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Posted by The.IRC on January 30th, 2013
Thank you to everyone who sent a letter through our website, urging the Obama administration to ensure that sufficient U.S. funds go toward protecting Syrian women and girls. Your voice was heard. more »
Posted in Advocacy, Syria Crisis, Syria, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, Sexual Violence, un, women, Syrian refugees, Syria crisis |
Posted by The.IRC on November 20th, 2009
The Huffington Post’s Victoria Fine interviewed the IRC’s Eduardo Garcia Rolland to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of a Child – which is today. more »
Posted in Children & Youth | Tags: refugees, Huffington Post, humanitarian, un |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 20th, 2009
Today is the 20th anniversary of the UN's Convention on the Rights of the Child. Only two countries have yet to join the global community in ratifying this important agreement that protects children: Somalia -- and the United States. Join the IRC in urging President Obama and Congress to ratify the convention without delay. more »
Posted in Children & Youth | Tags: refugees, child, humanitarian, un, United Nations |
Posted by The.IRC on September 23rd, 2009
In her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, actress Angelina Jolie visited an IRC hospital in a refugee camp complex in Dadaab, Kenya, on September 12. The U.N. said she was there to call attention to the situation of its 285,000 refugees, most of whom fled war-torn Somalia. more »
Posted in Health, Kenya | Tags: refugees, Angelina Jolie, humanitarian, un, unhcr | 1 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 3rd, 2008
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, War, Africa, D.R. Congo | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, North Kivu, un | 1 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on June 24th, 2008
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, War, Women | Tags: refugees, humanitarian, Sexual Violence, un, United Nations |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on February 8th, 2008
Posted in Africa, Chad, Kenya, Liberia | Tags: refugees, Angelina Jolie, Antonio Guterres, humanitarian, un, United Nations | 1 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on November 8th, 2007
The International Rescue Committee first bestowed our Freedom Award for extraordinary contributions to the cause of refugees and liberty in 1957. more »
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