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Wed, 27/03/2013 - 07:17
David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom, has been chosen by the Board of Directors to succeed George Rupp this September as President and CEO. New York, N.Y., March 27, 2013 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC)...
Wed, 27/03/2013 - 07:16
"I congratulate the IRC on the appointment of David Miliband as its President. I have known David almost twenty years. He is one of the ablest, most creative public servants of our time." 
Tue, 26/03/2013 - 17:25
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Yesterday, Foreign Secretary William Hague and actress Angelina Jolie visited a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where the International Rescue Committee is working to prevent violence...
Mon, 25/03/2013 - 16:15
NORTH KIVU PROVINCE, Democratic Republic of Congo – The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and actress and UNHCR Special Envoy, Angelina Jolie, visited a displacement camp in Eastern DRC today (Monday 25 March) to see how the...
Mon, 25/03/2013 - 16:13
As political unrest escalates in the Central African Republic (CAR), the International Rescue Committee is increasingly concerned for vulnerable civilians caught in a long-running civil war. The humanitarian situation in the country remains fragile...
Mon, 25/03/2013 - 13:41
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is providing aid to survivors of a fire at a refugee camp in Thailand that killed 37 people on Friday. The fire destroyed hundreds of makeshift huts at the Ban Mae Surin camp in northwest Thailand, which is...
Thu, 21/03/2013 - 17:12
The devastating drought of 2011 left families across Somalia without the means to survive. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes in search of water and food. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) with support from the...
Thu, 21/03/2013 - 16:14
“Water is life. If you don’t have water, you don’t have life,” says Fozia Ahmed Karshe. Fozia and Hawa Ali Ibrahim are both in their twenties and passionate about providing clean and safe water to their communities. I met...
Tue, 19/03/2013 - 15:11
Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion, more than 1 million citizens remain displaced inside Iraq, including some 350,000 in Baghdad, the International Rescue Committee reported in a press statement released in Bagdad on March 6. “This is a...
Mon, 18/03/2013 - 10:36
By Ned Colt As Syria’s devastating civil war enters its third year, the International Rescue Committee is providing support to tens of thousands of refugees and displaced Syrians. The IRC's Ned Colt, based in Amman, Jordan, shared his...

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