva List of Principles On The Protection Of Water Infrastructure"

Mara Tignino of Geneva Water Hubspeaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) “Water Diplomacy Talks” video interview. The subject is the "Geneva List" of legal principles on protection of water infrastructure.Tignino, Reader at the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva and Lead Legal Specialist of the Platform for International Water Law at the Geneva Water Hub, describe, 4 October, the background and rationale for the "Geneva List", the first reference document to systematize the main rules applicable to the protection of water infrastructure during armed conflicts, specifically in the conduct of hostilities, as well as in pre-conflict and post-conflict situations, setting forth good practices...

21 Aug 2019 LONDON, United Kingdom

UK Government Support For South Sudan, Zimbabwe

The government of the United Kingdom (UK) has announced $22 Million USD in additional aid to provide assistance to vulnerable families in South Sudan. UK also committed to $60 Million USD in support for Zimbabwe in response to a United Nations appeal.A UK government statement identifies currently 7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and nearly 2 million people on the brink of famine in South Sudan, where food insecurity is at its worst level in the past 8 years...

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23 Jan 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

Red Cross Chief Blames Climate Change, Water Stress For Niger, Mali Violence

President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer, has described violence and challenges in the Niger-Mali region as being due not only to conflict, but also effects of climate change that have diminished usable land and created unpredictable water resources."Age-old tensions between farming and herding communities are intensifying because of climate change as the availability of usable land goes down and water sources become less reliable," Maurer said after an eight-day visit to the Sahel region...

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17 Nov 2017 GENEVA, Switzerland

New Yemen Cholera Risk as Saudi Blockade Continues, Three Cities Stop Providing Clean Water

Three cities in Yemen have stopped providing clean water in recent days, putting close to a million people at risk of a renewed cholera outbreak and other water-borne diseases."The water and sewage systems in Hodeida, Sa'ada and Taiz stopped operating because of a lack of fuel", said the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head of delegation in Yemen, Alexandre Faite...

22 Aug 2016 NEW YORK, NY, United States

UNICEF Warns of Deteriorating Situation in Aleppo

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that ongoing fighting in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo has left 2 million people without access to safe drinking water.UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac told reporters on August 19th that access to safe water in Aleppo “has continued to deteriorate over the past two weeks…the situation is particularly worsening for civilians living in eastern parts of the city where taps have gone dry and families have no safe water through the public network...

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9 Aug 2016 ALEPPO, Syria

UN Calls for Humanitarian Pause in War-Torn Aleppo

The United Nations this week called for a pause in hostilities in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo to allow humanitarian access to repair damaged electricity and water networks and provide assistance to people in need.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said an estimated 250,000-275,000 people have been trapped in eastern Aleppo since early July...

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3 Aug 2016 ALEPPO, Syria

UNICEF Calls for Immediate Access to Deliver Supplies to Aleppo in Wake of New Attacks

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is calling for immediate access to deliver urgently needed nutritional supplements, clean water, medicines, and health supplies to thousands of people forced to flee the Syrian city of Aleppo in the wake of a new wave of attacks.During the latest attacks, an electricity transmission station was damaged, cutting water pumping to the city...

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28 Jul 2016 GENEVA, Switzerland

360,000 Civilians Stranded in Aleppo, Manbij: Aid Groups

More than 300,000 civilians in Aleppo and an 60,000 in the Manbij area have been cut off from aid over the last three weeks, a group of 24 international relief organizations warned in a joint statement this week.The groups called on all parties to the conflict to allow unrestricted humanitarian access in all areas of the country...

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13 May 2016 BEIRUT, Lebanon

Syrian Government Halts Aid Convoy to Besieged Darayya

Syrian government forces this week have blocked what would have been the first aid convoy in three years from reaching civilians in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Darayya."Sadly our aid convoy with UN and Syria Red Crescent was refused entry to Darayya, despite being given prior clearance from all sides," the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Twitter...

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12 May 2016 GENEVA, Switzerland

UN Commission Condemns Attacks on Civilians, Infrastructure in Syria

The United Nations’ Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic this week condemned “in the strongest terms” the recent attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Syria.In a statement issued in Geneva, the commission highlighted the recent attacks on hospitals and clinics in Aleppo and on an internally displaced persons’ camp in Idlib...

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4 May 2016 MANILA, Philippines

ICRC Distributes Aid in Philippines' Drought-Stricken North Cotabato Province

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has distributed food rations to over 29,000 people in two drought-hit municipalities in the Philippines’ North Cotabato province, the agency said this week.Thousands of farmers in the province have experience poor harvests or total crop failure due to the ongoing El Niño-induced drought...

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