Deputy Minister Burhanettin Duran met with Pierre Krähenbühl, Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), on the margins of IV. Antalya Diplomacy Forum (#ADF2025).
The escalating fighting in Khartoum and Al Jazeera states has resulted in arrival of a fresh influx of displaced people in Shendi area, River Nile state.
Jointly with @SRCS_SD, we provided cash aid to support 1,592 newly displaced families in meeting their basic needs. #Sudan
For families in Somalia's most isolated areas, healthcare is often out of reach, with facilities hundreds of kilometers away.
In partnership with the Somali Red Crescent, we have launched five mobile clinics, bringing life-saving care to those in need.
📍 Gaza | ICRC-supported baking facilities throughout Gaza allow thousands of displaced people to feed their family each day.
Mother-of-nine, Alhan, receives bread for her family, but they face many other challenges in daily life.
Striking figures from @ICRC on today‘s armed conflict:
1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣+ non-international armed conflicts
1️⃣3️⃣0️⃣ NSAGs
2️⃣1️⃣0️⃣ million people living under armed group control.
To assist & protect these people, operate safely, to disseminate #IHL, we have to act!
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Brazil, China, France, Jordan, Kazakhstan, South Africa together with @ICRC launch a global initiative to galvanize political commitment for international humanitarian law #IHL.
"When your ally targets civilians, pick up the phone and demand they stop... When your ally bends the rules of war beyond recognition, use the means you have to stop them": Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President, at #UNGA79 👇🏽
📍 #Syria
Speaking from Jdeidet Yabous crossing, the ICRC’s Head of Operations in Syria, Stijn Houben, describes the situation of families arriving to Syria from #Lebanon.
The ICRC, together with the @SYRedCrescent, has scaled up the preparedness to respond to emergency needs.
📍 Iraq | "Every time I think he’s gone for good, he appears in my dreams", shares Shireen, Dohuk.
She lost her 30-year-old son in 2014. Though she has no physical items to remember him, with her daughter she grows pink flowers as a symbol of hope, believing he’s still alive.
Join us to commemorate the International Day of the Disappeared, observed on August 30th, at a photo exhibition shedding light on the stories of Syrian families of missing persons residing in Jordan.
Opening hours: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM (except Friday).
Free entry! More details 👇
Reflecting on 75 years of the Geneva Conventions in a world still ravaged by conflict. How do these historical agreements stand up in modern warfare? Explore their impact and relevance in our latest blog by @epolicinski.
#IHL#GenevaConventions75 🕊️
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📢 New Release! The @ICRC's 2024 Opinion Paper delves into critical legal issues on legal classifications of armed conflicts, explaining ICRC’s approach and methodology, and its understanding of contemporary conflict trends. 🌍#IHL
https://t.co/EJkMcHTXlS
In many conflicts, siege warfare has left millions of civilians trapped under fire, lacking food, water and medical care.
International humanitarian law #IHL imposes limits to besieging & besieged warring parties.
Our legal expert @CDroegeICRC explains what the law says 👇
#Gaza Hospitals reduced to rubble. Humanitarian workers killed.
Each collapse on the system is another devastation for civilians.
Less access to aid. Less medical assistance. Less hope.