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Tue, 15/03/2011 - 11:32
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is supporting the relief efforts of Japanese aid groups assisting survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake and tsunami in ravaged northeastern Japan.
A massive emergency response operation is underway...
Tue, 01/03/2011 - 10:56
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is sending members of its Emergency Response Team to Tunisia to survey the humanitarian needs of thousands of people pouring into the country to escape violence in neighbouring Libya. Veteran team leader Alan...
Mon, 28/02/2011 - 10:01
The International Rescue Committee has aid teams ready to assist people fleeing violence in Libya should a refugee crisis evolve. "We're watching the situation in Libya and surrounding areas very closely," says Gillian Dunn, the head...
Wed, 05/01/2011 - 12:01
Increased attention and resources are needed to protect and aid civilians JUBA - Increasing displacement from violence and a steady stream of Southern Sudanese returning home ahead of the 9 January referendum on secession are straining...
Wed, 08/12/2010 - 10:22
Juba, 8 December 2010 — An International Rescue Committee medical team is delivering health care services to more than 3,500 newly displaced people, mostly women and children, who took refuge in Northern Bahr el Ghazal after their...
Fri, 24/09/2010 - 09:50
The world's success or failure on Sudan will be judged by the next few months
New York World leaders at today's Sudan summit must take concrete action to help ensure peace, safety and development for all Sudanese people, five international...
Wed, 27/01/2010 - 10:36
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is teaming up with Management Sciences for Health (MSH), the global nonprofit health development organisation, to respond to the relief effort in Haiti. The IRC and MSH previously worked together in Pakistan...
Wed, 07/10/2009 - 17:16
The International Rescue Committee is distributing emergency food rations, tents and household items to families affected by last week’s devastating earthquake on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Working through partner organization Leuser, a...
Mon, 21/09/2009 - 10:49
Kampala, Uganda
More engagement and funding is needed to support conflict-prevention initiatives in northeastern Uganda - a region historically wracked by violent raids - at a time when severe drought and increased banditry pose a challenge to the...
Thu, 30/07/2009 - 16:10
Nairobi Nine international aid agencies, including the International Rescue Committee, have highlighted the "urgent need for separation between humanitarian and political efforts in Somalia" in a letter to John Holmes, the Under-Secretary...