International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
"The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance.The ICRC also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles."
Mirjana Spoljaric
President of the ICRC
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Pierre Krähenbühl
Director-General
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The ICRC has visited nearly one million detainees worldwide to check on their conditions of detention
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Nearly 5 million people received food aid from the ICRC; 60% of them were displaced persons
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The ICRC has provided nearly 35 million people with access to clean water and shelter
Source: ICRC