New ICRC guidelines are meant to protect innocent civilians and detainees against violence by non-state armed groups.
They are often violent, ruthless and unforgiving – and despite being unelected they wield influence over tens of millions of people around the globe. Over the past decade there's been a hidden trend: the proliferation of armed groups.
In new research reported Tuesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross mapped out 524 armed groups that are raising humanitarian concerns across all continents and have at least partial control of areas where 175 million people live.
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen (US$20 million) and Ethiopia (US$15 million).
As the U.N. honored the Geneva Conventions, the Red Cross chief said non-compliance is a 'serious problem.'
The U.N.'s chief says it will work with Sudanese authorities to use a 'simplified system' for humanitarian aid deliveries.
The four international treaties, which form the rules of war, have been ratified or acceded to by virtually all nations.
People's health, nature and farmland all suffer from the spiraling negative impacts, says the U.N. health agency
Landlocked between Russia and China, Mongolia depends on Russia to meet its energy needs and China to buy its exports.
The guidance comes weeks before the U.N. General Assembly takes up the issue of AMR at its high-level meeting this month.
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen (US$20 million) and Ethiopia (US$15 million).
