ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
$17,100,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Fiscal year
- 2012-2013
- Agreement period
- March 28, 2013 – December 31, 2013
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-M013868001
Published purpose
March 2013 - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization that draws its mandate from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols of 1977. The ICRC's primary mission is to help protect the lives and dignity of people affected by war and internal violence. The ICRC seeks to provide these affected people with assistance and prevent further suffering by promoting and strengthening international humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. With Canada's support, ICRC's emergency operations aims to provide protection and assistance to populations affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence in the following countries: Burma, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, West Bank & Gaza and Yemen.
In plain English AI-generated
Canada is providing $17.1 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross to support emergency protection and assistance for populations affected by armed conflict and violence in multiple countries, including Burma, Central African Republic, Colombia, and others.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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