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ANNUAL REPORT
2015
This report is primarily an account of the ICRCs work in the field and
its activities to promote international humanitarian law. Mention
is made of some of the negotiations entered into with a view to
bringing protection and assistance to the victims of international and
non-international armed conflicts and other situations of violence.
Other negotiations are not mentioned, since the ICRC feels that any
publicity would not be in the interests of the victims. Thus, this report
cannot be regarded as covering all the institutions efforts worldwide
to come to the aid of the victims of conflict.
Moreover, the length of the text devoted to a given country or situation
is not necessarily proportional to the magnitude of the problems
observed and tackled by the institution. Indeed, there are cases which
are a source of grave humanitarian concern but on which the ICRC
is not in a position to report because it has been denied permission
to take action. By the same token, the description of operations in
which the ICRC has great freedom of action takes up considerable
space, regardless of the scale of the problems involved.
The maps in this report are for illustrative purposes only and do not
express an opinion on the part of the ICRC.
All figures in this report are in Swiss francs (CHF). In 2015, the average
exchange rate was CHF 0.9638 to USD 1, and CHF 1.0745 to EUR 1.
VOLUME I
ANNUAL REPORT
2015
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CONTENTS
VOLUME I
Abbreviations and definitions 4
Message from the president 8
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Operational highlights 86
Conflict environments and challenges for humanitarian action 86
Operations: review, approach and thematic challenges 86
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Operations
Health care in danger
Central tracing agency and protection
Assistance
Human resources development
Relations with other organizations and contribution
to the humanitarian debate
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Human resources 74
Financial resources and logistics
Finance and administration
Funding
Logistics
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OPERATIONS 83
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AMERICAS 270
Introduction 272
Delegations 278
Colombia 278
Haiti 284
Regional delegations
Brasilia
Caracas
Lima
Mexico City
Washington
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288
293
297
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309
VOLUME II
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 320
Introduction 322
Delegations
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
330
330
337
343
349
355
360
366
Regional delegations
Bangkok
Beijing
Jakarta
Kuala Lumpur
New Delhi
Suva
371
371
377
381
385
390
396
412
412
417
423
429
Regional delegations
Moscow
Paris
Tashkent
Western Balkans
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436
442
447
453
565
566
568
572
577
578
578
Brussels 459
London 463
Introduction 470
Delegations 478
Egypt 478
Iran, Islamic Republic of 483
Iraq 487
Israel and the Occupied Territories 494
Jordan 501
Lebanon 507
Syrian Arab Republic 514
Yemen 521
The ICRC and its work with other components of The International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement 608
Legal bases 609
Universal acceptance of the Geneva Conventions
and their Additional Protocols 609
States party to the Geneva Conventions and
their Additional Protocols 610
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Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of
Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977
Additional Protocol II
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of
Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Adoption of
an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III), 8 December 2005
Convention for the Prevention of Internal Displacement and the Protection of and Assistance to
Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, 23 October 2009
AIDS
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel
Mines and on their Destruction, 18 September 1997
armed conflict(s)
Biological Weapons
Convention
CHF
Swiss francs
Chemical Weapons
Convention
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical
Weapons and on Their Destruction, 13 January 1993
Convention on Certain
Conventional Weapons
Convention on Enforced
Disappearance
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance,
20 December 2006
Fundamental Principles
Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: humanity,
impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, universality
Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in
the Field, 12 August 1949
Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members
of Armed Forces at Sea, 12 August 1949
Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 12 August 1949
Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, 12 August 1949
Hague Convention on
Cultural Property
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Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, 14 May 1954
Health Care in Danger is a project of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
(Movement) that aims to improve the security of the delivery of effective and impartial health care in
armed conflict and other emergencies. It involves working with experts to develop practical measures
and promoting the implementation of these measures by States, components of the Movement,
humanitarian organizations, health-care professionals and other relevant actors. Launched in 2011,
it is scheduled to run until 2017.
HIV
ICRC
IDPs
International Conference
International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which normally takes place once every
four years
International Federation
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, founded in 1919, works on
the basis of the Fundamental Principles, carrying out relief operations in aid of the victims of natural
disasters, health emergencies, and poverty brought about by socio-economic crises, and refugees; it
combines this with development work to strengthen the capacities of its member National Societies.
IHL
IOM
KCHF
Montreux Document
The Montreux document on pertinent international legal obligations and good practices for States
related to operations of private military and security companies during armed conflict
Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement comprises the ICRC, the International
Federation and the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. These are all independent bodies.
Each has its own status and exercises no authority over the others.
National Society
National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies embody the Movements work and Fundamental
Principles in over 180 countries. They act as auxiliaries to the public authorities of their own
countries in the humanitarian field and provide a range of services, including disaster relief and
health and social programmes. In times of conflict, National Societies help civilians and, where
appropriate, support the military medical services.
NATO
NGO
Non-governmental organization
non-refoulement
Non-refoulement is the principle of international law that prohibits a State, a party to an armed
conflict or an international organization from transferring a person within its control to another State
if there are substantial grounds to believe that this person faces a risk of certain fundamental rights
violations, notably torture and other forms of ill-treatment, persecution or arbitrary deprivation of
life. This principle is found, with variations in scope, in IHL, international human rights law and
international refugee law, as well as in a number of extradition treaties. The exact scope of who is
covered by the principle of non-refoulement and what risks must be taken into account depends on
the applicable legal framework that will determine which specific norms apply in a given context.
OCHA
OHCHR
Optional Protocol to
the Convention on
the Rights of the Child
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in
armed conflict, 25 May 2000
This refers to situations of collective violence that fall below the threshold of an armed conflict
but generate humanitarian consequences, in particular internal disturbances (internal strife) and
tensions. The collective nature of the violence excludes self-directed or interpersonal violence. If
such situations of collective violence have significant humanitarian consequences to which the ICRC
can provide a relevant response, the ICRC may take any humanitarian initiative falling within its
mandate as a specifically neutral, impartial and independent organization, in conformity with the
Statutes of the Movement, article 5(2)(d) and 5(3).
POWs
Prisoners of war
RCMs
Any aerial vehicle, including those from which weapons can be launched or deployed, operated by
one or more human operators who are not physically located on board
In November 2007, the Movements Council of Delegates adopted the Restoring Family Links
Strategy for the Movement. The strategy, which covers a ten-year period, aims to strengthen the
Movements family-links network by enhancing the capacity of its components to respond to the
needs of those without news of family members owing to armed conflict, other situations of violence,
natural disasters or other circumstances, such as migration.
Rome Statute
A set of measures and tools, grounded in the Fundamental Principles, that National Societies can
use to prepare for and respond to context-specific challenges and priorities; such measures put a
premium on mitigating the risks they face in sensitive and insecure contexts and on increasing their
acceptance and access to people and communities with humanitarian needs
San Remo
The 1997 Seville Agreement and its 2005 Supplementary Measures provide a framework for effective
cooperation and partnership between the members of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement.
This process implements Resolution 1 of the 31st International Conference, at which the ICRC
was tasked with pursuing further research and consultations in cooperation with States and, where
appropriate, international/regional organizations and other relevant actors to identify options and
propose recommendations with a view to (i) ensuring that IHL remains practical and relevant in
providing legal protection to all people deprived of their freedom in relation to non-international
armed conflict and (ii) enhancing the effectiveness of mechanisms for monitoring and promoting
compliance with IHL. The ICRC reported on the outcomes of this process at the 32nd International
Conference in December 2015.
The study on customary IHL was published in 2005 by the ICRC as mandated by the 26th
International Conference in 1995 after extensive research on State and international practices
relevant to IHL. It identifies 161 rules of customary IHL, most of them applicable in both
international and non-international armed conflicts, and outlines the practices underlying those
rules. Since 2007, the study has been regularly updated through the continuous collection of practices
and is freely accessible on the ICRCs online customary IHL database.
TB
Tuberculosis
UN
United Nations
UNDP
UNESCO
UNHCR
UNICEF
WFP
WHO
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K. Cook-Pellegrin/ICRC
In 2015, the world was finally forced to sit up and take notice of the
global impact of the humanitarian crises that have been unfolding
in the Middle East and other parts of the world for many years
now first, because of the highly mediatized situation of migrants,
including refugees and asylum seekers, arriving in Europe, and
secondly, because of the surge in violent extremism and its reverberations on international relations and public policies in a great
number of countries.
During the year, the arrival on Europes shores and borders of
massive numbers of migrants was symptomatic of one of the
most serious ongoing humanitarian problems of our time one
that ultimately calls for a political solution. With the majority of
those men, women and children fleeing the armed conflicts in
Afghanistan and the Syrian Arab Republic (hereafter Syria) or
insecurity in the Horn of Africa many having seen their homes
and livelihoods destroyed, their loved ones killed or injured and
their chances of a viable existence in temporary accommodations
poor at best their plight suddenly became harder for the world to
ignore. In the absence of political agreements to end the fighting,
it became all the more vital to ensure a sustained and principled
humanitarian response in the conflict-affected countries and their
regional neighbours.
The crisis affecting Europe was just one part of a much bigger picture:
countless migrants living in or crossing through countries affected by
armed conflict or other situations of violence in various parts of the
world, particularly across the Arabian Peninsula, Central America,
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Peter Maurer
The year also saw the adoption of the new Sustainable Development
Goals and the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change, both of which have implications
for humanitarian action, particularly in situations of protracted
armed conflict or violence. On the humanitarian policy front, the
ICRC needed to engage proactively on these issues and offer a
clearer understanding of the distinctiveness of humanitarian action,
but also of the possibilities of working better with those involved in
longer-term stabilization efforts. Other significant areas of concern
included the need to strike a better balance between the work of
local and international actors, and between private and public efforts
to respond to crises.
The 32nd International Conference, held in Geneva in December2015,
brought together representatives from 169governments, 185National
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Federation,
the ICRC and more than 100 observers. It was a key opportunity
to achieve policy consensus and deliver substantive, concrete
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
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Institutional strategy 10
Key success factors/areas of risk 10
Comprehensive analysis and multidisciplinary
and complementary approaches 11
Modes of action 11
Levels of intervention 11
Result-based management 12
Coordination 12
Services at headquarters 12
Target populations in field operations 13
Programme descriptions 14
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
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Regional breakdown 19
Operations worldwide 20
Levels of earmarking 21
Contributions in kind/cash for kind 21
Contributions in services 21
Overview 22
Cost type accounting 22
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According to the ICRC mission statement, the overall humanitarian mission of the institution, as an impartial, neutral and
independent organization rooted in IHL, 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 is part of
the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
On this basis, the ICRCs four-year strategy is made available
publicly and in the ICRCs yearly Headquarters Appeal. It assesses
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MODES OF ACTION
The modes of action used by the ICRC are the following:
XX persuasion: confidential representations addressed to the
authorities and aimed at convincing them to enhance respect
for IHL and/or other fundamental rules protecting persons in
situations of violence and to take measures which improve the
circumstances of people affected by such situations
XX mobilization: activities aimed at prevailing on third parties
to influence the behaviour or actions of the authorities, to
support them, or to directly provide services to people in need
XX support: activities aimed at providing assistance to the
authorities so that they are better able to carry out their
functions and fulfil their responsibilities
XX substitution: activities to directly provide services to people in need,
often in place of authorities who are not able or not willing to do so
XX denunciation (resorted to by the ICRC only in exceptional
circumstances and under strict conditions): public declarations
regarding repeated violations of IHL or other fundamental
rules protecting persons in situations of violence committed
by specific actors, for the purpose of bringing a halt to such
violations or preventing their recurrence
The modes of action used by the ICRC depend on the situation, the
problems encountered and the objectives to be achieved. They aim
to make the relevant actors aware of their responsibilities, and to
foster compliance with these. The ICRC does not limit itself to any
one of mode of action; on the contrary, it combines them, striking
a balance between them either simultaneously or consecutively.
LEVELS OF INTERVENTION
The activities carried out under the ICRCs programmes are conducted
at the following complementary levels to reach common objectives
in aid of the populations affected, including their early recovery:
XX preventing or alleviating the immediate effects of an emerging
or established pattern of abuse or problem (responsive action)
XX restoring dignified living conditions through rehabilitation,
restitution and reparation (remedial action)
XX fostering a social, cultural, institutional and legal
environment conducive to respect for IHL and/or other
fundamental rules protecting persons in situations of
violence (environment-building action)
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RESULT-BASED MANAGEMENT
On the basis of an analysis of the given situation and of the
humanitarian issues, and often within a longer-term strategy, the
ICRC defines objectives with plans of action and indicators for
the coming year or, in some cases, for the next two years for
each context where it operates. The plans of action and indicators
describe how the ICRC aims to work towards the objectives in
question. Changes in situations and humanitarian issues may
require objectives, plans of action and indicators to be revised
during the year. Objectives and plans of action and indicators
are organized according to target populations and list activities
according to programme; the accounting system is structured
accordingly (see descriptions below).
ICRC Appeals provide donors with information about these objectives, their plans of action and indicators and the corresponding
budget. The ICRC also produces an Annual Report, which
provides information descriptive, quantitative and financial
regarding those objectives and plans of action and indicators.
Whenever possible, the reporting is result-oriented. It includes a
description of the products and services resulting from processes
that use a combination of resources, and their effect or results at
output, outcome or impact level.
The ICRC works according to the following definitions of the
terminology used, adopted on the basis of common usage in
existing literature:
XX input: human, technical, material and financial resources and
logistical means that enable a person/organization to do something
XX activity: any action or process through which inputs are
combined to generate goods and services (outputs)
XX output: the products, goods and services that people receive as
a result of ICRC activities and that are expected to lead to the
achievement of outcomes
XX outcome: short and medium term
short-term outcome: the likely, or achieved, short-term
effects of the output that are expected to lead to the
achievement of medium-term outcomes
medium-term outcome: the likely, or achieved, mediumterm (one- to five-year) effects of the short-term outcome
that are expected to contribute to the impact
XX impact: primary and secondary long-term effects to which
interventions contribute, positively or negatively, directly or
indirectly, intended or unintended. The ICRC, as any other
actor, is likely only to contribute to an impact.
COORDINATION
Besides its close coordination and cooperation with its Movement
partners, notably with National Societies, the ICRC coordinates
its humanitarian response with all other actors be they State
or non-State authorities, UN agencies, international, regional,
national or faith-based organizations and acknowledges that
coordination of the humanitarian response is complex because of
the diversity of humanitarian actors, particularly at regional and
local level. It has adopted a pragmatic approach to institutional
and operational coordination, believing that humanitarian coordination should be reality-based and action-oriented.
Through its participation in coordination meetings at regional
and field level, as well as bilateral discussions, the ICRC seeks to
contribute to: providing the best possible protection and assistance for people affected by armed conflict and other situations
of violence; avoiding gaps and duplication; and ensuring that
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SERVICES AT HEADQUARTERS
In setting its headquarters objectives and plans of action, the ICRC
has drawn up a standard list of six services, divided into three
broad categories. These are defined as follows:
XX Guidance
Environment scanning/analysis: services that analyse/
monitor the organizations external environment
Policy and guidelines/Research and development: services
either that formulate policies and strategic positions and
ensure that they are implemented in a coherent manner
(monitoring and follow-up), or that develop specific
expertise for transfer to units and divisions at headquarters
and in the field
XX Internal support
Corporate support: services aimed at all units and
divisions at headquarters and in the field and which
provide back-office support to ensure that the organization
runs smoothly
Support for action: services that support units and
divisions at headquarters, as well as field delegations (often
at their own request), in fulfilling their mission in a given
context (contextualization of expertise)
XX External interaction
External relations/Humanitarian diplomacy/Mobilization:
services that manage relations with the various actors in the
ICRCs environment; undertake diplomatic dmarches and
representations; and promote the organizations position
Services and products: services and products aimed at
National Societies, international organizations and NGOs,
governments and States, and at beneficiaries/individuals
Particular concerns
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PROGRAMME DESCRIPTIONS
PROTECTION
In order to preserve the lives, security, dignity and physical and
mental well-being of people adversely affected by armed conflict
and other situations of violence, the ICRC has adopted a protection
approach that aims to ensure that the authorities and other players
involved fulfil their obligations and uphold the rights of individuals
protected by law. It also tries to prevent and/or put an end to actual
or probable violations of IHL and other bodies of law protecting
people in such situations. Protection focuses both on the causes and
circumstances of violations, targeting those responsible and those
who can influence them, and on the consequences of the violations.
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XX detainees
Missing persons
Activities for missing persons are intended to shed light on the fate
and/or whereabouts of people who are unaccounted for as a consequence of an armed conflict, other situation of violence or migration,
and thereby help alleviate the suffering caused to their relatives by
the uncertainty surrounding their fate. The ICRC pursues a strictly
humanitarian approach to the issue, which involves:
XX supporting the development of normative frameworks,
including for engaging in activities aimed at preventing
disappearances, and encouraging governments to enact or
implement legislation to prevent people from becoming
ASSISTANCE
The aim of assistance is to preserve life and/or restore the dignity of
individuals or communities adversely affected by an armed conflict
or other situation of violence. Assistance activities address the consequences of violations of IHL or other fundamental rules protecting
people in situations of violence. They may also tackle the causes
and circumstances of such violations by reducing exposure to risks.
Assistance programmes are designed to preserve or restore
acceptable living conditions for people affected by armed conflict or
other situations of violence, to enable them to maintain an adequate
standard of living in their respective social and cultural context
until their basic needs are met by the authorities or through their
own means. The beneficiaries are primarily resident or displaced
civilians, vulnerable groups such as minorities and the families of
people who are unaccounted for, the sick and the wounded (both
military and civilian) and people deprived of their freedom.
Economic security
Economic security activities are designed to ensure that households and communities have access to the services and resources
required to meet their essential economic needs, as defined by
their physical condition and social and cultural environment. In
practice, this translates into three different types of intervention:
XX relief interventions: to protect lives and livelihoods by providing
people with the goods and/or services essential for their survival
when they can no longer obtain these through their own means
XX production interventions: to protect or enhance a households
or communitys asset base its means of production so that it
can maintain or recover its livelihood
XX structural interventions: to protect livelihoods by influencing
processes, institutions and policies that have a direct impact on
a target populations capacity to maintain its livelihood over time
(such as agricultural or livestock services)
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Health
Physical rehabilitation
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Forensic services
Weapon contamination
PREVENTION
The aim of prevention is to foster an environment that is conducive
to respect for the lives and dignity of those who may be affected
by an armed conflict or other situation of violence, and that is
favourable to the work of the ICRC. The approach has a mediumto long-term outlook and aims to prevent suffering by influencing
those who have a direct or indirect impact on the fate of people
affected by such situations, and/or who can influence the ICRCs
ability to gain access to these people and operate efficiently in
their favour. In particular, the prevention approach involves
communicating, developing and clarifying IHL, helping advance
the implementation of IHL and other relevant bodies of law, and
promoting acceptance of the ICRCs work.
Communication
Weapon-related issues
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XX mobilizing
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
Delegations are grouped and managed in five geographical regions:
Africa; the Americas; Asia and the Pacific; Europe and Central
Asia; and the Near and Middle East.
At headquarters, a regional director is in charge of the management
of and support for field operations in each region. The regional
director answers to the Director of Operations and is also in charge of
a regional multidisciplinary team representing headquarters services
such as Protection, Assistance, Logistics, Law, Communication,
Cooperation within the Movement, Humanitarian Diplomacy,
External Resources, Human Resources, and Finance and Logistics,
which are involved as needed. The aim is to better coordinate and
focus the support provided by these various services, as well as to
ensure overall coherence in the ICRCs response.
GENERAL
This programme covers all activities related to the functioning of
ICRC delegations, but which should not be allocated to another
programme; such activities include management, internal control
and certain strategic negotiations.
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OPERATIONS WORLDWIDE
AFRICA
AMERICAS
EUROPE
AND
CENTRAL
ASIA
NEAR
AND
MIDDLE
EAST
ALGERIA
MALI
ABIDJAN
(REGIONAL)
COLOMBIA
AFGHANISTAN
BANGKOK
(REGIONAL)
ARMENIA
EGYPT
BURUNDI
MAURITANIA
ANTANANARIVO
(REGIONAL)
HAITI
BANGLADESH
BEIJING
(REGIONAL)
AZERBAIJAN
IRAN, ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC OF
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
MOROCCO
DAKAR
(REGIONAL)
BRASILIA
(REGIONAL)
MYANMAR
JAKARTA
(REGIONAL)
GEORGIA
IRAQ
CHAD
NIGER
HARARE
(REGIONAL)
CARACAS
(REGIONAL)
NEPAL
KUALA LUMPUR
(REGIONAL)
UKRAINE
ISRAEL AND
THE OCCUPIED
TERRITORIES
CONGO,
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
OF THE
NIGERIA
NAIROBI
(REGIONAL)
LIMA
(REGIONAL)
PAKISTAN
NEW DELHI
(REGIONAL)
MOSCOW
(REGIONAL)
JORDAN
ERITREA
RWANDA
PRETORIA
(REGIONAL)
MEXICO CITY
(REGIONAL)
PHILIPPINES
SUVA
(REGIONAL)
PARIS
(REGIONAL)
LEBANON
ETHIOPIA
SOMALIA
TUNIS
(REGIONAL)
WASHINGTON
(REGIONAL)
SRI LANKA
TASHKENT
(REGIONAL)
SYRIAN ARAB
REPUBLIC
AFRICAN
UNION
SOUTH
SUDAN
YAOUND
(REGIONAL)
NEW YORK
WESTERN
BALKANS
(REGIONAL)
YEMEN
GUINEA
SUDAN
BRUSSELS
KUWAIT
(REGIONAL)
LIBERIA
GUINEA
UGANDA
LONDON
LIBYA
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CONTRIBUTIONS
LEVELS OF EARMARKING
Earmarking is the practice whereby donors require that their
funds be allocated for the ICRC in general, for the Appeals:
Operations or Appeals: Headquarters; a particular region, country
or programme; or for the purchase of specific goods. Experience
has shown that the ICRCs operational flexibility decreases in
direct proportion to the degree of earmarking demanded by
donors, to the detriment of the people that the ICRC is trying to
help. Coming to terms with specific earmarking and reporting
requirements generates an additional administrative workload,
both in the field and at headquarters. Existing standard reporting
procedures have to be duplicated to meet individual requests and
specific reporting, audit and evaluation requirements.
The ICRC has formulated guidelines to ensure greater uniformity
and coherence in managing earmarked funds. These standards
are designed to maximize the ICRCs effectiveness in the field,
by limiting the number of financing and reporting constraints.
The guidelines include rules on contributions which cannot be
accepted on principle. These include:
XX contributions which are in contradiction to the Fundamental
Principles
XX contributions which seek to support only a specific category of
beneficiaries (e.g. an ethnic or religious group)
XX contributions which seek to support only a specific sub-region
of a country
XX visibility requirements which impinge on the security of
beneficiaries or ICRC staff
CONTRIBUTIONS IN SERVICES
Contributions in services refer to support given to the ICRC in the
form of logistics or staff on loan. The heading in services in the
regional budget table indicates the portion of the budget that the
ICRC estimates will be covered by this sort of contribution.
Range/restrictions
Example
None
overall ICRC
ICRC field or headquarters budget
Region
Programme
Programme/region
Operation
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OVERVIEW
Overheads
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Cost units accounting responds to the information requirements of management and donors, providing greater insight
into the financial resources consumed. It is an essential tool for
management since it describes the reason for or purpose of the
costs. Cost units accounting and reporting are based on the operational objectives defined using the PfR methodology and give a
clearer indication of the purpose for which the costs were incurred.
To make it possible to produce all the reports required, a three-dimensional cost units structure is used. The three dimensions,
outlined below, are independent from one another. Set together,
they are the parameters of the PfR system. The total costs found
in cost unit accounting are equal to the total costs found in cost
centre accounting. In all three of the dimensions described, there
are different levels of aggregation in order to monitor activities
adequately.
a) Financial organizational unit dimension
The financial organizational unit reflects the hierarchy of the
organization in terms of responsibility for operational results. As
most ICRC field operations are designed for and implemented in
a specific geographical area, the organizational unit dimension
also reflects the geographical structure of field operations. It
serves to determine the costs and income of a delegation, region
or geographical zone and to compare those costs and that income
with the pre-defined objectives and results to be achieved.
At headquarters, the organizational unit dimension corresponds to
directorates, departments and units.
b) Field programme dimension
In field operations, programmes are slices of institutional objectives cut along the lines of the ICRCs core activities. They therefore
represent the ICRCs areas of competence translated into products
and services delivered to the beneficiaries (see Programme
descriptions above).
c) Target populations dimension
With the introduction of the PfR methodology, it has become
necessary to identify target populations as relevant cost units and
hence to incorporate them into the project dimension (for the
definition of target populations, see Target populations in field
operations above).
EXTERNAL AUDIT
INTERNAL AUDIT
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Introduction
The ICRC management cycle
The yearly or Multi-year internal planning process
Results and indicators
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those in the field. The accounting model was also adapted to include
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organization); and, whenever appropriate, sustainable (considering longer-term impact and looking for lasting solutions to
needs or problems).
The management cycle starts with an assessment, which, after
analysis, may lead to the formulation/planning, implementation,
monitoring, review and, in some cases, evaluation of a humanitarian operation. The entire cycle and the decisions taken therein are
consistent with the ICRCs mandate and its legal and policy framework.
The cycle contributes to result-based management by rationalizing
the steps leading to a successful outcome for the beneficiaries.
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is generally established for internal evaluations. The main stakeholders must prepare a paper on the approach of the evaluation; help
establish the terms of reference and select the evaluators; provide
relevant information in written and oral forms to the evaluators;
help organize field missions; and comment in writing on the draft
evaluation reports. Once the evaluation report has been distributed,
key stakeholders are asked to provide feedback on the conclusions
and recommendations and to prepare an action plan for follow up.
The delegation concerned and the ICRC as a whole are able to use
the insights gained from these processes.
PfR documents
Impact
Contribution to impact and/or medium-term outcome
The ways of measuring progress are also defined at this stage. Some
measures are standardized and used by all delegations conducting
similar activities; others are specific to an individual action.
Budget
The required financial, human and material resources are defined
by programme for each target population.
Implementation
Once the content of the PfR document has been debated and
agreed on by field and headquarters teams and approved by the
ICRC Assembly, implementation begins. Monitoring is an integral
part of implementation.
Monitoring, review and audit
Various internal tools/processes are employed to check on the
implementation of ICRC activities and on the progress in advancing
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PRAGMATIC APPROACH
TO RESULT-BASED MANAGEMENT
While the ICRC is steadfast in its commitment to following the
result-based management approach and the management cycle
as rigorously as possible, there are potential barriers to doing
so, many of them specific to the volatile situations in which the
ICRC works.
XX Sometimes, assessment capacities may be affected by
restrictions on access owing to the armed conflict or other
situation of violence; the ICRCs ability to monitor and review
an operation once implementation has begun may also become
limited, or even no longer useful, owing to a radical change in
the situation.
XX Other hindrances to access, such as unfavourable weather
conditions (e.g. monsoon rains or heavy snow) or damaged
infrastructure (e.g. destruction of roads or bridges), may also
obstruct the management cycle.
XX Specific circumstances may require an urgent response to
needs. Where time is of crucial importance, assessments
will be kept to a minimum to ensure that the operation
can take place and benefit the target population as soon as
possible. Similar constraints can also limit monitoring and
review processes.
XX Data collection is frequently hampered by factors such
as the non-availability or limited quality of data, the
complexity and/or opacity of existing power structures, or
administrative constraints.
Indicators, particularly numerical ones, need to be interpreted
carefully. Some figures are too sensitive to external variables and,
thus, should not be compared from one context to another or from
one year to the next. In many cases the ICRC works with indicators
that are key to its decision-making process but cannot be shared
without compromising its mandate as a neutral, impartial and
independent humanitarian organization.
Given that result-based management aims to streamline the
relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of action for conflict-affected people and enable the best use of resources, the ICRC seeks
to collect the required information through existing systems and
data sources (in certain cases with support from other actors) and
through pragmatic sampling, rather than by establishing new ones.
The ICRC has made it a policy not to set up measurement systems,
which are not directly required for monitoring the expected results
of action for the beneficiaries. It strives to avoid an overly bureaucratic system, preferring to find simpler solutions to identified
problems, even if this limits the amount of information that can be
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RESULT-BASED MANAGEMENT
IN ICRC PROGRAMMES
INTRODUCTION
PROTECTION
The Protection Policy (dated April 2008) sets out the ICRC
protection framework, definitions of the main terms, and key
principles and operational directives for implementing the activities
that comprise the programme. This guidance document describes
the tools and approaches available, and the general action, as well as
the generic indicators guiding ICRC protection activities.
The protection approach covers three sub-programmes: protection of
people deprived of their freedom, protection of the civilian population
and restoring family links. Standard quantitative indicators are
available worldwide for the protection of people deprived of their
freedom and the restoring family links sub-programmes.
XX access
ASSISTANCE
The three assistance sub-programmes: economic security, health
(including physical rehabilitation) and water and habitat are set out
in the Assistance Policy (dated April 2004).
As far as sustainability is concerned, the ICRC takes into account the
longer-term impact of its activities (in line with the do no harm
approach) and, whenever appropriate, endeavours to find lasting
solutions to the needs of the affected population. This proviso is
introduced because the sustainability of some activities those
urgent and life-saving, in nature conducted during emergencies
cannot be guaranteed. Sustainability is a generic indicator for
activities in the area of physical rehabilitation, but it also applies to
economic security/income-generating activities and the rehabilitation/construction of water infrastructure or health facilities.
Standard quantitative indicators are available worldwide for all three
assistance sub-programmes. The generic indicators for the three
sub-programmes and examples of related topics are listed below:
Economic security
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Health
The health sub-programme covers five areas: first aid, war surgery,
health-care delivery in conflict situations, physical rehabilitation
and health in detention.
XX availability of service (e.g. type of service, such as surgery,
vaccinations, antenatal care, gynaecology and obstetrics;
infrastructure and technology; medical/surgical and patient
equipment; drugs and consumables; presence of staff and
professional knowledge)
XX access to service (e.g. physical access; proximity/security;
opening hours; free/paid, universal/discriminatory; patient
attendance; catchment population)
XX quality of service (e.g. existence of and respect for protocols
and guidelines; waiting time; staff on duty; quality of supply
of drugs and consumables; mortality/fatality rates; referrals;
reception; hygiene standards)
For physical rehabilitation, an additional generic indicator is used
as a basis for measuring and expressing results, at least for certain
centres and/or from a certain date: sustainability (e.g. local policies,
local resources, local public and private structures, training capacities and curriculum).
XX vector-borne
Energy supply
(e.g. cooking fuel; water production; waste-water
treatment; heating)
XX quality (e.g. usage; cultural standards; environmental impact)
XX efficiency (e.g. fuel; equipment; availability; maintenance)
XX quantity
PREVENTION
The Prevention Policy (dated September 2008) sets out the ICRC
prevention framework, definitions of the main terms, and key
principles and operational guidelines for implementing activities
as part of ICRC medium- to long-term efforts to prevent human
suffering. These activities aim to foster an environment conducive
to respect for the life and dignity of people affected by armed
conflict and other situations of violence and respect for the ICRCs
work at the global, regional and local level.
The policy focuses on developing and implementing contextually
adapted approaches to gain the support of influential players, and
covers efforts to communicate, develop, clarify and promote IHL
and other relevant bodies of law, as well as to facilitate acceptance of the ICRC and access to affected people. The medium- to
long-term nature of prevention and its focus on influencing
multiple environmental factors pose significant challenges in
terms of accountability. The ICRC needs to carefully determine
the objectives it can realistically achieve for each target group.
The ICRC prevention approach includes three sets of activities:
prevention-dissemination aims to foster understanding and acceptance of the ICRCs work and/or IHL and other relevant bodies
of law; prevention-implementation focuses on developing and
strengthening the conditions allowing respect for IHL and other
relevant bodies of law, usually by incorporating the law into appropriate structures; and prevention-development focuses on the
development of IHL.
Because only prevention-dissemination and prevention-implementation sub-programmes are carried out in field operations,
only these activities are considered below. They focus on players
that have a significant capacity to influence the structures or
systems associated with identified humanitarian problems. Their
main target groups are: actors of direct influence, such as political
authorities, key decision-makers, armed forces, police forces and
other weapon bearers; and actors of indirect influence, including
civil society representatives, young people, academic circles and
the media.
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In addition, for many years now, work with armed forces and other
weapon bearers has been managed in many contexts with a score
card template, which is adapted locally. Similar tools are being
developed for work with universities and schools and are progressively being used in the field. Delegates in charge of prevention
programmes are also being trained to monitor and review their
activities more systematically.
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XX sustainability
RESULT-BASED MANAGEMENT
AND STANDARD REPORTING TO DONORS
The ICRC management cycle and the PfR documents form the
basis for the ICRCs standard reporting for donors. These reports
reflect the organizations result-based management approach
employed during all stages of assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
ICRC Appeals
Appeals (external)
Midterm/Annual Reports
become
Main targets
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ANNEX 2:
Civilians 34
People deprived of their freedom 36
Wounded and sick 36
Actors of influence 36
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement 37
The ICRC works with the definition of gender as the culturally expected behaviour of men
and women based on roles, attitudes and values ascribed to them on the basis of their sex,
whereas sex refers to biological and physical characteristics. Gender roles vary widely within
and between cultures, and depend on the particular social, economic and political context.
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In view of the ICRCs all victims approach, its activities target the
most vulnerable people; thus, women and girls benefit from these
activities, as do men and boys. The points below detail only the
specific activity or group of activities that are of particular significance to women and girls or where, for one reason or another, they
comprise the majority of beneficiaries.
CIVILIANS
Whenever possible, ICRC activities for civilians are carried out
with the National Society of the country in question, particularly
in the fields of assistance and restoring family links.
Protection
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Assistance
XX ICRC
Health
XX The majority of the people treated in outpatient departments
and community health centres in violence-affected areas are
women and children, and thus are the main beneficiaries of
ICRC support to such facilities, which provide comprehensive
primary health care services, including mother and child
care. Mobile clinics give women and children who are unable
to reach permanent structures access to essential health and
medical care. When needed, women and children, among
other patients, are referred for higher-level care.
XX The ICRC works to reinforce reproductive health, including
ante/post-natal care and care for newborn babies. In many
contexts, the ICRC trains traditional birth attendants/midwives
in delivering ante/post-natal care, identifying at-risk mothers,
handling home deliveries and managing complications. The
birth attendants/midwives also play a decisive role in health
education, for example on basic care and breastfeeding and
the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including
HIV/AIDS. In some contexts, they also receive instruction
in identifying victims of sexual violence and referring them
promptly to appropriate medical services.
XX ICRC support encompasses prevention (mosquito net
distribution, routine immunization), promotion (hand
washing, breastfeeding) and treatment (for respiratory tract
infection or malaria, for example). Women and children are
the primary targets of health- and hygiene-promotion sessions
that contribute to curbing the spread of disease. For social and
cultural reasons, the ICRC often uses teams of female health and
hygiene promoters, who are specially trained for this task. The
teams play a crucial role in raising awareness among women,
especially pregnant women and those with young children, of
how diseases such as malaria are transmitted, and distribute
mosquito nets to help contain the spread of the disease.
XX ICRC support for immunization programmes (cold chain,
transport, supervision) benefits mostly children under five
and girls and women of child-bearing age, who receive vital
vaccinations against, for example, tetanus and polio. The ICRC
may act as a neutral intermediary to facilitate access to isolated
areas cut off by fighting so that other organizations may
carry out vaccination campaigns; support a government in its
immunization efforts; or substitute for health authorities in
cases where they are not able to conduct activities themselves.
XX The ICRC supports therapeutic feeding activities for
malnourished children and mothers, including in emergency
situations.
XX Where necessary and feasible, the ICRC provides post-rape
kits to ICRC-supported hospitals and health centres and
runs training courses, enabling health staff working in those
facilities to treat victims effectively.
XX Members of the local community, including volunteers,
offering support for victims of sexual violence are trained in
counselling techniques, helping them improve the assistance
they offer the victims, including with regard to finding coping
mechanisms and possible solutions. They are also taught
mediation skills, enabling them to facilitate the reintegration
of victims of sexual violence, who are often rejected by their
families and communities.
Weapon contamination
help prevent injuries caused by mines and explosive
remnants of war (ERW), the ICRC marks contaminated areas
and conducts mine-risk education, mobilizes and supports
authorities/other actors to conduct clearance operations, and,
XX To
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XX The
Medical care
XX Health workers are trained to screen for victims of sexual
violence and to manage their medical needs appropriately;
these include addressing the consequences specific to women
and girls; staff also refer victims to the appropriate mental
health and psychosocial services.
Physical rehabilitation
benefit from physical rehabilitation programmes
supported by the ICRC. They may receive artificial limbs,
walking aids, wheelchairs and physiotherapy. The ICRC pays
particular attention to ensuring that women and men have
equal access to physical rehabilitation programmes.
XX Where there are no female staff in a rehabilitation centre, the
ICRC helps train women so they may obtain the necessary
qualifications to provide such services; it may pay the
transportation costs for women and their dependents to be
treated in a centre with female staff. Many disabled women
are also offered employment in ICRC-run or ICRC-supported
physical rehabilitation centres.
XX Women
XX The
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Prevention
XX Prevention
XX The
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ANNEX 3:
Civilians 39
People deprived of their freedom 42
Wounded and sick 42
Actors of influence 43
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement 43
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CIVILIANS
Whenever possible, ICRC activities for civilians are carried out
with the National Society of the country in question, particularly
in the fields of assistance and restoring family links.
Protection
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Assistance
XX Livelihood
XX Many
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XX ICRC
Assistance
XX ICRC
Medical care
XX The ICRC works to ensure that children have access
to adequate hospital care, including specific drugs and
consumables, equipment and clinical expertise.
Physical rehabilitation
benefit from physical rehabilitation programmes
supported by the ICRC. They may receive artificial limbs,
walking aids, wheelchairs and physiotherapy. Children require
such services more frequently than adults as they rapidly
outgrow their prosthetic/orthotic devices.
XX Children
XX The
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Prevention
XX Prevention
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ANNEX 4:
PHASES OF DISPLACEMENT
Phases of displacement 44
The all victims approach 44
Civilians
Wounded and sick
Actors of influence
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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CIVILIANS
Whenever possible, ICRC activities for civilians are carried out
with the National Society of the country in question, particularly
in the fields of assistance and restoring family links.
Protection
XX The
Assistance
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XX Depending
Weapon contamination
ICRC engages in advocacy efforts with the relevant
authorities on mines and explosive remnants of war, with
a view to stopping their use of such weapons and, in effect,
decreasing the dangers that force people to flee their homes.
Representations are often based on data collected first hand
by the ICRC or the National Society.
XX To help prevent injuries caused by weapon contamination and
to foster conditions conducive to the return or relocation of
IDPs, the ICRC marks contaminated areas, conducts mine-risk
education, mobilizes and supports authorities/other actors to
conduct clearance operations, and, in exceptional cases and
in line with strict criteria, deploys specialist teams to conduct
such operations for a limited time. In the event of an accident,
it also provides surgical, medical, physical rehabilitation and
economic assistance to victims.
XX The
Assistance
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Prevention
XX Prevention
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HEADQUARTERS
HEADQUARTERS
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In 2015, the Assembly and the Assembly Council held seven and
ten meetings, respectively. The president and the director-general
of the ICRC kept the governing and controlling bodies informed
about the conduct of operations, the development, implementation and promotion of IHL, humanitarian diplomacy priorities,
cooperation with National Societies, relations with the private
sector, public communication, and administration and finance.
On the recommendation of the Recruitment and Remuneration
Commission, MsMaya Hertig Randall (elected in December
2014) and MsBeatrice Speiser (elected in June 2015) joined the
Committee in 2015, while MsLaura Sadis, who was elected in
December, will take up her duties on 1 January 2016.
The Assembly focused its work on the priority issues identified
in the Institutional Strategy 20152018: health, sexual violence,
migration and the ICRCs ambition to strengthen protection
through law, policy and operations. It adopted the revised policy
on public communication, recognized the Tuvalu Red Cross
Society and received an in-depth briefing on the management of
security risks. Throughout the year, the Assembly was updated on
preparations for the 32nd International Conference. Pursuant to
the recommendations of the Audit Commission, it reviewed and
approved the 2014 financial accounts, including the report of the
external auditors, and the Directorates proposed 2016 objectives
and budgets. The Assemblys working group on financing and
innovation worked with the Private Fundraising Division on
the development of new financing tools and approaches to the
private sector. During its annual off-site meeting, the Assembly
discussed the ICRCs response to the needs of vulnerable
migrants, confirming the organizations needs-based approach
and the importance of continuing to work along migration routes,
together with Movement partners. The Assembly established a
new governing body, the Data Protection Independent Control
Commission, and adopted related changes to the ICRC Statutes
and internal regulations.
The Assembly Council continued to monitor the development and
implementation of some of the organizations main transformational projects (People Management Programme, human resource
organization, and the evolution of the organizational model).
It also adopted a number of budget extensions, most of which
related to the ICRCs main theatres of operation: Iraq, the Lake
Chad region (Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Yaound regional delegation),
Libya, South Sudan, Sudan, the Ukraine crisis (Moscow regional
delegation, Ukraine) and Yemen.
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MISSIONS
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DIRECTORATE
The Directorate is the executive body of the ICRC. Its members
are the director-general and the heads of the ICRCs five
departments: Operations, International Law and Policy,
Communication and Information Management, Human
Resources, and Financial Resources and Logistics. The
Directorate is responsible for applying the institutional strategy,
as defined by the Assembly, and setting and implementing its
objectives accordingly. The Directorate also ensures that the
organization, particularly its administrative structure, runs
smoothly and efficiently.
The members of the Directorate are appointed by the Assembly for
four-year terms. The current Directorate took office on 1July 2014.
As the ICRC worked to address complex and ever-increasing
humanitarian needs in a challenging environment, the Directorate
played a key role in steering the organizations growth and
managing changes to ensure its response was effective, relevant
and holistic. In September, it conducted a final review of the
20112014 Institutional Strategy, identifying key achievements
and the main challenges encountered in its implementation,
and highlighting lessons for the future. Through its quarterly
appraisals, the Directorate assessed the ICRCs overall performance
(covering operations, finance, human resources, major projects
and key institutional risks) and made the necessary adjustments,
regularly communicating related information at different levels
of the organization. It developed a monitoring framework for the
20152018 Institutional Strategy, outlining guiding principles and
results indicators.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Led by the Office of the Director-General, the Directorate
adopted revised mechanisms for managing the projects carried
out by ICRC headquarters. These mechanisms stressed the
importance of improving assessment and monitoring processes,
analysing interdependencies between projects and sequencing
projects carefully.
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RISK MANAGEMENT
In line with the ICRCs approach to risk-management, the Office of
the Director-General worked with the Directorate to review what
key risks the institution faced and identify mitigation measures. With
support from the office, the Directorate analysed trends and identified
emerging risks that required further analysis, during quarterly reviews
and as a part of regular monitoring. The Directorate approved an
annual dashboard evaluating these risks and mitigation measures,
and a new approach to business continuity, aimed at harmonizing
ongoing business continuity planning at headquarters and in the field.
The office continued to proactively promote risk-management
practices, assess the needs of managers in this regard, and provide
them with support. Risk management content was incorporated
into staff training courses.
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
The Office of the Director-General continued to oversee the
business intelligence programme, which aims to strengthen the
ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL
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MOVEMENT POLICY
Intensive yearlong preparatory work on Movement policies culminated at the statutory meetings in December. The Council of
Delegates adopted a common vision for the Movement, a unified
message for the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit, a Movement
statement on the issue of migration, and a common Movement
logo to be rolled out over the next two years (see Communication
and information management).
An unprecedented number of representatives from 169States,
185National Societies, the ICRC, the International Federation
and some 100 observer organizations attended the 32nd
International Conference, which adopted several resolutions
laying the groundwork for the Movements activities relating,
inter alia, to the response to sexual and gender-based violence,
the protection of people detained in connection with non-international armed conflicts, the safety and security of humanitarian
workers, the protection of health-care services, and the legal
framework for humanitarian responses during disasters. States
and National Societies made voluntary commitments, or pledges,
on various topics.
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
OMBUDS OFFICE
The Ombuds Office, working on an independent and confidential basis, provided support for staff members who turned to
it with workplace-related issues. It helped strengthen the ICRCs
workplace environment by offering alternative dispute resolution
mechanisms, raising general concerns at the appropriate level,
helping to build institutional competence in conflict management,
and promoting due process, fair treatment and respect.
LEGAL COUNSEL
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OPERATIONS
The Department of Operations is responsible for the overall
supervision of ICRC field activities worldwide. It oversees the
global analysis of key trends and events, and steers the conception,
planning and budgeting of field activities carried out by ICRC
delegations and missions in some 80 countries. It ensures that
field activities are conducted coherently and professionally, in
respect of the ICRCs principles, policies and guidelines, code of
ethics and staff security. It also ensures that adequate resources
are allocated in accordance with ICRC priorities, humanitarian
needs as they arise, and the budgetary framework.
At the end of 2015, the Department of Operations comprised: five
geographical regions; two operational divisions, Assistance, and
Central Tracing Agency and Protection (hereafter Protection);
two smaller units, Security and Crisis Management Support
(SCMS) and Global Affairs and Networking; and teams working
on the Innovation Initiative, the Health Care in Danger project
and the response to sexual violence. All provided operational
support. The process of transforming eight regional teams into five
was completed during the year; the regional teams continued to
supervise field teams, which nonetheless took on more responsibilities in view of the new set-up.
The department continued to facilitate coordination within the
organization on cross-cutting issues, such as migration and sexual
violence. In a bid to ensure that current concerns were tackled
comprehensively, it used the platforms for interdepartmental
discussions and video-conferencing to include delegations in
weekly headquarters meetings.
The department contributed to the institutions efforts at all levels
at headquarters, regionally and nationally to secure increased
operational, political, legal and financial backing from States with
regional and global influence. In this regard, it worked with the
five regional teams to ensure that efforts were coordinated and
coherent and that best practices were shared.
All units received the departments support to reinforce the institutional response to sexual violence. These efforts came in fulfilment
of the ICRCs four-year commitment (201316) to tackle the issue
more comprehensively and were four-pronged: holistic operational
response, prevention, Movement mobilization, and staff training
and sensitization. Many delegations improved their analyses of the
problem and implemented specific activities or adapted existing
projects to address sexual violence as well. Several integrated the
topic into their dialogue with national authorities and weapon
bearers and into other prevention activities.
A Movement working group briefed the 2015 Council of Delegates
on its findings on current practices worldwide to address sexual
violence and gender-based violence during armed conflicts and
disasters, and on response gaps. The issue was likewise discussed
at the 32nd International Conference, resulting in the adoption of
a resolution and a dozen pledges.
Several internal professional training courses and the annual
meetings on protection, prevention and health activities included
sessions on sexual violence. The ICRC maintained its partnership
with the Center for Education and Research in Humanitarian
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The Protection Division provided strategic support and professional expertise to field operations in three areas: protection of
the civilian population, protection of people deprived of their
freedom, and restoring family links, which also covered activities
related to missing persons and their families.
The division pursued its work on major information communication technology projects and on developing the ICRCs
family-links tools. Moreover, Prot6 the ICRCs protection data
management tool was used by 64 delegations to manage their
data on family-links services and detention-related activities. The
division continued to develop the tools component for processing
data on the protection of the civilian population (see below).
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ASSISTANCE
HEALTH
The Health Unit continued to implement the ICRC Health Strategy
20142018, strengthening the availability of a continuum of care to
people in need and the inclusion of mental health care and psychosocial support in health services. It maintained the quality of the
work being carried out, reinforcing human resources and forging
partnerships with other entities.
For example, the unit updated the training module for those
working on issues related to health in detention; it also finalized
a comprehensive guidance document on the ICRCs technical
standards for mental health and psychosocial support. The university-level module used in Cameroon, Colombia, Honduras,
Lebanon, Mali and Niger was also reviewed. The unit conducted
its war-surgery seminar twice in Geneva, and included an
additional section for nursing staff.
Furthermore, the unit built linkages with universities and the
corporate sector to apply innovative ways to improve its activities,
for example using mobile devices as diagnostic tools or partnering
with the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists
to upgrade equipment and medical material used to administer anesthesia; it also updated the contents of the standard
war surgery kit. It worked with Movement partners, WHO and
other organizations active in emergencies to define the minimum
standards to which emergency medical teams must be held. The
physical rehabilitation team also continued working with WHO
on the development of several sets of guidelines related to physical
rehabilitation and prosthetic/orthotic devices.
The unit tested an improved data collection system, which gathers
quantitative/qualitative information for project monitoring in
hospitals; the groundwork was laid for the systems application to
primary health-care activities.
In parallel, delegations, such as those in South Sudan and Nigeria
and the rest of the Lake Chad region, continued to receive technical
and management support. During field visits and seminars, the
unit worked increasingly with management members in hospitals
run by local authorities.
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The unit revised its training course, with the help of the Golden
West Humanitarian Foundation; the updated course was piloted
in November in Cambodia.
FORENSIC SERVICES
The unit worked with the SCMS Unit and other administrative
services to develop guidelines on safety measures and wiring on
ICRC premises. It partnered with other institutions, such as MSF,
the UN Office of Project Services and Holcim Ltd, to maximize
capacities to construct public infrastructure.
ECONOMIC SECURITY
The Economic Security Unit rolled out revised training packages
on designing and conducting assessments, responses and
monitoring and evaluation activities. It also produced specific
guidance material on data collection and analysis, and trained
selected staff to support others in their data analyses.
Working with other components of the Movement and ICRC
services, the unit contributed to the development of an online tool
kit on implementing cash-transfer programmes during emergencies.
Where security or market conditions made cash transfers infeasible, it facilitated in-kind distributions, for example, in the Central
African Republic and South Sudan, to help people maintain sufficient food consumption patterns and productive livelihoods.
The unit also worked to increase the inclusion of nutrition-related considerations in food assistance and livelihood support
programmes. To this end, it developed technical briefs and
designed workshops to highlight practical ways of considering
the topic and of adapting food rations and agricultural, livestock
health and cash-transfer activities to avert malnutrition.
Following up on a 2015 workshop, the unit drafted a checklist on
preparedness, to help field teams collect data and anticipate the
steps to be taken during emergencies in urban areas.
WEAPON CONTAMINATION
The Weapon Contamination Unit worked in four main areas:
managing the risks to ICRC staff and the organizations partners
in relation to weapon contamination; promoting risk awareness/
mitigation measures among the populations concerned; supporting
National Society efforts to build their capacities to independently
manage such hazards; and contributing to the conduct of other
ICRC protection and assistance activities. The unit also continued
to bolster its capacity to address chemical, biological, radioactive
and nuclear hazards, equipping the ICRC to address situations of
conventional and non-conventional weapon contamination.
The unit supported operations in 32 countries to help alleviate
the impact of weapon contamination, lending assistance for data
management and risk education sessions, conducted independently
by delegations or in cooperation with National Societies. It also
assisted the delegations with the preparation of reports on the
conduct of hostilities in Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen.
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STRENGTHENING IHL
The 32nd International Conference took place from 8 to 10
December in Geneva, Switzerland. It convened representatives of
nearly every government in the world, the Movements components and partner organizations, and adopted four IHL-related
resolutions by consensus.
The first two resolutions, linked to the Strengthening IHL
processprotection of people detained in relation to non-international armed conflict and IHL compliance were the outcome
of separate consultation processes facilitated by the ICRC between
2012 and 2015 and, in the case of the latter, conducted with the
Swiss government; a final consultation meeting of all States was
held in April 2015 on each topic. The ICRC and/or the Swiss
government produced corresponding conclusions/reports on
the latest discussions and on the whole consultation process, and
sought State and National Society feedback on the drafts of the
two resolutions.
CUSTOMARY IHL
Through a reinforced partnership with the British Red Cross, the
ICRC continued to update its online customary IHL database,
adding the national practices of 24 countries. States, international
organizations, international and domestic judicial and quasi-judicial
bodies, academic institutions and ICRC staff used the study on
customary IHL and the database as references. The partnership with
Laval University in Canada, aimed at further accelerating updates
to the database, was extended for another year for the analysis of
international practice.
CONDUCT OF HOSTILITIES
The ICRC worked to clarify the rules on the conduct of hostilities by actively participating in meetings of the International Law
Association Study Group on The conduct of hostilities under international humanitarian law challenges of 21st century warfare.
With the College of Europe, it co-organized the 16th Bruges
Colloquium on IHL, which focused on urban warfare. During the
2015 UN General Assembly, it presented its initial views on the
presence of weapons in outer space and the challenges raised by the
application of IHL to space warfare.
To enhance its understanding of the conduct of hostilities in
todays world and its impact on civilians, the ICRC carried out an
analysis of a non-State armed groups strategy and tactics.
The ICRC continued to ensure that States took into account IHL
provisions when adopting measures aimed at fighting terrorism
at national and international levels. It stressed that such measures
should not impede neutral, independent and impartial humanitarian activities carried out by international humanitarian
organizations.
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
During discussions on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, many States continued to echo the concerns expressed
by the Movement in Resolution 1 adopted by the 2011 Council
of Delegates. Pursuant to the 2013 Council of Delegates action
plan to implement this resolution, the ICRC supported National
Society activities to communicate the Movements concerns. It
also continued to share these concerns in a variety of intergovernmental forums, including the UN Review Conference of the
Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
and the UN General Assembly.
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In addition, 23 countries adopted 39 pieces of domestic legislation, and many prepared draft laws, to implement IHL and
other relevant instruments. About 110 laws and entries on
domestic case-law were added to the public ICRC database on
national implementation.
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COMMUNICATION AND
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
The Communication and Information Management Department
seeks to foster understanding and acceptance of the ICRCs work
and of IHL. It aids institutional decision-making by monitoring
the environment in which the ICRC operates and tracking its
reputation. It conducts strategic internal and external communication activities in a range of languages, incorporating public
relations, online communication and releasing audio-visual
content and printed materials. The department implements the
Information Environment Strategy, with a view to strengthening
the coherence of information management, including by helping
safeguard institutional memory for internal and external use. It
provides information and communications systems and technologies that meet operational and corporate requirements.
The Communication and Information Management (CIM)
Department used its media relations, digital communication
channels, publications, audiovisual tools and social marketing
campaigns to raise awareness of humanitarian concerns, focusing
on issues covered by the Health Care in Danger project, the
Fundamental Principles, IHL and other relevant legal norms, and
the ICRCs work, in order to influence and obtain the support of
external stakeholders.
The department continued to contribute to institutional
decision-making, in particular by analysing the ICRCs operating
environment and tracking the organizations reputation. It
continued to deploy specialized staff/equipment, provide technical
advice and strengthen the ICRCs digital presence to help delegations manage their communications, particularly during crises,
and strengthen their contact with beneficiary communities and
actors of influence. It also helped develop the common Movement
logo for exceptional use in promotional and fundraising activities adopted at the 2015 Council of Delegates.
In line with its Information Environment Strategy, the department
saw to the efficient use of the organizations information
management systems, updated practices and provided information
and communication technology (ICT) solutions to better meet the
ICRCs ICT needs. In 2015, targets for ICT quality were largely
met; for example, most headquarters and field staff were connected
to collaborative work platforms and had good access to support
services. In anticipation of related challenges in the next few years,
the ICT Division launched a four-year transformation programme.
The ICRCs 196675 archives were officially opened to the public
in 2015.
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PUBLIC RELATIONS
The ICRC continued raising awareness of the plight of people
affected by armed conflicts and other situations of violence among
a broad range of stakeholders including those in media, political,
diplomatic and financial fields through public relations activities
conducted with the media and National Societies, and other means.
These activities also positioned the ICRC as a recognized authority
on IHL and other legal norms, and advocated better respect for the
rules, particularly in relation to the proper treatment of detainees,
safe access to health care, and sexual violence.
Thus, target groups worldwide learnt of the needs of conflict- or
violence-affected people and the ICRCs efforts to protect and
assist them in places such as Afghanistan, the Central African
Republic, Israel and the occupied territories, Somalia, South
Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen. Public communication
initiatives including press releases, interviews and opinion
pieces in key media promoted greater acceptance of the ICRC
by drawing attention to its neutral, impartial and independent
humanitarian action (for instance, in facilitating the evacuation
of wounded people in Syria and Yemen), its work in Iraq, Syria,
SOCIAL MARKETING
Social marketing enhanced the organizations brand and
reputation, promoting IHL and the ICRCs role and activities.
MULTILINGUAL COMMUNICATION
The ICRC continued to communicate with stakeholders worldwide
in its working languages, thereby helping extend its support base in
countries of global or regional influence. Its language staff edited,
translated and proofread over 10 million words in public communication materials and statutory, legal, operational and donor-related
documents. In addition, 1.5 million words were processed in the
lead-up to and during the 2015 Council of Delegates and the 32nd
International Conference. Headquarters staff provided technical
know-how for translation teams at the ICRCs regional communication centres in Buenos Aires, Cairo and Moscow.
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INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
Internal communication helped the organization manage crises and
security incidents, and build support for institutional endeavours
such as the People Management Programme. ICRC managers, led
by the Directorate, drew on the expertise of specialists to make
staff communication more efficient. Internal communication
strategies were also developed to facilitate the implementation of
institutional decisions and projects.
The intranet remained the most important internal communication channel; the most-read news article had around 4,000
views. Features introduced to make the intranet more interactive
included direct feedback on news articles, the wider use of video,
and a blog for staff members on the 32nd International Conference.
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environment for example, collaborative work spaces, for facilitating work between staff in different departments and across
the globe an advanced records management system and an
institution-wide search engine. Such efforts contributed to easing
cooperation between users, and enhancing overall information
access and security.
The department also created a road map to further develop
and enforce internal rules and policies, and adapt them to the
new tools. It continued to boost staff familiarity with these rules/
policies and their overall data-management capacities, including
records management. Thus, selected administrative staff became
information management relays, while users, including those in
the field, continued to receive information management support
from eight regional advisers and through other channels.
BUSINESS CONTINUITY
XX Over
QUALITY SERVICE
XX The
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HUMAN RESOURCES
The Human Resources Department ensures that the ICRC
has a sufficient pool of competent staff to meet its operational
needs worldwide. It develops the policies, tools and services for
recruitment, compensation, training and talent management
to allow for the ICRCs sustained growth. Its policies are
geared towards raising professional standards, developing the
particular skills required for humanitarian work and supporting
the management and empowerment of a diverse and inclusive
workforce through its professional hierarchy. The department
strives to promote institutional cohesion by encouraging staff
to identify with the organizations visions and objectives. The
ICRC is an equal opportunity employer.
POSITIVE CHANGE
In line with the strategy developed under the People Management
Programme (PMP), the Human Resources (HR) Department
continued making structural changes to meet the organizations
needs more efficiently and effectively. In keeping with an institutional desire to direct more funds towards people affected
by armed conflicts and other situations of violence, it sought to
reduce administrative costs by optimizing transactional activities
and focusing on strategic HR services.
The department therefore pursued the transition to a new HR service
delivery model; this entailed, inter alia, integrating PMP projects into
existing HR structures. Under the new model, the department will
have four divisions: Operations, Shared Services, Talent Management,
and Learning and Development. Set to be fully operational by 2016,
the new model will be supported by HR partners tasked with providing
advice to managers in the field and at headquarters, and by three
centres of expertise (COEs) two of which were created in 2015 in
charge of developing internal policies. Amid these changes, and in the
face of the operational growth anticipated in the Institutional Strategy
20152018, the department maintained its services for employees
and support for managers in the field and at headquarters.
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CENTRES OF EXPERTISE
Assuming the duties of the Staff Health Unit, the health and
well-being COE was created in 2015 to implement the 201518 staff
health strategy as part of the decentralization of operational activities
from headquarters to field delegations. The COE developed several
initiatives connected with the ICRCs duty of care towards its staff.
COE staff supported health delegates and focal points providing
preventive/curative health care to all ICRC personnel, including
through field missions. The HIV workplace programme remained
active in 34 countries, with the COE providing additional
preventive measures for resident staff, of whom 60% checked their
HIV status.
A pilot project enabled staff to obtain psychological support from
mental health professionals. A stress and resilience advisor was
assigned to the COE following the approval of a new ICRC stress
policy. The COE was also closely involved in managing several
security incidents.
CONTINUOUS DELIVERY
HR Operations Division
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Financial management provides relevant and trustworthy information to ICRC leadership, to aid decision-making, and to donors
and partners, for transparency and accountability.
In 2015, the Finance and Administration Division:
XX provided the Directorate with financial forecasts to help
the institution manage financial risks;
XX continued to work on a prototype of activity-based financial
information for headquarters and the field, to help improve
process-performance analysis while identifying support costs
and their relation with operations;
XX implemented initiatives in relation to administrative matters,
aimed at reducing the administrative burden of field
operations, while maintaining accountability and the reliability
of financial information;
XX invested
INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
Infrastructure management helps ensure that the ICRC has the
requisite office space and sees to the long-term maintenance and
physical security of the entire infrastructure at a reasonable cost.
Concerned with the environmental footprint of the historic
Carlton building at headquarters, the ICRC completed a comprehensive study for the buildings renovation in a bid to improve
energy efficiency and reduce running costs.
FUNDING
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BUDGETS
The ICRCs initial 2015 budget, launched in November 2014,
totalled CHF 1.6 billion. This was CHF 277 million higher than
the initial 2014 budget. The increase was mainly for field operations, which amounted to nearly CHF 1.4 billion, as opposed to
CHF 1.1billion in 2014. The Headquarters Appeal, for its part,
rose from CHF 192 million in 2014 to CHF 194 million in 2015.
In 2015, donors received information about 11 budget extensions
(the same number as in 2014) launched in response to unforeseen
events and substantial humanitarian needs, particularly in relation
to the resurgence/intensification of hostilities in Iraq, Libya, South
Sudan, Sudan, Ukraine (with effects in Belarus and the Russian
Federation, both covered by the Moscow regional delegation) and
Yemen. A consolidated budget extension was also issued for the
Lake Chad region, to meet the needs of conflict-affected people in
Cameroon (covered by the Yaound regional delegation), Chad,
Niger and Nigeria. After these budget extensions, the final field
budget amounted to CHF 1,590 million.
EXPENDITURE
Overall expenditure
CHF 1,615 million (including overheads)
Headquarters
CHF 202 million
Field operations
CHF 1,413 million
CONTRIBUTIONS
1. The Donor Support Group is made up of governments contributing at least CHF 10 million
in cash annually.
In CHF million
NAME OF DONOR
(DSGmember)
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
European Commission
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
CASH
HEADQUARTERS
CASH
FIELD
TOTAL CASH
3.1
0.8
2.3
2.9
32.7
19.7
54.9
19.8
123.7
10.3
20.1
44.2
12.3
9.3
30.8
21.5
49.9
42.7
49.3
80.3
207.8
397.7
35.8
20.5
57.2
22.7
123.7
10.3
20.4
45.6
12.5
11.8
30.8
21.7
56.8
45.1
55.1
160.4
208.0
417.6
0.3
1.4
0.1
2.5
0.2
6.9
2.4
5.9
80.1
0.2
19.9
TOTAL KIND
TOTAL SERVICES
GRAND TOTAL
1.9
0.0
Note: Figures in this table are rounded off and may therefore differ slightly from the amounts presented in other documents; this may lead to differences in rounded-off addition results.
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35.8
20.5
57.2
22.7
123.7
12.2
20.4
45.6
12.5
11.8
30.8
21.7
56.8
45.1
55.1
160.4
208.0
417.6
CONTRIBUTIONS IN RESPONSE TO
THE HEADQUARTERS APPEAL
Contributions for the headquarters budget totalled CHF147.1
million: CHF135.8 million from 70 governments, CHF4.4 million
from 47 National Societies and CHF 6.9 million from private and
public sources.
CONTRIBUTIONS IN RESPONSE TO
THE EMERGENCY APPEALS
Cash component
CHF 1,340.2 million (2014: 1,179.2 million: 2013: 1,061.9 million)
In-kind component
CHF 5.0 million (2014: 3.6 million; 2013: 7.8 million)
Services
CHF 5.0 million (2014: 6.3 million; 2013: 5.8 million)
Assets
CHF 0.0 million (2014: 0.0 million; 2013: 0.1 million)
In total, CHF 1,127.5 million were provided for ICRC field operations by 41 governments, CHF 123.7 million by the European
Commission, CHF 29.2 million by 28 National Societies and the
International Federation, CHF 2.3 million by several international
organizations and CHF 67.4 million by public and private sources.
These included thousands of private individuals, foundations and
companies, the canton of Geneva, Mine-Ex Rotary Liechtenstein and
Switzerland, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA),
and members of the ICRC Corporate Support Group (CSG) 2.
FLEXIBILITY IN FUNDING
To meet needs effectively, flexibility in the use of funds remains
essential, particularly in relation to earmarking and reporting. The
ICRCs operational flexibility decreases as levels of earmarking
increase, to the detriment of the people it is trying to help.
Earmarked contributions are also often accompanied by rigorous
project implementation timetables and stringently specific
reporting conditions.
2015 non-earmarked cash contributions
CHF 385.9 million / 26.0% (27.4% in 2014; 28.1% in 2013)
2015 tightly earmarked cash contributions
CHF 169.2 million / 11.4% (14.6% in 2014; 12.9% in 2013)
PREDICTABILITY IN FUNDING
The ICRCs funding system does not rely on set (statutory) contributions. Moreover, its programmes are implemented according to
needs and are not contingent on the level of contributions pledged
or received. The organization relies on donors to provide the
funding it needs to achieve its objectives through the programmes
it plans to implement in a given year.
To minimize financial risks, the ICRC seeks to be realistic in terms
of its objectives/budgets and to secure a degree of funding predictability. Commitments from donor countries spanning several years
are therefore useful and have been made by Belgium, Canada,
Finland, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and by certain private
donors. Despite planning constraints and national budget and
financial regulations that make it difficult for donors to commit
funding over the medium term, the ICRC will continue, whenever
deemed relevant, to seek longer-term funding commitments. Clear
indications from donors early in the year regarding the annual
level of funding and the timing of their transfers would facilitate
financial planning and reduce risk.
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REPORTING TO DONORS
Donors were informed of the ICRCs objectives, plans of action and
indicators in the 2015 Emergency and Headquarters Appeals, the
Special Appeals for the Health Care in Danger project, Mine Action,
and the Response to Sexual Violence, and the 11 budget extensions.
The Midterm Report described all field operations from January
to May. The context-specific reports contained in the present
Annual Report cover the entire year and describe activities carried
out for each target population, most of which were announced in
the 2015 Emergency Appeals. The reports are result-based and
include standard figures and indicators for ICRC activities. The
Supplement to the 2014 Annual Report, the 2014 Special Reports
on the Health Care in Danger project and Mine Action, and 31
updates on a wide range of operations and topics, including
reviews of specific programmes or objectives and policy matters,
kept donors abreast of the main developments in ICRC operations
and related humanitarian issues and priorities.
LOGISTICS
A GLOBAL NETWORK
Like other support services at the ICRC, the Logistics Division
faced the challenge in 2015 of maintaining appropriate service
levels amid rapidly growing operations, while simultaneously
designing and implementing necessary changes in its structure
and tools.
The division delivered goods and services to ICRC operations,
managed transport assets, transported passengers and cargo, facilitated audit of the procurement process and tracked the movement
of relief items to beneficiaries. The global supply chain and logistics
service is coordinated from headquarters and is composed of the
Geneva Logistics Centre, which manages delivery of centrally
procured, high-value/light-weight/low-volume items/services
(mostly pharmaceutical, orthopaedic and engineering materials),
and six Corporate Logistics Centres handling lower-value/heavy
items, located in the regional hubs in Abidjan, Amman, Kuala
Lumpur (Malaysia), Nairobi (Kenya), Panama City (Panama) and
Peshawar (Pakistan).
The Geneva Logistics Centre has borne the bulk of the ICRCs
operational growth in the last few years, but this will be difficult
to sustain in the long term. The Logistics Strategy was therefore
aligned with the Institutional Strategy 20152018 and translated
into the two-year Logistics Transformation Programme (LTP),
slated to begin in 2016.
Logistics-related activities included:
XX providing relief/engineering/medical supplies through the
ICRCs global logistics network, directly contributing to the
growth of ICRC operations (see Operational highlights) and
requiring the procurement of CHF 536 million worth of
goods and services,3 including CHF 307 million worth of
items distributed to beneficiaries in 72 delegations, and the
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This amount has doubled in the three years between 2012 and 2015, with 40% faster
growth than the ICRC global budget.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
In 2015, more ICRC units, divisions and delegations expressed
interest in the issue of sustainable development. The number of
delegations working on sustainability increased from 14 to 19, with
more than 120 staff members volunteering to be involved.
A new methodology was developed to enable comparisons of
energy and water use between delegations. Energy, water and
paper use, waste production and carbon dioxide emissions were
analyzed in 19 delegations. The data were translated into indicators
to monitor the environmental footprint of the ICRCs operational
and support activities, enabling delegations, when necessary, to
take action to mitigate any negative environmental impact.
To support these mitigation measures, tests were run of several
innovative approaches to waste management and the use of
natural resources implemented by delegations in partnership with
academic institutions and private-sector companies.
The third sustainable development annual report, covering the year
2014, was released in November 2015. It described progress made
in the organizations Framework for Sustainable Development and
measured the performance of ICRC delegations using environmental and social indicators.
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OPERATIONS
OPERATIONS
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PROTECTION
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
ASIA AND
THE PACIFIC
EUROPE AND
CENTRAL ASIA
ICRC headquarters
ICRC delegation
ICRC mission
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109,219
95,423
479,358
4,788
1,074
968
NEAR AND
MIDDLE EAST
Total
928,814
25,736
4,725
1,596
20,558
10,685
33,407
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Economic security
(in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Assistance
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Prevention
13,001,361
5,222,659
3,280,542
788,491
87,863
1,622,666
Total
Of which: Overheads
219,397
958,270
144,057
84,108
6,785
1,412,618
85,919
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
89%
Expenditure/yearly budget
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
31,026,588
Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
286
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Structures
459
Number of beds
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Patients receiving services
Structures
Patients
2,099
11,332
14,627
129
371,884
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OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Protracted crises likewise continued to engender economic,
social and environmental fragility, with attempts at recovery often
stymied by fresh outbursts of violence and the absence of viable
political solutions. In Afghanistan, the CAR, the DRC, Somalia
and South Sudan, for instance, people have endured some form
of conflict, extreme vulnerability or multiple displacements for
much of their lives. With infrastructure and basic public services
destroyed or no longer functioning, humanitarian organizations
have, in many contexts, had to fill vital needs gaps leading to development reversals.
On a more positive note, peace negotiations to end the conflict in
Colombia one of the worlds longest-running at just over 50 years
made progress on key issues.
In some contexts, the impact of transnational and urban organized
or gang-related crime spelled growing humanitarian consequences
for civilians for example, El Salvador and Honduras continued to
have the highest murder rates globally.
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AFRICA
Across a large part of the African continent, stable contexts
were few and far between. While maintaining its operations in
countries such as the CAR, Cte dIvoire, the DRC, Ethiopia,
Mali, Niger and Somalia, the ICRC responded to urgent needs
in several other contexts and to the spillover effects in neighbouring countries. For instance, while Nigerias population bore
the brunt of the violence in the north, Cameroon, Chad and
Niger also found themselves facing attacks and a refugee influx in
the hundreds of thousands. The ICRC therefore strengthened its
presence in all four countries, developing a coordinated regional
response with the National Societies.
April saw the worst turmoil in Burundi since the twelve-year civil
war ended in 2005, prompting concerns that the wider Great Lakes
region would be affected. Over 200,000 fled to the DRC, Rwanda
and the United Republic of Tanzania. The ICRC supported the
Burundi Red Cross in maintaining its first-response capacity,
helping it treat people wounded in the unrest and/or evacuate
them to hospital. The ICRC also provided family-links services to
separated family members and visited detainees, including those
held in relation to the situation.
Many in South Sudan have lived the last two years on the run
from the dangers of warfare and sexual assault and in search
of food and health care. Despite the peace agreement, over
2 million people have been displaced internally or to neighbouring countries, and hundreds of thousands continued to
face insecurity, including severe food shortages. South Sudan
was one of the ICRCs largest operations; key activities involved
food distributions, provision of health care, water and sanitation
projects, and visits to detainees.
As an official observer to the African Union, the ICRC worked to
raise humanitarian issues of concern, to enhance support for ICRC
operations across Africa and to promote greater recognition of
IHL and its integration into African Union decisions and policies,
while building relations with NGOs and UN agencies based in
Addis Ababa.
AMERICAS
Colombia remained the largest ICRC operation in the Americas,
with activities centred on addressing the consequences of the
countrys long-running armed conflict and other violence. Despite
progress in the peace dialogue, the situation remained extremely
precarious for millions, with some 15% of the population still
displaced. ICRC support focused on the most vulnerable IDPs,
civilians affected by weapon contamination, women exposed to
sexual violence, missing persons, and people deprived of their
freedom. The ICRC also continued to act as a neutral intermediary
in the release of people held by armed groups.
In Central and South America, the ICRC, often with the local
National Society, assisted people affected by organized armed
violence, which has resulted in tens of thousands of victims and
affected the regular provision of essential services. Of note was
the successful culmination of the Rio Project a partnership
between the Brazilian authorities and the ICRC aimed at
supporting communities affected by armed violence in certain
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19
18
10
PERSONNEL
969
1,964
103
40
11,430
13,537
14,506
- Mobile staff
- National Society staff
- Resident staff on temporary mission
Field: resident staff
Field: total
Final total
FINANCE
ICRC expenditure in 2015
In million
CHF
Headquarters
202.2
Field
1,412.6
The sub-total comes to CHF 1,614.8 million, from which field overheads (CHF 85.9 million) must be deducted in order to reach the final total.
Final total
1,528.9
USD
209.8
1,465.7
EUR
188.2
1,314.7
1,586.3
1,422.9
USD
142.6
142.6
110.6
84.0
65.6
63.0
61.5
54.1
51.6
51.3
43.3
38.9
37.5
32.5
28.5
EUR
127.9
127.9
99.2
75.4
58.8
56.6
55.2
48.5
46.3
46.0
38.9
34.9
33.6
29.2
25.5
Exchange rates: USD 1.00 = CHF 0.9638; EUR 1.00 = CHF 1.0745
CHF
137.5
137.4
106.6
81.0
63.2
60.8
59.3
52.1
49.7
49.4
41.8
37.5
36.1
31.3
27.4
Exchange rates: USD 1.00 = CHF 0.9638; EUR 1.00 = CHF 1.0745
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ASSISTANCE
ASSISTANCE SUPPLIES
In 2015, the ICRC purchased or received as in-kind contributions the following assistance supplies:
Relief items
Top 10 distributed items
Food parcel (5 people/1 month)
Food parcel individual (1 person/1 month)
Kitchen set
Rice
Hygiene parcel (5 people/1 month)
Blanket
Sorghum
Tarpaulin
Matting
Beans
Medical and physical rehabilitation items
Water and habitat items
TOTAL
CHF 48 million
CHF 41 million
CHF 299 million
USD 310 million
EUR 278 million
Exchange rates: USD 1.00 = CHF 0.9638; EUR 1.00 = CHF 1.0745
ECONOMIC SECURITY
HEALTH-CARE SERVICES
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WEAPON CONTAMINATON
The ICRC carried out activities for people living in weapon-contaminated areas in 35 contexts. These included mine-risk
education sessions, collecting and analysing data on mine-related
incidents and contaminated areas, clearance activities and training
for local actors. The ICRC also worked with the UN and NGOs
to further develop and strengthen international mine-action
standards and coordination.
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In 2015, one new national IHL committee was created (in the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), bringing the total number
worldwide to 108. Kuwait and the Syrian Arab Republic also
reactivated their respective committees, albeit with some modifications in composition.
The ICRC organized, or contributed to, 37 regional events related
to IHL and its integration into domestic law, which were attended
by some 1,500 people from 140 countries.
This work contributed to 69 ratifications of IHL treaties
(including one of Additional Protocol II, and four of Additional
Protocol III) by 46 countries. In addition, 23 countries adopted 39
pieces of domestic legislation to implement various IHL treaties,
and many others prepared draft laws on related topics.
XX the
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LAYOUT OF DELEGATION SECTIONS
DELEGATION
CONTEXT
MAP
DELEGATION
MISSION
MISSION
STATEMENT
STATEMENT
TARGET POPULATION
YEARLY RESULTS
KEY RESULTS/
CONSTRAINTS
PROTECTION:
ACHIEVEMENTS
Civilians
People deprived of their freedom
Wounded and sick
Actors of Influence
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
ASSISTANCE:
TARGETS/
ACHIEVEMENTS
IMPLEMENTATION
RATE
PROTECTION
ASSISTANCE
PERSONNEL
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USER GUIDE:
YEARLY RESULTS
The ICRC aims to ensure that people in need of protection and
assistance in armed conflict and other situations of violence receive
effective and relevant support, in fulfilment of the organizations
mandate and of its responsibility to use donor funds optimally;
thus the ICRC employs result-based management, a structured
approach that focuses on the desired and expected results for
the beneficiaries throughout the management cycle.1 A central
element of this approach is the ICRCs yearly planning and regular
monitoring and review of its activities and achievements and of the
needs of the people affected through updated or new assessments.
This process is structured according to the ICRCs corporate
management framework, which describes ICRC programmes
and target populations.2 In particular, during the yearly planning
LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
1 See in the present report The ICRCs operational approach to result-based management:
improving humanitarian action
2 See in the present report ICRC management framework and descriptions of programmes
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RCMs distributed
GENERAL
Child/minor
Girl
TRACING REQUESTS1
Woman
All figures except for detainees visited are precise and are based
on registrations, counting or recorded activities carried out by the
ICRC or the ICRCs partners, mainly National Societies. Figures
for detainees visited are based on figures provided by the detaining
authorities.
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1. All cases of people whose fates are unknown either to their families or to the ICRC,
and for whom the ICRC is going to undertake some kind of action to clarify their fate
or to confirm their alleged fate; these can include allegations of arrest and co-detention,
and tracing requests collected following unsuccessful attempts to restore family links
by other means
The number of people for whom tracing requests were still open
and pending at the end of the reporting period.
DOCUMENTS ISSUED
The number of detainees whose transfer or repatriation was facilitated by the ICRC.
The number of POWs visited for the first time since their capture
and monitored individually during the reporting period.
2. A person under 18 or under the legal age of majority separated from both parents and from
all other relatives and not being cared for by an adult who, by law or custom, is responsible
for doing so
3. A person under 18 or under the legal age of majority separated from both parents or from
his/her previous legal caregiver but accompanied by another adult relative
The number of CIs and other persons protected by the Fourth Geneva
Convention who were visited for the first time since the start of their
internment and monitored individually during the reporting period.
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The number of places holding or having held CIs and other persons
protected by the Fourth Geneva Convention visited during the
reporting period
Man
Girl
Boy
Target figures
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ECONOMIC SECURITY
BENEFICIARIES
Note: The number of beneficiaries of each type of commodity/
service cannot be cumulated, as some people may have benefited
from more than one type of commodity/service during the
reporting period. This is typically the case with beneficiaries of
micro-economic initiatives, who usually receive a combination of
different commodities.
TYPES OF SERVICES
Beneficiaries of cash
Beneficiaries of vouchers
HEALTH SERVICES
It should be noted that in a number of contexts, data about patients
and health activities cannot be provided or are only provided in
part. The main reasons include the lack of proper data collection
systems at facility level and difficulties in transmitting information
from the facility to the central level and/or the ICRC both of
which result in incomplete information; for facilities regularly
supported, the ICRC endeavours to help local teams establish data
management systems to address these deficiencies. In some cases,
restrictions by the authorities may limit the types of data made
available to the ICRC or the organizations ability to make further
use of the information.
One beneficiary is one person who has benefited from a water and
habitat project at least once over the course of the reporting period.
A person who has benefited from a project several times is counted
only once.
Civilians
Activities
Immunization activities
Polio immunizations
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Prostheses delivered
Hospitals supported
Outpatient activities
Operations performed
PHYSICAL REHABILITATION
Projects supported
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Orthoses delivered
Wheelchairs delivered
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AFRICA
KEY RESULTS/CONSTRAINTS IN 2015
XXContact
with the authorities, weapon bearers and other influential parties helped aid reach some conflict-affected people accessible
to few humanitarian organizations, but security and other constraints remained.
XXFollowing developments in certain countries and subsequent budget extension appeals, more people than initially planned were
provided with food and household essentials; the majority of them were IDPs.
XXWhere possible, people resumed their livelihoods with ICRC support, such as seed, equipment and services for agro-pastoralists
and cash grants for vulnerable households, including those headed by women.
XXWeapon-wounded people were treated by ICRC surgical teams and health-care staff at ICRC-supported facilities. People also
received counselling for conflict-related trauma, including sexual violence.
XXPeople held in relation to conflict by national/international forces and armed groups, notably in the Central African Republic,
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mali, received ICRC visits.
XXStates and regional bodies advanced the implementation of IHL treaties and organized regional events to foster greater
understanding of specialized IHL topics; 10 countries ratified the Arms Trade Treaty.
PROTECTION
Total
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
97,311
81,570
416,591
2,273
1,049
964
Economic security
(in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
1,704,500
1,032,100
1,811,900
265,090
128,500
1,000,975
2,200,298
1,153,568
3,078,587
231,101
57,988
1,285,151
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Services and training
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
293,278
10,688
1,839
583
Beneficiaries
4,356,400
2,886,501
Structures
118
105
Structures
19
127
2,071
3,422
33
19,150
41
32,815
5,130
3,307
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
5,559
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
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85,247
405,458
51,882
35,237
2,280
580,105
35,211
Expenditure/yearly budget
87%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
909
4,510
DELEGATIONS
Algeria
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Eritrea
Ethiopia
African Union
Guinea
Liberia
Libya
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Uganda
REGIONAL DELEGATIONS
Abidjan
Antananarivo
Dakar
Harare
Nairobi
Pretoria
Tunis
Yaound
ICRC delegation
ICRC mission
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Maiduguri, Nigeria. The ICRC began collaborating with the Borno State Widows Association in 2013. Through the ICRC programme, more than 1,300 widows have improved
their access to food, reduced their debts by saving more, and found support
to start small businesses.
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the CAR, Cameroon, the DRC, Niger, Nigeria and South Sudan.
However, targets were not reached in Mali, in part, because of the
temporary suspension of activities. In some instances, livelihood
support helped reduce peoples exposure to risks: in Sudan, some
people had less need to travel to unsafe areas for food/water, and in
Casamance, Senegal, women did not have to leave their villages as
much for income-generating activities, mitigating their exposure
to mines and abuses, including sexual violence.
People in several countries had access to clean water for personal
and in some cases, agricultural use and had more sanitary living
conditions after water/sanitation facilities in conflict/violenceaffected communities and camps were built/repaired by the ICRC.
It carried out emergency interventions, such as water trucking in
the CAR and Nigeria; following reports of cholera, it conducted
disinfection and hygiene-promotion initiatives in Nigeria, Somalia
and South Sudan.
ICRC delegates continued to monitor the situation of vulnerable
people and to document reported abuses, including sexual
violence; when possible, these allegations were shared with the
parties concerned, with a view to preventing their recurrence.
Where necessary, victims were provided with medical care, psychological support, material assistance and family-links services.
Dialogue with parties involved in conflict or other situations of
violence emphasized the protection due to people providing/
seeking medical care. Reminders were passed through the media
and traditional/religious leaders, and direct contact with and
briefings for the pertinent parties, with a view to fostering greater
respect for health/medical and humanitarian workers for
example, in the CAR and Somalia, and in Ebola-affected Guinea and
Liberia. In Mali, such reminders helped persuade weapon bearers
to leave a health centre they had occupied, allowing it to resume
operations. In Cte dIvoire, patients had better access to medical
facilities after the ICRC and other humanitarian organizations
made representations to the authorities. In Casamance, dialogue
with armed groups helped Senegalese Red Cross Society/ICRC
teams and State health workers conduct immunization campaigns.
Although attacks on health-care services hampered peoples access
to treatment in many contexts, thousands of people in conflictaffected or underserved areas availed themselves of services at
primary-health-care facilities that the ICRC provided with supplies,
equipment, staff training and support for infrastructure upgrades.
Notably, in Somalia, people accessed health care in 25 fixed and
7 mobile clinics run by the Somali Red Crescent Society. More
IDPs and residents in north-eastern Nigeria obtained preventive/
curative care after an increase in ICRC support for clinics there
after mid-2015. In Liberia, people regained access to health care at
pre-Ebola-crisis levels after facilities were aided in implementing
disease-prevention measures. People suffering from conflictrelated emotional trauma and victims of sexual violence eased
their distress through ICRC-supported counselling services in the
CAR, Cte dIvoire, the DRC, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Somalia.
Weapon-wounded people were treated in ICRC-supported
hospitals or by ICRC medical teams. There were six such teams
in South Sudan (in both government- and opposition-controlled
areas), three in the CAR, two each in the DRC and Mali, and one
each in Niger and Nigeria. Notably, the team in Niger was deployed
within days of the outbreak of conflict, and the team in Nigeria was
restationed from the Middle Belt to Maiduguri, owing to growing
needs there. In the DRC, local surgeons took over the work of one
team from July onwards, though they still received ICRC support.
Disabled people in Burundi, Chad, the DRC, Ethiopia, GuineaBissau, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Sudan, and those among
Sahrawi refugees in Tindouf, Algeria, regained some mobility
through physical-rehabilitation services at ICRC-supported centres.
The ICRC helped ensure the continuity of care for the wounded
and sick through first-aid training for National Society volunteers
and other potential first responders, and war-surgery courses for
doctors/surgeons. Specialized training helped increase the pool
of physiotherapists and prosthetic/orthotic specialists in Africa.
Family members separated by conflict, violence, migration and
detention restored/maintained contact through National Society/
ICRC family-links services; they included people who had fled
Burundi, the CAR, the DRC, Mali, Nigeria, Somalia and South
Sudan. Unaccompanied minors were assisted in seeking and/or
rejoining their families; those in the CAR and the DRC, including
children formerly associated with armed groups, journeyed home
with ICRC assistance and had their reintegration followed up
by ICRC delegates. In Libya, migrants held at a retention centre
voluntarily returned home through the coordinated action of the
Libyan Red Crescent, the authorities and embassies concerned,
IOM and the ICRC. In Tunisia, migrants who had left Libya by
boat and were rescued by the Tunisian coast guard made phone
calls facilitated by the National Society/ICRC. Support for National
Societies family-links services along migration routes in Niger and
Tunisia helped people reconnect with relatives.
Detainees in several countries were visited by ICRC delegates
in accordance with ICRC standard procedures, amid some
constraints. These visits helped ensure that the detainees treatment
met IHL and/or other internationally recognized standards.
Among them were people held for security reasons or in relation
to armed conflict, including those held by: international bodies,
particularly the African Union (AU) and UN; the French army;
and armed groups in the CAR, the DRC, Mali, Senegal and South
Sudan. In Somalia, visits to detainees in Mogadishu central prison
resumed after being suspended in 2014. For the first time, the
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) notified the ICRC
of persons they had arrested and detained. In the United Republic
of Tanzania, detainees in Zanzibar received ICRC visits, which
last took place in 2005. At the request of certain armed groups in
Mali and in Sudan, the ICRC acted as a neutral intermediary in the
release/handover of people in their custody.
Detaining authorities strove to improve the treatment and living
conditions of detainees, drawing on ICRC confidential feedback
and technical expertise. In Rwanda, various government bodies
revised standards for prison health services, and the penitentiary
authorities assessed the nutritional status of inmates, in view of
future interventions. Algerian judicial officials and police/gendarmerie worked to update procedures for detainees on remand.
The Burundian and Guinean authorities drew on ICRC input in
reviewing their penitentiary policies.
Joint projects helped the authorities build their capacity to
reform penitentiary services. For instance, the Chadian, Ivorian,
Malagasy and Malian authorities continued pursuing efforts to
standardize food provision in prisons. In some countries, the
authorities received direct support food, medicine, training and
infrastructure upgrades for improving detainees well-being.
In Guinea and Liberia, officials implemented measures that
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Algeria
37
17
Burundi
1,922
1,862
162
82
Central African
Republic
554
341
1,036
29
23
88
Chad
677
389
15,200
21
21
267
50,939
41,178
990
14
783
745
429
3,602
2,783
14,633
1,117
608
800
Guinea
48
79
212
Liberia
184
80
1,028
20
11
11
25
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Libya
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
48
27
1,149
387
5,114
142
76
12
12
2,459
307
56
of whom minors
of whom women
Detainees visited
122
425
1,145
125
1,055
38
47
105
38
6,295
123
161
314
287
20,747
549
697
2,001
41,309
1,612
924
323
4,033
187
274
25
3,317
339
54
28
3,970
184
201
689
174
21
127
37
13
1,900
35
202
45
10
110
4,329
120
212
1,354
79
13,000
401
172
2,302
12
97
56,300
3,738
360
314
220
4,275
77
213
48
162
4,624
281
273
309
15,141
694
33
224
17,013
756
629
131
150
62
2,796
2,914
63,726
212
Somalia
10,170
13,347
38,594
7,351
32,696
4,383
1,341
19,652
1,129
1,129
370
26
1,843
1,558
62
143
388
355
1,104
20
30
16,848
434
394
247
18
1,478
659
26
13
20
18,944
383
120
173
985
50
34
50
South Sudan
Uganda
Antananarivo (regional)
Abidjan (regional)
Dakar (regional)
9,398
Harare (regional)
570
Nairobi (regional)
13,724
Pretoria (regional)
282
277
5,991
27
55
783
1,052
334
42
Tunis (regional)
Yaound (regional)
Total
97,311
44
16
26
128
18
18
182
108
327
12,748 232,137
81,570 416,591
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264
1,131
81
421
4,443
Sudan
12
104
121
9,901
Rwanda
Nigeria
12
14,944
29
116
People located
(tracing cases closed positively)
People transferred/repatriated
of whom UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
CIVILIANS
21
112
14
162
114
20
9,843
44
34,132
392
1,049
964
3,195
53
10
7,557
84
351
19
94
17,145
675
37
305
369
8,987
167
146
395
2,273
270 293,278
11,495
6,053
10,688
3
16
90
80
1,040
14
16
75
40
32
22
150
80
116
25
128
77
14
15
50
16
33
48
RCMs distributed
RCMs collected
of whom boys
of whom girls
of whom women
of whom boys
of whom girls
of whom women
Algeria
29
Burundi
Central African
Republic
11
264
67
14
309
201
735
Chad
21
11
116
1,127
17
91
282
47
2,097
1,236
33
72
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the
24
14
222
18
12
49
25
582
587
533
64
Ethiopia
Eritrea
20
175
66
127
41
25
Guinea
123
16
77
39
40
Liberia
161
35
279
118
3
10
32
3
30
17
66
74
14
27
547
608
14
Libya
Mali
10
26
3
21
12
16
Mauritania
1,307
17
65
81
15
166
64
1,635
Niger
124
1,593
68
13
113
40
22
45
69
22
253
152
40
33
28
39
20
14
158
30
11
262
28
82
27
293
86
203
Nigeria
17
Rwanda
Somalia
South Sudan
24
16
23
Sudan
148
71
30
146
166
109
99
64
28
218
41
270
126
127
48
116
42
329
18
29
14
46
28
24
218
17
50
55
Nairobi (regional)
5
1
2
59
99
6
59
55
18
Uganda
Antananarivo (regional)
Abidjan (regional)
Dakar (regional)
72
Harare (regional)
14
18
Pretoria (regional)
19
167
48
15
133
69
323
Tunis (regional)
14
348
13
52
24
27
Yaound (regional)
287
52
579
7,671
225
48
517
1,839
583
5,130
3,037
5,559
129
51
246
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5,294
Burundi
Central
African
Republic
60,379
11,880
73,956
10,932
708,369
27,959
35,789
27,449
1,021
16,092
Chad
Congo,
Democratic
Republic of the
74,404
94,072
789
47,496
Liberia
25,945
9,275
Libya
32,734
48,979
Mali
250,456
58,824
Eritrea
Ethiopia
218,305
15,840
8,920
7,325
475,192
4,420
67,837
47,664
1,554
153,774
108,466
261,100
223,318
16
146,645
84,689
38,122
4,090
42,000
Guinea
122,587
8,550
162,109
37,524
147,858
900
Nigeria
536,044
375,754
68,626
32,118
Rwanda
180
421
Somalia
247,445
187,156
836,842
38,237
South Sudan
410,795
119,440
667,595
6,960
Sudan
289,031
87,600
359,197
300
18
18
1,710
1,741
Abidjan
(regional)
103,900
16,290
5,532
854
7,397
2,814
21,418
5,094
29,998
23,220
5,066
2,570
7,241
1,538
444,734
220,765
10
34,909
28,023
34,450
3,555
30,000
Niger
Uganda
650
330
Mauritania
817,511
49,068
57
1,609
143,164
64,370
45,366
18,648
1,541
1,710
2,938
179,033
12
225,144
74,612
147,779
594
9,901
12,810
240,170
32
532,000
473,185
193,521
5,115
4,838
4,000
392,859
189,884
83,730
11,498
4,823
11,248
2,814
19
14,416
2
282
51,500
106,597
456
6,000
80,194
245,306
70,930
42,509
Antananarivo
(regional)
Dakar
(regional)
1,212
3,300
15
20,884
2,311
9,297
5,321
19,182
17,716
9,630
Harare
(regional)
5,130
14,723
2,655
9,030
375
17,452
Nairobi
(regional)
15,118
30,000
8
906
Tunis
(regional)
Total
3,165
104,959
57,281
39,881
2,000
231,101
of whom
women
26%
25%
32%
34%
38%
31%
35%
of whom
children
49%
47%
44%
29%
58%
40%
42%
of whom
IDPs
62%
77%
18%
22%
1%
10%
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7,226
6,200
Pretoria
(regional)
Yaound
(regional)
Food commodities
Immunizations (doses)
Consultations (patients)
Catchment population
(monthly average)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED
OF THEIR FREEDOM
HEALTH CENTRES
Vouchers
Cash
Productive inputs
Food commodities
CIVILIANS - BENEFICIARIES
105 1,589,299
930,330
529,138
10,448
1,704
2,200
53,564
132,860
163,154
1
2
3,401
395
35
39
36
16,577
920
261
19
Patients receiving
physiotherapy
Orthoses delivered
Prostheses delivered
10
474
1,022
Burundi
Central
African
Republic
1
2
10
2,920
Projects supported
of which weapon-wounded
PHYSICAL REHABILITATION
Admissions (patients)
Hospitals supported
HOSPITALS
Wounded patients treated
FIRST AID
5,224
112
203
349
453
1,055
258
84
493
114
10
6,334
692
699
1,695
2,026
4,007
Chad
Congo,
458 Democratic
Republic of the
Eritrea
3,152
Ethiopia
Guinea
20
2,367
21
2
1,241
Liberia
14,255
2,555
4,524
238
Libya
8,760
149
347
288
452
7,593
Mali
Mauritania
754
551
21
600
600
543
126
191
116
166
183
14
12
17,749
4,507
17
4,132
1,135
2,409
176
183
476
202
11,192
422
2,908
221
441
588
920
979
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
12
161
Somalia
Sudan
Uganda
Abidjan
(regional)
Antananarivo
(regional)
1
1,929
54
83
54
117
1,834
Dakar
(regional)
Harare
(regional)
Nairobi
(regional)
Pretoria
(regional)
733
49
25
94
728
Tunis
(regional)
Yaound
(regional)
42
13
2,563
127
68
74,425
11,323
46%
26%
41
32,815
1,807
2,541
4,103
5,018
12%
20%
19%
18%
19%
18%
of whom
women
6%
37%
8%
35%
8%
57%
of whom
children
12%
1%
of whom
IDPs
20,344
Total
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ALGERIA
ALGIERS
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
TUNISIA
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
Tindouf
LIBYA
WESTERN
SAHARA
MAURITANIA
MALI
NIGER
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC office
KEYRESULTS/CONSTRAINTS IN 2015
YEARLY RESULTS
XXJudicial
PROTECTION
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
939
186
772
351
25
2,273
139
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
76%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
112|
1
37
17
18
1
1
6
13
Total
RCMs distributed
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
MEDIUM
14,944
122
40
32
8
22
150
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
114|
Total
UAMs/SC*
1
37
17
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Reunifications, transfers and repatriations
People reunited with their families
including people registered by another delegation
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
People for whom a tracing request was newly registered
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
UAMs/SC*, including demobilized child soldiers
1
1
Women
Girls
Boys
33
25
18
18
72
34
15
Demobilized
children
Girls
1
1
Women
14,944
122
90
40
32
Minors
121
81
Women
Girls
Boys
8
22
150
1
1
Algeria
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BURUNDI
The ICRC has been present in Burundi since 1962, opening its
delegation there in 1992 to help people overcome the humanitarian consequences of armed conflict. ICRC activities focus
mainly on working with the prison authorities to ensure that
detainees treatment and living conditions accord with internationally recognized standards. The ICRC helps bolster the
Burundi Red Crosss work, notably in terms of emergency
preparedness and restoring links between separated family
members, including refugees. It supports the armed forces
efforts to train their members in IHL. It also reinforces the
quality and sustainability of physical rehabilitation services.
YEARLY RESULTS
HIGH
PROTECTION
XXPeople
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,904
1,774
563
678
21
4,940
302
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
108%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
116|
12
50
1,922
1,862
162
97
2
2
9,901
1,145
116
25
128
77
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Total
14
Achieved
1
2,500
1
2,920
CONTEXT
Troops bound for missions abroad learnt more about IHL rules
applicable to peacekeeping at ICRC briefings; brochures and
training videos translated into the local language made the
contents of these materials easier to understand. Military/police
commanders discussed the differences between IHL and international human rights law at an advanced workshop, where they
learnt to determine which legal framework applied to a given
situation. The Burundian parliament continued to take steps to
implement IHL; it studied draft laws, prepared with some ICRC
support, for ratifying the Arms Trade Treaty and a regional
convention on small arms. Influential actors capable of facilitating
humanitarian action, or of persuading others to do so, were urged
to support IHL and Movement action through dialogue and other
means. Radio broadcasters, in particular, helped facilitate National
Society/ICRC efforts to inform potential beneficiaries of familylinks and other services available to them.
CIVILIANS
Following the outbreak of violence in Bujumbura, security forces
were reminded of international norms and standards applicable to
law enforcement, and of the importance of facilitating access for
wounded people to medical care (see Actors of influence).
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
In relation to unrest in Bujumbura, police/other security forces and the
ICRC engaged in dialogue on the use of force during law enforcement
operations and on the relevant legal frameworks (see Civilians).
Burundi
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Total
UAMs/SC*
1,922
1,862
162
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
5
3
2
1
1
192
13
97
15
162
20
Women
Girls
Boys
37
54
24
37
43
21
Demobilized
children
Girls
8
2
1
8
3
2
3
Documents
29
2
Women
9,901
Detainees visited
1,145
1,040
116
25
Minors
421
425
Women
Girls
Boys
16
14
3
3
80
80
Total
Women
Children
109
4
7
2,647
3
5
10
11
240
445
38
926
128
77
14
29
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts of a detained relative
People to whom a detention attestation was issued
*Unaccompanied minors/separated children
Beneficiaries
5,294
Health
53
5
5
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
120|
1
2,920
10
19
1
261
474
2
1,022
63
1
CHAD
Birao
Vakaga
Bamingui-Bangora
Ndl
CAMEROON
Kaga
Bandoro
Ouham
OuhamPende
Nana-Mambere
Bossembl
Ombella-Mpoko
Mambere-Kadei
Lobaye
NanaGrebizi
Bossangoa
SOUTH
SUDAN
Haute-Kotto
Kemo
South-East
Haut-Mbomou
Bria
Ouaka
Bambari
Mbomou
BasseKotto
BANGUI
Sangha-Mbaere
YEARLY RESULTS
MEDIUM
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
CONGO
PROTECTION
Total
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC office/presence
Total
Of which: Overheads
4,184
27,657
2,880
1,353
66
36,139
2,198
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
33
6
48
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
126,100
70,000
60,500
1,000
7,500
40
60,379
11,880
73,956
10,932
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation
programme)
667,000
708,369
Structures
Structures
70
320
79
311
1,055
105
50
16
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Hospitals supported
77%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
554
341
1,036
578
47
40
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
Amidst a situation made unstable by intermittent tensions, the ICRC
continued documenting allegations of abuses, including forced
recruitment and sexual violence, reported to it; afterwards, it discussed
some of them confidentially with the parties concerned. Authorities
and weapon bearers, including multinational forces conducting law
enforcement operations, were reminded of their obligations under
IHL and other applicable law to protect civilians and their property,
the wounded and the sick, and medical/humanitarian personnel
and infrastructure (see Wounded and sick and Actors of influence).
In Kaga Bandoro, victims of abuse received assistance in the form
of psychosocial support at ICRC-backed facilities (see below),
financial assistance to cover medical/transportation costs and/or
referrals to other agencies for livelihood support.
In total, over 2,370 families (11,880 people) rebuilt their homes with
ICRC-provided building materials and returned to them after being
displaced. Among them, more than 4,000 IDPs (some 800 households) in Bambari and Ouham-Pende also improved their living
conditions after being supplied with other household essentials.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Total
UAMs/SC*
554
341
1,036
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
41
16
47
18
6
Women
Girls
Boys
1,746
957
578
453
2,835
1,896
376
343
214
660
509
371
Girls
Demobilized
children
61
40
17
88
15
21
33
19
32
24
Documents
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Detainees newly registered
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Women
1,055
105
75
50
16
Minors
38
47
Women
Girls
3
3
Boys
16
15
33
6
48
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Total
Women
Children
60,379
29,793
11,880
4,090
73,956
377
10,932
1,019
21%
60%
20%
55%
25%
54%
74%
13%
708,369
65,470
50%
40%
12,682
3,277
16,822
1,187
52
917
17
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
6
27,959
35,789
Doses
Patients
27,449
491
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
1,021
650
Beneficiaries
854
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
WOUNDED AND SICK
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
2
2
3,401
395
18
1,107
1,349
550
1,424
13,286
6,213
6,082
991
Number of beds
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
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320
1
CHAD
The ICRC has operated in Chad since 1978. It focuses mainly on
following up on the treatment and living conditions of detainees
and restoring links between separated family members, most of
whom are refugees from neighbouring countries. It continues
supporting rehabilitation services for amputees countrywide,
while pursuing longstanding programmes to promote IHL
among the authorities, armed forces and civil society. The ICRC
supports the Red Cross of Chad.
EGYPT
LIBYA
Tibesti
NIGER
Borkou
Ennedi
SUDAN
CHAD
Wadi Fira
Kanem
Barh El Gazel
Batha
Lac
Ouaddai
N'DJAMENA Hadjer
Lamis
NIGERIA
Sila
Guera
Chari Baguirmi
Salamat
Mayo
Kebbi
Est
Mayo
Kebbi
Ouest
Moyen Chari
Tandjile
Moundou
Logone
Occidental
CAMEROON
Logone Oriental
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
Mandoul
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
SOUTH
SUDAN
YEARLY RESULTS
HIGH
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,508
2,083
1,062
836
24
5,513
336
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
677
389
15,200
99
21
21
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
6,295
314
67
14
309
201
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Total
735
Achieved
16,092
2
700
2
5,224
82%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
12
56
Chad
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
The ICRC monitored the situation of IDPs, returnees and refugees
who had fled the conflict in the Lake Chad region, and of people
who had fled violence inother neighbouring countries, such as
the CAR and Sudan (see Context). Issues of humanitarian concern
such as those concerning the conduct of hostilities or those
applicable to arrests and detention were raised with the authorities and weapon bearers through confidential representations.
These served as formal reminders to them to respect IHL/other
applicable norms, particularly the protection due to people not/no
longer taking part in hostilities.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Two journalists learnt more about IHL and their roles and responsibilities in reporting about armed conflict during regional
workshops organized by the ICRC in Senegal (see Dakar). Press
releases, interviews, reference materials and updated information
on the ICRC and family-links websites helped stimulate the interest
of the general public in humanitarian affairs. Events organized
jointly with the National Society to mark World Red Cross and
Red Crescent Day (8 May), and radio spots on the Fundamental
Principles, also helped promote the Movement.
Members of the media, civil society organizations and religious
leaders attended dissemination sessions/workshops that sought
to increase acceptance for the National Society and the ICRC.
The subjects covered at these events included: the proper use of
the emblems protected under IHL; the points of correspondence
between IHL and Islamic law; the protection of journalists, and
of detainees, during armed conflict; and compliance with IHL.
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Total
UAMs/SC*
677
389
15,200
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
323
166
21
Women
Girls
Boys
294
214
99
61
938
703
72
200
54
172
51
145
Girls
130
21
267
52
12
94
Women
Minors
Demobilized
children
2
3
Documents
6,295
123
161
Women
Girls
Boys
8
8
2
2
11
7
Total
Women
Children
16,092
10,000
27%
30%
Beneficiaries
7,397
Beneficiaries
2,814
1,096
21
55
1,916
2
19
29
66
120
276
892
1,433
Detainees visited
314
264
67
14
309
201
735
1
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts of a detained relative
People to whom a detention attestation was issued
*Unaccompanied minors/separated children
Beneficiaries
7
7
5
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
2
5,224
112
349
131
203
453
1
4,007
1,040
21
Chad
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Nord Ubangi
Bas Uele
Haut Uele
Sud Ubangi
Mongala
Ituri
Kisangani
Equateur
CONGO
North
Kivu
Tshopo
Tshuapa
GABON
Mai Ndombe
Sankuru
Kwilu
Kongo Central
RWANDA
Maniema
Fizi
Kasai
Kasai Oriental
Central
UGANDA
Bukavu
Sud
BURUNDI
Kivu Uvira
Kasai
Kwango
Bunia
Beni
Kirumba
Masisi
KINSHASA
SOUTH SUDAN
CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
Lomami
Tanganyika
UNITED
REPUBLIC
OF
TANZANIA
YEARLY RESULTS
Manono
HIGH
Haut Lomami
Haut Katanga
Lualaba
ANGOLA
Lubumbashi
PROTECTION
ZAMBIA
Total
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC office/presence
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
XXAs
Total
Of which: Overheads
15,454
38,203
4,726
2,168
215
60,766
3,658
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
132|
20,747
2,001
282
47
2,097
1,236
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
33
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
90,700
100,800
120,000
25,100
40,000
74,404
94,072
218,305
15,840
8,920
7,325
870,000
223,318
Structures
15
16
Structures
39
900
629
3
1,000
5
1,055
96%
109
739
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
50,939
41,178
990
425
800
759
RCMs collected
CONTEXT
latrines. Farming and fishing households earned money by participating in community-based, livelihood-support projects. In South
Kivu, destitute victims of sexual violence and other vulnerable
people benefited from British Red Cross/ICRC financial assistance,
which helped increase their economic security and facilitated their
social reintegration. The construction/repair of local water systems
in the Kivu provinces and the former province of Katanga improved
access to clean water for both residents and IDPs.
ICRC delegates visited detainees to monitor their treatment and
living conditions, and confidentially shared their findings and
recommendations with the authorities. Discussions on the timely
release of money allocated for prison food budgets continued; prison
authorities took or began to take greater responsibility for ensuring
that inmates received adequate sustenance. Acutely malnourished
detainees were given ready-to-eat therapeutic food to help them
recover their health. In a number of prisons, detainees living conditions, including their access to basic health care, improved following
ICRC-material/technical support for dispensaries, distributions of
hygiene items and the construction/repair of prison infrastructure.
Detainees, CAR and Burundian refugees, and others separated
from their families by armed conflict, re-established/maintained
contact with their relatives through National Society/ICRC
family-links services. Separated children, including some formerly
associated with weapon bearers, rejoined their families in the
DRC or abroad; they received support for settling back into their
communities and participated in recreational/vocational activities
aimed at preventing future recruitment.
The National Society, a key ICRC partner, received ICRC support
to better assist conflict/violence-affected people, including those
affected by electoral tensions. Notably, it received financial,
material and technical support to help enhance its first-aid/
emergency response, family-links, human remains management
and communication capacities. Regular contact with Movement
partners, the authorities and humanitarian organizations ensured
coordination of activities.
CIVILIANS
Conflict-affected civilians approached the ICRC with reports of
abuses committed by weapon bearers, including sexual violence,
child recruitment and attacks against medical staff/facilities, which
impeded access to health care. These allegations formed the basis
of written and oral representations to weapon bearers and other
parties to the conflict, reminding them of the protection afforded
by IHL to civilians, including those seeking/providing medical
care, with a view to preventing further abuses.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
All parties to the conflict furthered their understanding of IHL and
the Movement through events held/organized by the ICRC that
sought to address issues of humanitarian concern, including: sexual
violence; child recruitment; the treatment of detainees; andin line
with the goals of the Health Care in Danger projectthe protection
of health-care personnel/facilities.
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about the Movement and its work. About 11,000 people in various
provinces gained a better understanding of humanitarian principles
after ICRC presentations, which promoted acceptance for the
National Society/ICRC, broadening their access to people in need.
Over 580 university students participated in IHL conferences at two
universities; 1,300 others attended dissemination sessions on IHL and
the ICRC in Bukavu, Goma and Lubumbashi. Such events boosted
the academes interest in, and encouraged their discussion of, IHL.
Local and foreign journalists reported on the humanitarian issues
in the country with the help of news releases, operational updates
and other ICRC informational materials; they covered topics such as
access to water, family reunification, assistance for displaced communities and the challenges faced by medical personnel working in
remote areas.
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Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Names published in the media
50,939
41,178
990
14
2,407
1,527
800
17
1
Women
Girls
Boys
906
376
425
138
681
302
151
87
274
204
139
120
Girls
922
759
14
429
286
179
161
Women
Minors
Demobilized
children
367
439
71
Documents
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
20,747
2,001
1,127
282
47
549
697
Women
Girls
Boys
21
17
11
9
116
91
2,097
1,236
33
72
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Total
Women
Children
30%
26%
39%
36%
30%
39%
44%
38%
36%
39%
50%
35%
Cash
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
74,404
32,426
94,072
39,130
218,305
22,144
15,840
8,920
7,325
Beneficiaries
223,318
30%
30%
Structures
16
146,645
84,689
38,122
2,164
18,987
12,069
34,559
5,698
141
8,421
115
186
57
98
17
20
96
91
22
56
11
22
52
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Health centres supported
Average catchment population
Consultations
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
4,090
21,418
3
Beneficiaries
5,094
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
58
10
10
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Patients whose hospital treatment has been paid for by the ICRC
Admissions
Patients
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
39
36
715
16,577
920
15
912
12,040
2,705
3,774
11,507
167
9,849
1,491
First aid
First-aid posts supported
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Patients
10
9
35
Number of beds
629
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
138|
5
1,055
258
493
27
84
114
458
887
34
ERITREA
SUDAN
SAUDI
ARABIA
RED SEA
Northern
Red Sea
Anseba
ERITREA
Massawa
Keren
Gash Barka
YEMEN
Maekel
ASMARA
Mendefera
Barentu
Debub
Southern
Red Sea
ETHIOPIA
Assab
YEARLY RESULT
MEDIUM
DJIBOUTI
ICRC / AR_2014
ICRC delegation
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
PROTECTION
KEY RESULTS/CONSTRAINTS
XXHouseholds
affected by past conflict took steps towards selfsufficiency with ICRC livelihood support, and had sustainable
access to clean water through newly built/repaired solarpowered water supply systems.
XXVulnerable people of Ethiopian origin renewed their residence
permits with ICRC assistance. Those who wished to be
repatriated through the governments programme had their
transport and other costs covered.
XXBeneficiary communities, students, military personnel and the
authorities learnt more about IHL and the Movement through
joint activities of the National Union of Eritrean Youth and
Students and the ICRC.
XXAfter a series of discussions, the Red Cross Society of Eritrea
and the ICRC agreed to resume cooperation in 2016, and to
focus on rebuilding operational and organizational capacities.
XXDialogue with the authorities sought to increase acceptance
of ICRC mandate and work, but activities for conflict-affected
people remained limited. The ICRC remained without access
to detainees.
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
858
2,936
354
88
18
4,254
260
101%
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
608
800
36
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
ASSISTANCE
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Expenditure/yearly budget
Total
Achieved
Economic security
(in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Essential household items Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
10,000
239,000
4,870
475,192
4,420
22,500
67,837
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
3
42
Eritrea
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
The ICRC continued to pursue dialogue with the Eritrean authorities, aimed at gaining acceptance of and support for its mandate
and activities in the country. Amid restrictions on the operations of international humanitarian agencies, ICRC activities for
conflict-affected people remained limited. The ICRC stood ready
to distribute household essentials in the event of an emergency.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
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Total
UAMs/SC*
608
800
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
People for whom a tracing request was newly registered
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
Women
Girls
Boys
159
95
36
15
423
304
66
19
11
59
24
28
Total
Women
Children
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
People to whom a detention attestation was issued
127
21
8
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
475,192
4,420
74%
62%
1%
12%
Beneficiaries
67,837
30%
40%
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
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ETHIOPIA
ERITREA
YEMEN
RED SEA
Mekele
Gondar
Bahir Dar
Amhara
Dessie
ETHIOPIA
Assossa
Nekemte
ADDIS ABABA
Asela
Gambella
Azaita
Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa
Awash
Harar
Harari
Jijiga
Jimma
Gambella
SOUTH
SUDAN
Afar
TI
Shire
Tigray
Benishangul
Gumuz
Adigrat
DJI
BO
U
SUDAN
Continuously present in Ethiopia since 1977, the ICRC prioritizes protecting and assisting people detained, displaced or
otherwise affected by the 19982000 international armed
conflict with Eritrea or by other armed conflicts. It helps to
preserve the livelihoods of conflict-affected communities, which
also often grapple with natural disaster, and supports physical
rehabilitation services. It visits detainees and restores family
links, particularly for relatives separated by the closed EthiopiaEritrea border, ensuring compliance with IHL with regard to
any persons still protected by the Third and Fourth Geneva
Conventions. It supports the Ethiopian Red Cross Society.
Awasa
SNNPR
Gode
Arba Minch
Oromia
SOMALIA
YEARLY RESULT
MEDIUM
KENYA
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC office
ICRC delegation
ICRC-supported prosthetic/orthotic project
The ICRC delegation to the African Union is also in Addis Ababa
PROTECTION
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
Total
Of which: Overheads
4,577
10,911
2,492
1,723
97
19,799
1,208
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
3,602
2,783
14,633
222
1
41,309
323
49
25
582
587
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
533
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
48,000
54,000
1,200
789
47,496
47,664
1,554
150,000
153,774
Structures
95%
44
175
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Expenditure/yearly budget
Total
127
10
7,500
Ethiopia
10
6,334
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
In view of the armed conflicts and other situations of violence
in Ethiopia, and the ENDFs involvement in military operations
abroad, the authorities were reminded of their responsibility to
protect civilians. Dialogue with the authorities and community
leaders, through dissemination sessions and other means, sought
to strengthen their acceptance for the ICRCs mandate and
persuade them to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in need
(see Actors of influence). Despite ongoing dialogue with the parties
concerned, the ICRC remained without access to the SRS, where
it had been unable to conduct humanitarian activities since 2007.
Over 125,000 people in Afar and Tigray had more reliable access to
clean water after hand pumps in their communities were repaired.
Some 5,300 people in western Tigray had more water for their
needs following the construction of a water-supply network in
their area. Nearly 13,800 people learnt how to reduce their risk of
contracting water-borne diseases at hygiene-promotion sessions.
Local water committees trained in operating/maintaining watersupply systems, helping ensure a sustainable supply of water for
some 9,500 people. With ICRC support, water authorities in Tigray
maintained a database of water points in the region, which enabled
them to plan more effectively.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Foreign affairs/justice ministry officials furthered their understanding of IHL implementation at a regional seminar (see
Nairobi), helping them prepare to support the national IHL
committee, which the authorities were working to establish.
Some 200 judges and prosecutors reinforced their expertise in IHL
and related legal instruments at ICRC seminars, some organized
jointly with regional judicial training centres. Contact was established
with the countrys focal point for small arms, as part of efforts to
promote the ratification of weapon-related treaties. An official from
the foreign ministry attended the 32nd International Conference.
The National Society and the ICRC met regularly to discuss joint
plans and technical issues. Monthly coordination meetings and
bilateral interaction enhanced the National Societys cooperation
with Movement partners.
Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Names published in the media
Names published on the ICRC family-links website
3,602
2,783
14,633
1,117
307
123
12
Women
Girls
Boys
746
130
222
48
890
174
221
146
80
203
125
86
Girls
47
56
13
12
Demobilized
children
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
2
22
Women
41,309
323
222
49
25
Minors
1,612
924
Women
Girls
Boys
24
18
4
3
14
12
582
587
533
64
Ethiopia
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Total
Women
Children
47%
32%
7%
11%
Beneficiaries
789
47,496
46,824
47,664
15,708
1,554
76%
5%
Beneficiaries
153,774
25%
50%
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
29,998
14
3,547
Beneficiaries
23,220
1,376
120
302
1,221
66
148
186
472
214
894
746
528
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
42%
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
Economic security (in some cases provided within a protection programme)
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
12
10
2
Structures
of which provided data Structures
2
1
Number of beds
127
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
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10
6,334
692
1,695
234
699
2,026
5
3,152
4,080
354
AFRICAN UNION
The ICRC, in its capacity as an official observer to the African
Union (AU), works with member States to draw attention to
problems requiring humanitarian action and to promote greater
recognition of IHL and its integration into AU decisions and
policies, as well as wider implementation of IHL throughout
Africa. It also aims to raise awareness of and acceptance for
the ICRCs role and activities within the AU Commission and
other AU bodies. It endeavours to build strong relations with
AU-accredited intergovernmental organizations, NGOs and UN
agencies in Addis Ababa.
YEARLY RESULTS
Level of achievement of ICRC yearly objectives/plans of action
HIGH
African Union
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CONTEXT
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
The AU and its member States, and organizations affiliated to the
AU, continued to benefit from ICRC support aimed at helping
them ensure that their policies conformed with IHL and other
applicable international law, particularly, through an ICRC legal
adviser seconded to the AU and events/meetings organized with
the help of the ICRC.
African Union
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GUINEA
SENEGAL
Mali
GUINEA-BISSAU
MALI
Labe
Boke
GUINEA
Kankan
Dabola
Mamou
Kindia
Kankan
Faranah
Faranah
CONAKRY *
Forcariah
Kissidougou
Northern
SIERRA LEONE
FREETOWN
Guckdou
Eastern
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Beyla
Macenta
N'zrkor
N'zrkor
Southern
LIBERIA
CTE
D'IVOIRE
ICRC delegation
YEARLY RESULTS
MEDIUM
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC sub-delegation
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,783
2,439
968
964
40
6,194
378
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
84%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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11
85
48
79
212
4
1
1
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visit
Detainees visited
4,033
25
175
66
127
41
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Total
25
Achieved
20,000
42,000
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
CONTEXT
The Ebola outbreak that began in Guinea and Sierra Leone in 2014
caused thousands of deaths. Though the international response was
initially slow, and was hindered in some communities by hostility
towards humanitarian workers, both countries were declared
Ebola-free by end-2015. However, they remained vulnerable to
new cases.
Guinea continued to deal with political and communal tensions,
and socio-economic difficulties, including inadequate water
systems and other basic services; these issues were exacerbated
by the Ebola outbreak. Demonstrations occurred as presidential
elections took place in October, and hundreds of injuries and a few
deaths were reported.
With support from the international community, the Guinean
authorities continued their efforts to reform the justice and
security sectors.
Guinea contributed troops to the UN Multidimensional Integrated
Stabilization Mission in Mali.
CIVILIANS
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Both National Societies developed their family-links and communication capacities at workshops and produced promotional
materials with ICRC support. Guinean volunteers also participated
in dissemination sessions for the armed/security forces (see Actors
of influence).
With support from the ICRC, representatives from both National
Societies attended a regional workshop (see Dakar) on the
Fundamental Principles and in a statutory meeting in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Regular coordination among Movement partners and with other
humanitarian agencies particularly, in connection with the Ebola
response helped maximize the impact of activities and prevent
duplication of effort.
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Total
UAMs/SC*
48
79
212
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Women
Girls
Boys
19
4
10
Girls
1
1
UAM/SC cases still being handled by the ICRC/National Society at the end of the reporting period
Demobilized
children
Women
Minors
4,033
187
274
Women
Girls
Boys
25
5
175
66
1
1
Total
Women
Children
42,000
50%
30%
127
41
25
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts of a detained relative
*Unaccompanied minors/separated children
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported1
Structures
Beneficiaries
5,066
Beneficiaries
2,570
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
Number of health facilities supported in places of detention visited by health staff
75
29
28
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the
reporting period.
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LIBERIA
The ICRC has worked in Liberia since 1970, opening its
delegation in 1990. It visits detainees and works with the authorities to improve conditions of detention. It also runs programmes
to promote IHL and humanitarian principles among authorities
and armed and security forces and supports the Liberia National
Red Cross Society to help it strengthen its operational capacities.
With the National Society, the ICRC works to protect and assist
conflict/violence affected-people, including refugees, notably
by restoring links between separated relatives and improving
sanitation conditions in vulnerable communities.
GUINEA
SIERRA LEONE
Lofa
Gbarpolu
Grand
Cape Mount
Bong
Bomi
Montserrado
Margibi
LIBERIA
CTE D'IVOIRE
Nimba
Grand Bassa
MONROVIA
Zwedru
Rivercess
Grand Gedeh
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Sinoe
River Gee
Grand Kru
Maryland
YEARLY RESULTS
Harper
ICRC delegation
MEDIUM
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC sub-delegation
PROTECTION
Total
184
80
1,028
10
1
1
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
3,317
28
123
16
Detainees visited1
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
77
39
40
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
995
8,847
963
1,101
33
11,941
729
68%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
7,200
99,600
25,945
9,275
108,466
497,000
261,100
Structures
Structures
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Beneficiaries
18
89
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in these tables and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
Liberia
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
In support of and in coordination with the authorities, the UN,
and other actors, and within the framework of the Movement
response (see Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement), the ICRC
helped respond to the Ebola outbreak and its effects. As the
number of cases dwindled, the ICRC concluded or scaled down
some Ebola-related activities, while continuing or resuming other
humanitarian activities begun before the outbreak.
facilities and helped restore access to health-care to pre-outbreak levels. For example, over 1,200 people availed themselves of
consultations at a facility for treating HIV/AIDS, TB and leprosy;
thousands of women availed themselves of antenatal consultations at two clinics and a hospital. Financial incentives for health
workers and referrals for Ebola patients were cancelled because of
support from other actors.
The authorities drew on ICRC support to mitigate the risk of
cross-infection. For example, people had access to clean water
after personnel at the partially functioning Monrovia plant
which served 250,000 people treated the water supply with
ICRC-supplied chemicals. Municipal sanitation personnel worked
with ICRC teams to manage waste from five ETUs; this on-the-job
experience, along with ICRC-donated trucks, helped them work
unassisted at another ETU and two triage sites. With ICRC
support, one ETU in Monrovia was decommissioned, making it
available again for cholera treatment. The authorities disposed of
medical waste generated in Montserrado county more efficiently,
using two ICRC-installed incinerators.
Plans to support the authorities in repairing the Monrovia water
treatment plant were cancelled because other actors took over
the task, as were plans for improving cremation facilities, owing
to the 2014 withdrawal of the mandatory cremation policy. The
International Federation took over the provision of support to the
National Society for human remains management and for Ebolaawareness campaigns in the south-east.
Some 520 children who had survived Ebola and/or lost one or both
parents to the disease also benefited from these grants; the ICRC
visited them to check on their well-being. The children were given
additional material support, as needed; they were also referred
to the authorities for registration and inclusion in the long-term
national assistance programme, and to other organizations for
medical services, including psychosocial support. These initiatives
helped them meet their needs and mitigate the specific risks they
faced, such as abuse or neglect.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
At meetings, the authorities and members of the international
community, including officials from the UN and other international organizations working in the country, were provided with
technical input and regularly updated on Movement activities.
This helped streamline and coordinate the humanitarian response
to the Ebola crisis, while also facilitating possible avenues of
cooperation and broadening support for Movement activities.
Information collected during ICRC visits to vulnerable children
(see Civilians) was shared with other actors, which helped identify
gaps in assistance.
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The authorities resumed work on incorporating in domestic legislation the provisions of IHL-related treaties that they had signed/
ratified, after the Ebola crisis had forced a shift in their priorities.
With ICRC technical/financial support, Liberia ratified the Arms
Trade Treaty. The Firearms and Ammunition Control Act, which
had been drafted with ICRC support, awaited adoption by the legislature. The national IHL committee also completed a draft proposal
for incorporating provisions of the 1949 Geneva Conventions in
the Liberian penal code. Government officials learnt more about
IHL and its implementation at a regional seminar (see Nigeria) and
at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, for prosecutors and judges.
Total
UAMs/SC*
184
80
1,028
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
18
7
8
1
10
2
25
6
Women
Girls
Boys
5
Demobilized
children
Girls
2
1
20
1
12
Documents
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
Women
3,317
Minors
339
54
Women
Girls
Boys
28
20
123
16
77
39
40
Liberia
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Total
Women
Children
38%
38%
33%
2%
37%
23%
28%
44%
3,621
3,354
5,694
1,176
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
25,945
9,275
108,466
Beneficiaries
261,100
Structures
3
103,900
16,290
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Health centres supported
Average catchment population
Consultations
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
5,532
14
Beneficiaries
7,241
Beneficiaries
1,538
198
16
15
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Patients whose hospital treatment has been paid for by the ICRC
Admissions
Patients
Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
1
1
6,115
1,241
98
1,143
365
6,094
1,121
4,973
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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LIBYA
GREECE
TURKEY
MALTA
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
TUNISIA
TRIPOLI
Misrata
Benghazi
Nalut
Tobruk
Ajdabiya
Sirte
Brega
ALGERIA
Sabha
LIBYA
EGYPT
Kufra
NIGER
CHAD
YEARLY RESULTS
ICRC delegation
LOW
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC office/presence
PROTECTION
Total
RCMs distributed
ASSISTANCE
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,800
6,834
2,298
1,647
89
12,667
763
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Achieved
Economic security
(in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Essential household items Beneficiaries
36,000
72,000
32,734
48,979
450,000
79%
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Structures
21
17
117
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Protection
Expenditure/yearly budget
4
48
27
1
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Libya
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CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
As the ICRCs main partner in the country, the Libyan Red Crescent
received technical, material and financial support for strengthening its operational and institutional capacities, particularly in
relief distribution, first aid and management of human remains.
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the IOM, the Libyan Red Crescent and the ICRC. The migrants
embassies were able to issue travel documents on the basis of
photographs and other information collected by the ICRC during
visits to the retention centre in Misrata, where the migrants were
held. Migrants at another retention centre maintained contact
with their relatives through phone calls facilitated by the National
Society with ICRC support. Migrants held at two retention centres
received clothes, mattresses, blankets and hygiene items from
National Society/ICRC teams.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Interaction with government representatives, members of armed
groups, other circles of influence and the general public in Libya
continued to focus on raising awareness of humanitarian issues
and fostering support for the ICRCs neutral, impartial and
independent humanitarian action.
Libya
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Cooperation between the Libyan Red Crescent and the ICRC helped
ensure the availability of emergency relief and medical services for
vulnerable people (see Civilians and Wounded and sick).
The National Society continued to build its operational capacities
with technical, financial, and material support from the ICRC. It
bolstered its ability to respond to emergencies with the help of
training and ICRC-donated equipment, such as trucks, ambulances
and other vehicles. At ICRC-organized courses, volunteers/staff
members developed their capabilities to restore family links and
manage human remains; they also learnt in line with the Safer
Access Framework how to mitigate the risk to their safety while
carrying out their activities. The National Societys headquarters
covered its operating/other costs with funds provided by the ICRC.
The National Society also worked to strengthen its organizational
structure, drawing on ICRC technical advice. It continued to revise
its statutes and restructure most of its departments.
Coordination among Movement components continued. The
National Society, the International Federation and the ICRC
reviewed a revised draft of the Movements coordination agreement
in Libya.
Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
People for whom a tracing request was newly registered
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
4
48
27
Women
Girls
10
4
1
1,462
44
42
23
UAM/SC cases still being handled by the ICRC/National Society at the end of the reporting period
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
2
1
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3
1
Girls
Boys
45
Demobilized
children
Total
Women
Children
37%
23%
34%
24%
32,734
32,734
48,979
48,499
Beneficiaries
330
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Structures
Admissions
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
21
14,255
2,555
11,700
11,700
First aid
First-aid posts supported
Structures
Patients
20
2,367
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Libya
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MALI
Continually working in the country since 1982, the ICRC opened
a delegation in Mali in 2013 in response to the consequences of
fighting between government forces and armed groups and of
other situations of violence in Mali. It seeks to protect and assist
conflict/violence-affected people who also often struggle with
adverse climatic conditions, and visits detainees, providing them
with aid where necessary. It promotes IHL among armed and
security forces and armed groups and encourages its implementation by the authorities of the country. It works closely with the
Mali Red Cross and helps it develop its operational capacities.
ALGERIA
Tombouctou
Tessalit
MAURITANIA
Tinzaoutne
Kidal Kidal
MALI
Tombouctou
Gao
Lr
Mopti
Koulikoro
Kayes
BAMAKO
Gao
Mnaka
NIGER
Mopti
YEARLY RESULTS
Segou
MEDIUM
Sikasso
GUINEA
BENIN
GHANA
CTE D'IVOIRE
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
PROTECTION
TOGO
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC office/presence
ICRC-supported hospital
Total
Of which: Overheads
4,050
29,190
2,496
1,552
175
37,465
2,287
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
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3,970
689
161
35
279
118
608
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
180,000
48,000
297,000
30,720
390,120
250,456
58,824
122,587
8,550
444,734
275,400
220,765
Structures
10
Structures
161
156
2
150
4
8,760
79%
PERSONNEL
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
1,149
387
5,114
53
12
12
XXNewly
Mobile staff
Expenditure/yearly budget
Total
67
320
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
CONTEXT
The ICRC and Mali Red Cross continued to help people, primarily
in northern Mali, cope with the effects of armed conflict/violence.
After one of its trucks was attacked in March (see Context), the
ICRC suspended all staff movements outside towns in the north
for three months; this led to some activities being delayed or scaled
back. However, with the help of National Society volunteers and
State/local/community actors, the National Society/ICRC was able
to assist vulnerable communities in areas less accessible to others.
Thus, people newly displaced by fighting received emergency relief
with the least possible delay and vulnerable agro-pastoral households received food and other assistance before the hunger gap
period. The ICRC also engaged a wider network of contacts among
influential actors, particularly among armed groups, in dialogue
to emphasize the need to ensure: access to humanitarian assistance; the safety of humanitarian personnel; and respect for other
tenets of IHL. This helped facilitate and/or maintain the National
Society/ICRCs access to conflict-affected communities.
In 2015, the ICRC supported more health facilities than in
previous years, improving northern communities access to
good-quality care. Victims of sexual violence could obtain appropriate treatment at Gao regional hospital and, additionally, at
three health centres; counselling and other psychosocial support
services offered at these facilities and at Tombouctou regional
hospital helped victims recover. More disabled people availed
themselves of physical rehabilitation services at newly supported
centres. People requiring emergency surgery, including for weapon
wounds, were treated by ICRC teams in Gao hospital and the Kidal
referral centre. Ad hoc assistance to other facilities helped staff
cope with influxes of people wounded during clashes.
Activities to help people restore self-sufficiency continued.
Farming households used donated seed and equipment to increase
crop yield; vaccination campaigns helped preserve the health of
CIVILIANS
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
French Forces
Mali Armed
Groups
59
47
4
30
6
42
59
42
6
31
2
2
17
8
of whom women
of whom minors
Detainees visited and monitored individually
of whom women
of whom girls
of whom boys
Detainees newly registered
of whom women
of whom girls
of whom boys
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Mali Authorities
MICT
3,848
184
191
601
10
2
32
446
10
2
18
111
24
16
16
2
1
279
118
608
14
5
Mali
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172|
Total
UAMs/SC*
1,149
387
5,114
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
14
14
12
1
2
Women
Girls
Boys
100
17
53
16
263
67
14
24
19
26
Demobilized
children
Girls
12
12
1
4
11
12
Documents
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
Women
3,970
689
547
161
35
Minors
184
201
Women
Girls
Boys
10
10
2
2
32
26
279
118
608
14
5
Mali
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Total
Women
Children
250,456
25,029
58,824
15,645
122,587
8,550
444,734
39%
28%
38%
31%
40%
38%
41%
23%
12%
22%
25%
50%
10,202
3,100
12,097
1,473
6
1,572
11
1,903
35
69
4,644
16
22
82
117
167
188
1,596
4,347
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
220,765
6,628
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
10
34,909
28,023
Doses
Patients
34,450
75
Beneficiaries
3,555
Health
66
12
2
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Patients whose hospital treatment has been paid for by the ICRC
Admissions
Patients
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
2
2
4
4,524
238
38
686
2,852
748
1,528
59,051
2,794
46,137
10,120
Number of beds
156
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
174|
4
8,760
149
288
15
347
452
7
7,593
90
28
MAURITANIA
SPAIN
SPAIN
SPAIN
SPAIN
SPAIN
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
WESTERN
SAHARA
Tiris Zemmour
MAURITANIA
Adrar
Dakhlet
Nouadhibou
Inchiri
Tagant
NOUAKCHOTT
Trarza
ATLANTIC OCEAN
MALI
Brakna
Assaba
Hodh el Gharbi
Gorgol
SENEGAL
Bassikounou
Guidimaka
GAMBIA
BURKINA FASO
ICRC / AR_2015
GUINEA-BISSAU
ICRC delegation
GUINEA
YEARLY RESULTS
MEDIUM
ICRC office
PROTECTION
Total
142
76
12
14
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
1,900
45
21
9
9
12
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them
of the whereabouts of a detained relative
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,018
1,549
679
483
26
3,756
229
16
Achieved
10,000
30,000
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
81%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
9
33
Mauritania
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CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Mauritania
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Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
142
76
12
Women
26
14
1
76
14
Girls
UAM/SC cases still being handled by the ICRC/National Society at the end of the reporting period
Girls
Boys
10
6
Demobilized
children
Women
1,900
Minors
35
202
Women
Girls
45
30
21
9
Boys
3
3
9
12
16
Total
Women
Children
30,000
6,000
40%
20%
Beneficiaries
1,609
Beneficiaries
28
6
6
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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MOROCCO
The ICRCs work in Morocco dates back to 1975 during the
Western Sahara conflict. Opening in 2015, its delegation aims to
encourage cooperation with the Moroccan authorities, so as to
facilitate IHL promotion and implementation at national level.
It also seeks to support the Moroccan Red Crescent in building
its operational capacities, particularly in family-links services
and mine-risk education.
SPAIN
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
RABAT
MADEIRA ISLANDS
MOROCCO
ALGERIA
WESTERN
SAHARA
MAURITANIA
MALI
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
YEARLY RESULTS
MEDIUM
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
690
346
587
1,623
99
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
91%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
4
4
Morocco
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CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
The families of detainees held abroad, for instance, in Iraq, Jordan
or at the US internment facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Morocco
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NIGER
The ICRC has been present in Niger since 1982. It seeks to
protect and assist people suffering the consequences of armed
conflict in the region, as well as those affected by intercommunal violence. It monitors the treatment and living conditions
of detainees; promotes IHL among armed and security forces
and other weapon bearers; and encourages its implementation
by the national authorities. It works closely with and helps the
Red Cross Society of Niger develop its operational capacities.
LIBYA
ALGERIA
Agadez
Ifrouane
MALI
NIGER
Agadez
Diffa
Tahoua
Tillabry
CHAD
Zinder
Tillabry
NIAMEY
Maradi
Diffa
YEARLY RESULTS
HIGH
Bosso
Dosso
BURKINA
FASO
NIGERIA
PROTECTION
BENIN
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
Total
12
5
2,459
110
4
4
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
4,329
1,354
81
15
166
64
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
1,635
Achieved
Beneficiaries
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,690
16,986
1,480
882
42
22,079
1,301
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
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Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
162,109
37,524
147,858
900
817,511
91,300
143,164
Structures
Structures
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
1
300
3
543
99%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Productive inputs
132,800
39,000
45,300
7,500
487,500
Hospitals supported
Physical rehabilitation
26
147
CONTEXT
In early 2015, armed conflict spread to Niger after the armed group
that calls itself Islamic States West Africa Province (also known as
Jamaatu Ahlis Sunna Liddaawati wal-Jihad or Boko Haram) and its
affiliates increased their operations in the country, and throughout
the Lake Chad region (see Chad, Nigeria and Yaound). In the Diffa
region of Niger, attacks by armed groups, for example on the town
of Bosso and on islands in Lake Chad, and clashes between them
and government forces resulted in casualties and damaged civilian
infrastructure; security forces arrested hundreds of people. Tens
of thousands of people some who had been displaced multiple
times sought shelter in rural Diffa or in the Zinder region. Many
State and humanitarian agencies stopped their work or moved
away from conflict-affected areas. They gradually returned to
and resumed their activities in Diffa, but persisting insecurity,
combined with their limited means, restricted their ability to
respond to the needs of people affected.
Communities in the Agadez, Tahoua and Tillabry regions
continued to be affected by communal tensions and cross-border
security issues. Some of them also had to compete for already
scarce resources with Malian refugees who lived outside UNHCR
camps to look after their herds. Renewed tensions in Mali caused
an influx of refugees into Nigerien border areas.
Despite fair seasonal rains, food production remained inadequate.
This compounded the difficulties already being faced by farmers
and herders recovering from past drought, people affected by
conflict/violence and communities hosting displaced persons.
Migrants travelling to northern Africa or Europe passed through
Nigers remote northern regions.
Political tensions rose during the run-up to the 2016 elections;
the authorities foiled a military coup and arrested several alleged
perpetrators.
The ICRC delegation in Niger worked with the Red Cross Society
of Niger and other Movement partners to protect and assist
vulnerable people throughout the country. In Diffa, the ICRC
focused on addressing humanitarian needs arising from armed
conflict in the Lake Chad region, launching a budget extension
appeal to this end, and delaying the use of resources for or diverting
them from other activities in some cases. Movement components
there formally recognized the ICRC as the lead agency in Diffa,
enabling them to work in a more coordinated and effective way.
CIVILIANS
With a view to ensuring that the remains of people who had died
in relation to the conflict could be identified and their families
notified, government officials in Diffa and Agadez participated in
training sessions on the topic and received body bags.
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In rural Agadez, Diffa and Tillabry, some 136,200 herding households (817,319 people) maintained/improved the health, and
therefore the productivity and market value, of over 1.7 million
heads of livestock with the help of free vaccination/deworming
services provided by the authorities and animal health workers
supported by the ICRC. Twice as many people than initially
planned benefited because local partners assumed more responsibility for these services, allowing the ICRC to fund more
vaccinations. Training enabled 12 veterinarians to strengthen their
ability to treat livestock.
In Diffa, following the influx of conflict-affected herders and their
livestock, 11 fodder banks set up by the ICRC and a partner NGO
helped 1,896 herding households (11,565 people) to buy fodder
at reasonable prices. These banks helped households feed their
animals during the lean period, and contributed to decreasing the
risk of pastures becoming overgrazed. By rehabilitating 25 hectares
of pastureland in return for cash, 150 breadwinners in Agadez
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earned income for their families (900 people) and also helped their
communities resume/improve their livelihoods.
People obtained preventive and curative care that met government-approved baselines at five ICRC-supported health centres
(see Wounded and sick). These centres improved their services
with the help of medical supplies and training, notably in mother
and child care. In Agadez, over 1,279 children were vaccinated
against contagious diseases during a campaign conducted by the
health authorities and the ICRC. Expectant mothers, as well as
victims of sexual violence, had on-site care from 80 midwives and
community health workers equipped by the ICRC and trained in
reproductive health and infant care.
In Diffa, the regional hospital and the Bosso health centre treated
wounded and sick patients, including weapon bearers and
displaced people. These structures handled the sudden influx of
patients with medical supplies/equipment and infrastructure
rehabilitation provided by the ICRC. The regional hospital
benefited from the presence of an ICRC surgical team composed
of an anaesthesiologist, an operating theatre nurse and a ward
nurse that became operational within days of the outbreak of the
conflict. Over 680 patients with weapon wounds and other surgical
needs received treatment from the team, which also helped local
medical personnel hone their surgical skills. No cases required the
ICRCs medical evacuation service.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
events, which helped foster support for IHL and the Movement
among them.
Members of government forces in Agadez, Diffa, Tahoua and
Tillabry attended briefings on IHL and the ICRCs mandate.
More than 1,750 security officers bound for UN missions in the
Central African Republic, Cte dIvoire and Mali deepened their
knowledge of IHL applicable to peacekeeping operations and
were urged to facilitate the Movements neutral, impartial and
independent humanitarian action in their places of deployment.
Over 350 officer cadets, including some from other African
countries, learnt more about IHL at information sessions organized
jointly with three military institutions.
To standardize and improve the teaching of IHL in the armed
forces, the defence ministry endorsed an IHL manual completed
by the Nigerien forces and the ICRC in 2014 as its official reference
for IHL training, and took steps to incorporate it in the military
training curriculum. During advanced courses abroad, two IHL
instructors broadened the range of subjects they could teach, and
one official furthered his understanding of the rules governing
military operations (see International law and cooperation).
The authorities, security commands and the ICRC discussed
issues pertaining to law enforcement. At ICRC briefings, some 300
security officers were reminded of the international norms applicable to their duties, including those governing the use of force
during arrests and detention. Penitentiary officials received informational materials on the ICRCs activities for detainees, and 20
magistrates-in-training learnt more about IHL.
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Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
12
5
2,459
6
1
4
10
Women
Girls
Boys
177
24
110
144
33
12
22
16
22
20
Girls
33
4
25
12
Demobilized
children
1
1
1
Women
4,329
1,354
1,307
81
15
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166
64
1,635
Minors
120
212
Women
Girls
Boys
17
17
3
3
66
65
Total
Women
Children
162,109
94,899
37,524
35,150
147,858
37,544
900
817,511
15,726
25%
49%
25%
47%
25%
50%
20%
26%
49%
25%
35%
15,873
4,623
21,816
12
12
7
7
101
22
19
172
13
15
40
30
34
103
99
22
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
143,164
71,582
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
5
64,370
45,366
Doses
Patients
18,648
172
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
1,541
1,710
Beneficiaries
2,938
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
28
4
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
Operations performed
2
1
754
551
23
203
1,125
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
3
543
126
116
53
191
166
183
148
24
Niger
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NIGERIA
CHAD
NIGER
Sokoto
Katsina
Kebbi
Damaturu
Jigawa
Kano
Zamfara
NIGERIA
BENIN
Kaduna
Bauchi
Niger
Jos
ABUJA
FCT
Kwara
Borno
Gombe
Mubi
Gombe
Adamawa
Plateau
Yola
Nassawara
Oyo
Maiduguri
Yobe
Kano
Taraba
Osun
Ogun
Ekiti
Kogi
Benue
Ondo
Lagos
Enugu
Edo
Ebonyi
Anambra
Imo
Delta
Bayelsa
Rivers
Abia
Cross
River
YEARLY RESULTS
Akwa
Ibom
HIGH
CAMEROON
Port
Harcourt
ATLANTIC OCEAN
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
PROTECTION
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ICRC sub-delegation
Total
ICRC office/presence
150
62
2,796
79
14
14
RCMs distributed
XXPeople
Total
Of which: Overheads
4,582
48,362
3,937
2,389
37
59,306
3,619
88%
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13,000
2,302
40
22
ASSISTANCE
33
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Services and training1
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
376,800
288,600
27,000
1,800
45,000
24,000
536,044
375,754
68,626
32,118
49,068
124,000
179,033
Structures
12
12
Structures
21
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Hospitals supported
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
60
197
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
370
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
Amid the ongoing conflict (see Context), the ICRC sought to remind
all parties concerned of their responsibilities under IHL, especially
the need to respect and protect people not/no longer participating in
the fighting, and to allow medical/humanitarian personnel to safely
reach people in need. Such issues were raised with the defence/
security forces, government officials and traditional/religious leaders
during discussions with them particularly at IHL dissemination
sessions and meetings (see Actors of influence).
Where possible, the ICRC stepped up its assistance activities in
some cases, at the invitation of the authorities and communities.
However, not all people could be reached, as security constraints
hindered access to certain parts of the north-east, particularly
rural areas.
Nigeria
|189
Nearly 15,900 people had shelter after the ICRC built temporary
structures and installed tents in IDP camps. Some 1,100 returnees
in Adamawa and 1,400 people who had resettled in Kaduna rebuilt
their homes with ICRC-provided tools and construction materials.
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The National Society and the ICRC continued to scale up their familylinks services for conflict-affected people in the north-east, focusing
on unaccompanied minors/separated children. Some of them were
reunited with their families, including those in neighbouring countries,
where similar efforts were under way (see Chad, Niger and Yaound).
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
|191
192|
Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
150
62
2,796
102
27
14
2
Women
Girls
Boys
1,364
3
79
1,382
14
105
112
637
625
552
552
Girls
303
14
2
264
95
1
88
Women
Minors
Demobilized
children
29
29
Documents
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
13,000
2,302
1,593
40
22
401
172
Women
Girls
Boys
74
68
14
13
124
113
5
33
Nigeria
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Total
Women
Children
536,044
498,839
375,754
368,130
68,626
21,622
32,118
31,818
49,068
23%
27%
21%
40%
40%
56%
55%
4%
10%
60%
179,033
46,645
40%
50%
12
225,144
74,612
147,779
136
22,028
29,293
22,000
168
168
68
68
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
594
9,901
5,640
Beneficiaries
12,810
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities1
Health
14
2
2
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
21
1
600
600
590
2,174
2,174
Number of beds
370
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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RWANDA
Having worked in the country since 1960, the ICRC opened a
delegation in Rwanda in 1990. It visits detainees held in central
prisons and places of temporary detention such as police
stations and military facilities, while supporting the authorities
in improving detainees living conditions. It helps reunite children and their families who were separated in relation to the
genocide and its aftermath or the conflicts in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. The ICRC works with the authorities to
incorporate IHL into domestic legislation. It supports the development of the Rwandan Red Cross.
YEARLY RESULTS
MEDIUM
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Total
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
3,014
1,655
807
398
45
5,920
361
56,300
314
69
22
253
152
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Assistance
4,443
2,914
63,726
127
145
128
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
40
Achieved
180
421
57
2
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
95%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
16
70
R wanda
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
their detention via the ICRC. Some detainees were contacted by the
ICRC after their release to check on their welfare.
Former M23 fighters received ad hoc medical assistance from the
ICRC.
Over 51,000 detainees benefited from upgrades to prison infrastructure, carried out as part of the ICRCs cost-sharing agreements
with the prison authorities, which aimed to encourage them to
gradually assume full responsibility for enhancing detainees
living conditions. Detainees in 12 prisons benefited from repairs
to sanitation and other facilities. The ICRCs installation of
R wanda
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
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With financial assistance from the ICRC, university lecturers participated in round-tables for academics held locally and abroad (see
Nairobi). Students and teachers refined their knowledge of IHL with
the help of reference materials provided by the ICRC and through
various ICRC presentations at their universities; they put this
knowledge to the test on various occasions, such as an essay-writing
contest and a regional moot court competition (see Nairobi).
The general public learnt about issues of humanitarian concern
and the Movements Fundamental Principles and activities through
various events (such as those held to mark World Red Cross and
Red Crescent Day), television/radio programmes and newsletters
produced by the National Society with ICRC support.
Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Names published in the media
4,443
2,914
63,726
212
654
375
145
29
12
Women
Girls
Boys
288
44
126
29
377
108
41
54
89
93
73
101
Demobilized
children
Girls
1,667
128
24
1,131
643
52
383
Women
Minors
6
14
39
56,300
314
45
69
22
3,738
360
Women
Girls
Boys
27
1
3
1
Total
Women
Children
1%
99%
100%
75%
100%
253
152
40
17
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
180
2
421
57
2
Beneficiaries
51,500
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
2%
27
2
R wanda
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SOMALIA
The ICRC has maintained a presence in Somalia since 1982,
basing its delegation in Nairobi, Kenya, since 1994. Working
with the Somali Red Crescent Society to implement many of
its activities, it focuses on providing emergency aid to people
affected by armed conflict, runs an extensive first-aid, medical
and basic health care programme and supports projects to help
restore or improve livelihoods in communities weakened by
crises. It visits detainees and endeavours to promote respect for
IHL, particularly the protection of civilians and medical staff and
infrastructure. It supports the National Societys development.
GULF OF ADEN
DJIBOUTI
West
Galbed
Hargeisa
Bossaso
Berbera
Sanag
Togdheer
Bari
ETHIOPIA
Galkayo
Dusamareb
Mudug
Galgadud
Belet
Weyne
Xudur
Bakool Hiran
Gedo
Baidoa
Bardera
KENYA
Bay
Middle Juba
Lower
Juba
Lower
Shabelle
SOMALIA
INDIAN OCEAN
Middle
Shabelle
MOGADISHU
Jilib
Kismayo
NAIROBI
YEARLY RESULTS
ICRC office/presence
PROTECTION
Total
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
4,073
53,381
3,368
2,143
213
63,179
3,817
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
86%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
44
107
4,275
48
39
20
14
7
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
158
Achieved
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
10,170
13,347
38,594
243
RCMs distributed
Food commodities
200|
HIGH
ICRC / AR_2015
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
90,000
120,000
120,000
90,000
13,800
247,445
187,156
836,842
38,237
300,000
240,170
Structures
40
32
Structures
14
440
439
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative
part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
The delegation was based in Nairobi, Kenya and had several offices
in Somalia.
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202|
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Aided by the ICRCs expertise, Somalia ratified the Convention on
Cluster Munitions and the UN Convention on the Rights of the
Child. Somali government officials and ICRC delegates discussed
the importance of ratifying the Arms Trade Treaty.
Somaliland
978
35
2
1,408
10
209
11
10
5
1,889
32
2
48
4
1
3
5
1
2
3
9
4
1
69
3
12
4
of whom girls
of whom boys
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Southern and
Central Somalia
Puntland
14
8
1
15
7
8
3
80
Somalia
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204|
Local authorities, community leaders and civil society representatives in southern and central Somalia learnt more about the ICRCs
mandate and work, as well as about the Movement, through
dissemination sessions and briefings, and in some cases, during
the implementation of assistance activities. The general public had
access to information about ICRC activities through the ICRCs
website, an online photo library and social-media posts.
Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Names published in the media
Names published on the ICRC family-links website
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
People for whom a tracing request was newly registered
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
10,170
13,347
38,594
7,351
32,696
Women
Girls
Boys
1,115
102
243
23
1,603
162
221
334
349
468
287
352
Women
Minors
4,275
77
213
Women
Girls
Boys
48
28
39
20
4
5
1
1
3
1
14
7
158
3
Somalia
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Total
Women
Children
247,445
83,112
187,156
109,815
836,842
93,358
38,237
12,048
17%
17%
17%
17%
65%
64%
66%
66%
Beneficiaries
240,170
25%
60%
Structures
32
532,000
473,185
193,521
4,113
182,522
61,450
199,465
7,717
851
2,664
361
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Health centres supported
Average catchment population
Consultations
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
5,115
4,838
92
Beneficiaries
4,000
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
136
3
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
14
12
17,749
4,507
220
5,933
2,615
4,694
24,038
53,728
24,256
20,752
8,720
First aid
First-aid posts supported
Patients
12
4
161
Number of beds
439
Structures
of which provided data Structures
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during
the reporting period.
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SOUTH SUDAN
SUDAN
Abyei
Warapei
Bentiu
Northern Bahr
al Ghazal
Wunrok
Warrap
Western
Bahr al Ghazal
Bunj
Kodok
Leer
SOUTH
SUDAN
Malakal
Upper Nile
Maiwut
Waat
ETHIOPIA
Akobo
Jonglei
NILE
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
Old
Fangak
Unity
E
WHIT
Wau
Pariang
Lakes
Bor
Western
Equatoria
Yambio
Eastern
Equatoria
Central
Equatoria
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
JUBA
Lokichokkio
YEARLY RESULTS
KENYA
HIGH
UGANDA
PROTECTION
ICRC delegation
Total
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC office/presence
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
XXAuthorities
4,624
309
82
27
293
86
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts of a
detained relative
ASSISTANCE
203
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
340,200
120,000
438,000
410,795
119,440
667,655
6,960
282
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
11,440
113,433
6,478
5,771
288
137,411
8,346
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
320,000
392,859
Structures
Structures
17
500
1,378
3
2,500
3
2,409
South Sudan
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89%
180
609
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
4,383
1,341
19,652
316
52
24
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
Expenditure/yearly budget
CONTEXT
208|
CIVILIANS
Five clinics in Jonglei and Upper Nile sustained their services with
material/technical/financial support from the ICRC, provided per
agreements with county health departments. On average, some
2,400people benefited each week from medical consultations,
immunization, obstetric care and other services provided by these
clinics. Three other clinics received ad hoc support. Nearly 400 people
who required further treatment were referred to suitable facilities.
Victims of sexual violence availed themselves of specialized
services at the ICRC-supported clinics, including prophylactic
treatment within 72 hours of the incident and psychosocial
support; some were referred to other facilities when necessary. At
courses/dissemination sessions, midwives showed traditional birth
attendants how to assist victims of sexual violence, and clinic staff
learnt more about the victims needs.
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Over 2,800 detainees had better living conditions after the authorities
and the ICRC repaired/upgraded facilities in government-run prisons.
Detainees at the Juba central prison had a more sanitary environment
following the construction of a septic tank and the establishment, with
ICRC support, of a maintenance team. In the Aweil central prison,
detainees began to use the health services provided by an ICRC-built/
equipped clinic. These projects were complemented by donations of
medical supplies and household items.
Detainees and staff in four prisons prevented the spread of cholera
through hygiene-promotion sessions and other ICRC-supported
measures. Disinfection campaigns helped curb the outbreak
of scabies at two prisons; at the Wau prison, detainees affected
received emergency care, clothes and bedding/cleaning materials.
Monitoring the nutrition of detainees in four prisons helped the
ICRC address the consequences of food shortages, particularly acute
malnutrition. Detainees in two prisons received supplementary food
supplies for two months; pregnant/lactating women at the Aweil
prison received similar assistance, as well as infant formula.
People held by opposition forces benefited from donations of food
and household/medical supplies.
Local health workers and the ICRC took steps to ensure the safety
of patients and medical personnel/facilities. Parties to the conflict
were informed of the coordinates of medical facilities and requested
to ensure their protection; large red cross emblems helped identify
hospitals more clearly. Solar-powered lighting systems installed at
two hospitals in Wau and one in Maiwut helped people to find
these facilities more easily after dark, and staff members to identify
visitors. ICRC-supported facilities enforced a strict no-weapons
policy. First responders discussed these and other measures during
briefings/training sessions conducted by the National Society/
ICRC. Patients and their visitors learnt about ways for self-protection from posters distributed by the ICRC.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Some 2,300 weapon bearers on all sides learnt more about IHL
and the ICRC through dissemination sessions that were often
combined with first-aid training. These sessions emphasized
compliance with IHL and the need to ensure safe access to medical
care and to prevent sexual violence and the recruitment of children
into fighting forces. Two SPLA officers attended an advanced IHL
course in San Remo.
South Sudan acceded to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
and to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and its Optional Protocol.
Meetings/discussions with UNMISS on issues of pressing humanitarian concern enabled the ICRC to organize assistance activities
for people staying in UNMISS compounds. Interaction with
members of the humanitarian and diplomatic communities
helped further the ICRCs understanding of peoples needs and of
the various organizations capacities, which resulted in effective
coordination.
The South Sudanese Red Cross remained the ICRCs main partner
in assisting conflict-affected people (see above). With financial/
material/logistical/technical ICRC support, it strengthened its
ability to: carry out humanitarian activities, such as responding
to emergencies and restoring family links; and promote IHL and
the Movement. It bolstered its first-aid capacities by training new
instructors and, with support from the Norwegian Red Cross,
conducting refresher courses for trainers.
The National Society played a key role in mobilizing community
members to participate in resilience-building efforts; for example,
ICRC-trained volunteers taught residents how to repair water
pumps that were used by some 18,500 people on the outskirts of
Juba. National Society volunteers helped in addressing the cholera
outbreak in Juba; treating the casualties of an explosion of a fuel
tanker in Western Equatoria; and managing human remains after
a plane crash in November.
The National Society drew on ICRC expertise to strengthen its
managerial capacities, and to develop and implement a plan of
action for applying the Safer Access Framework, to ensure the
safety of its personnel.
Regularly held meetings among Movement partners in South
Sudan ensured effective coordination of activities. National
Societies working in South Sudan contributed staff and other
resources to support the activities of the ICRC, which, in turn,
shared its expertise in assessment, communication, logistics and
security management. Coordination with UN agencies and other
humanitarian actors continued.
South Sudan
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Total
UAMs/SC*
4,383
1,341
19,652
1,129
1,129
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Names published in the media
Names published on the ICRC family-links website
25
36
52
8
21
Women
Girls
Boys
699
310
316
154
788
372
185
132
96
157
132
75
Girls
Demobilized
children
31
24
8
26
20
12
3
2
15
Women
4,624
309
262
82
27
212|
293
86
203
Minors
281
273
Women
Girls
Boys
30
28
2
2
11
9
Total
Women
Children
410,795
360,969
119,440
90,308
667,595
211,838
6,960
6,845
282
33
31%
43%
29%
47%
27%
49%
21%
62%
21%
47%
48%
51%
21,927
6,590
36,560
1,082
42
1,243
22
468
33
94
165
10
16
41
42
48
92
87
63
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
392,859
86,502
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
8
189,884
83,730
Doses
Patients
11,498
394
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
4,823
11,248
Beneficiaries
2,814
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
40
9
7
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
17
8
4,132
1,135
9
664
1,864
469
4,928
67,956
9,098
54,545
4,313
1,378
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
3
2,409
176
476
17
183
202
1
388
1,651
290
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
South Sudan
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SUDAN
EGYPT
LIBYA
RED SEA
Red Sea
Northern
Dongola
SUDAN
CHAD
North
Darfur
West
Darfur
KHARTOUM
North
Kordofan
Abyei
CENTRAL
AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
South
Kordofan
Muglad
Kadugli
NILE
East
Darfur
South
Darfur
White
Nile
NILE
BLUE
al-Obeid
West
Kordofan
Gereida
Kassala
Kassala
Al
Gezira
ERITREA
Gedaref
E
WHIT
al-Fashir
Nyala
Zalinji
Central
Darfur
Nile
Khartoum
Kutum
al-Junaina
Port Sudan
NILE
Gedaref
Sennar
ad-Damazin
ETHIOPIA
Blue
Nile
SOUTH SUDAN
YEARLY RESULT
LOW
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
PROTECTION
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,895
15,655
3,187
1,881
155
23,773
1,451
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
79%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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370
26
165
2
2
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
255,000
48,000
360,000
Cash
Vouchers
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
36,000
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
289,031
87,600
359,197
300
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Expenditure/yearly budget
Total
28
415
500,000
106,597
Structures
Structures
8
3,400
9
2,908
CONTEXT
constraints, such as lack of access to conflict-affected communities, several planned activities for example, veterinary services
for pastoralist households and support for primary-health-care
centres were not carried out during the year. The ICRC adjusted
its set-up accordingly: it downsized its staff and donated, to the
National Society and other organizations, the supplies it was
unable to distribute directly to beneficiaries.
While discussions with the authorities were ongoing, the ICRC was
able to provide some emergency relief and livelihood support for
certain communities in Darfur. Repairs to water-supply systems
improved access to clean water for people in rural areas, and distribution of food and household essentials alleviated the situation of
vulnerable people, including farmers. Over 42,000 households in
Jebel Mara produced their own food using ICRC-donated seed/
tools. Some breadwinners with physical disabilities used cash
grants to start small businesses to support their families. Wounded/
sick people received treatment at hospitals that received medical
supplies from the ICRC.
People with physical disabilities availed themselves of services at
physical rehabilitation centres run by the National Authority for
Prosthetics and Orthotics (NAPO) and at a childrens hospital, all
of which received ICRC material/technical support.
Bilateral talks with the authorities were reinforced by dissemination sessions and other events for community members, legal
advisers to the government, and members of civil society; these
sought to broaden support for the ICRCs mandate and work and
to promote respect for IHL. In light of Sudans involvement in
military operations in Yemen, the authorities were reminded of
their responsibilities under IHL.
CIVILIANS
After the signing of agreements with the government in 2014, the
ICRC continued its discussions with the Sudanese authorities,
focused on gaining further acceptance for its activities, with a view
to resuming the full range of its operations in Sudan.
In March 2015, the Sudanese government approved the ICRCs
plan of action for 2015; the ICRC then launched a budget
extension appeal in support of the planned expansion of its
operations. Framework agreements for activities concerning
livelihood support and improvement of peoples access to water
were signed with the pertinent ministries in July; an agreement
covering health-related activities remained pending (see ICRC
action and results). However, the arrangements/requirements
necessary to implement these agreements such as authorization
for ICRC teams to travel to the field, and administrative procedures for the delivery of goods remained under discussion. This
and security/access constraints, including threats to the safety of
aid workers, hampered the delivery of humanitarian assistance,
especially in remote areas. As a result, several activities could not
be implemented as planned.
Sudan
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The issuance of travel permits for mobile staff in late 2014 and
further discussions with government officials enabled the ICRC to
carry out emergency response activities in certain areas in Darfur.
Some 43,800 people (7,300 households), most of them IDPs,
received food supplies. Around 34,700 people (some 5,700 households) improved their living conditions with the help of essential
household items from the ICRC.
Over 106,000 people had better access to water after local technicians and the ICRC repaired water-supply systems in rural areas.
Water board authorities and ICRC-trained community members
maintained water facilities using spare parts and other materials
donated to them or to the state water authorities in Darfur and
Khartoum. People staying in refugee camps in White Nile and in
communities in East Darfur accessed water at facilities built by the
National Society with ICRC material/financial support.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Sudan
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Total
UAMs/SC*
370
26
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
2
1
364
106
165
37
649
121
14
2
1
5
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Girls
Boys
83
56
47
75
39
64
Girls
Women
1
18
24
8
1
4
Demobilized
children
Total
Women
Children
22%
58%
22%
59%
21%
60%
Beneficiaries
289,031
114,538
87,600
64,259
359,197
140,528
300
21%
60%
Beneficiaries
106,597
30%
40%
4,212
92
4,791
66
560
43
113
680
8
17
19
87
390
737
234
101
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
WOUNDED AND SICK
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
6
4
11,192
422
26
1,625
7,375
1,770
25,417
6,271
17,302
1,844
Number of beds
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
9
2,908
221
588
1
441
920
2
979
791
Sudan
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UGANDA
The ICRC has been present in Uganda since 1979. Given the
progress towards peace in the north of the country, ICRC
assistance activities have been adapted to decreasing humanitarian needs. The ICRC continues to monitor the treatment of
detainees and strives to raise awareness of IHL and humanitarian principles among the armed and police forces. Whenever
possible, the ICRC supports the Uganda Red Cross Society in its
efforts to improve its capacities.
SOUTH
SUDAN
Kotido
Moyo
Koboko
Adjumani
Arua
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
Pader
Moroto
NILE
Lira
Apac
Masindi
UGANDA
Bundibugyo
KENYA
Gulu
Nebbi
LAKE
ALBERT
Kitgum
Mbale
Fort Portal
KAMPALA
Kasese
LAKE
EDWARD
Jinja
Entebbe
Mbarara
LAKE VICTORIA
Kisoro
Kabale
RWANDA
UNITED
REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIA
YEARLY RESULTS
Level of achievement of ICRC yearly objectives/plans of action
ICRC / AR_2015
MEDIUM
ICRC delegation
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,146
744
534
33
3,458
211
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
82%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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10
35
1,843
1,558
9,398
143
27
23
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
15,141
224
71
30
146
166
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Total
109
Achieved
18
18
CONTEXT
The ICRC continued its efforts to help ensure the protection and
well-being of vulnerable people, particularly refugees, detainees
and the families of missing persons. The Movement-wide
suspension of cooperation with the Uganda Red Cross Society
in October 2014, however, hampered the delivery of family-links
services and livelihood assistance to the families of the missing,
among other activities.
Thousands of detainees among them people alleged to be
members of armed groups or those held on charges of terrorism
or armed rebellion received ICRC visits conducted in accordance with the organizations standard working procedures.
Delegates assessed the detainees treatment and living conditions,
and confidentially shared their findings and, where necessary,
recommendations with the authorities afterwards. The authorities
and the ICRC also discussed ways to improve the management
and processing of detainees cases; the ICRC donated hardware/
software to help administrators at the Luzira Upper Prison to
improve their information-management system. Detainees used
family-links services to contact their families; those who had been
sentenced to death and other particularly vulnerable inmates spent
time with their families during ICRC-arranged visits. Distribution
of hygiene/recreational items and improvements to prison facilities helped ease detainees conditions.
ICRC family-links services enabled thousands of people, mainly
refugees from Burundi, the DRC and South Sudan, to restore
contact with relatives from whom they had become separated.
The ICRC paid particular attention to unaccompanied minors,
including those previously associated with armed groups; several of
them were reunited with their families with the ICRCs assistance.
Families of persons missing in connection with the 19862006
non-international armed conflict in northern Uganda found
some comfort amid their grief through a psychosocial-support
programme staffed by community-based volunteers.
The ICRC kept up its efforts to foster understanding of and support
for IHL and humanitarian principles among the authorities and
weapon bearers. Government officials, UPDF officers deployed
within the country or abroad and other key figures learnt more
about IHL and other norms/standards applicable to their duties at
regional/international events and via dissemination sessions held
by the ICRC, sometimes in combination with first-aid training.
Police officers increased their familiarity with international human
CIVILIANS
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Media stories about ICRC activities for example, a family reunification covered by journalists who accompanied the ICRC team
helped raise awareness of the organizations mandate and work.
Planned activities aimed at promoting IHL and the ICRC among
religious and community leaders were not carried out, owing to
the suspension of cooperation with the National Society (see Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement).
Uganda
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Total
UAMs/SC*
1,843
1,558
9,398
104
64
27
9
Women
Girls
Boys
69
13
143
35
38
16
11
15
18
11
Girls
133
23
5
182
Demobilized
children
44
4
14
50
24
Documents
10
1
Women
15,141
694
33
Women
Girls
Boys
7
7
3
3
6
6
Total
Women
Children
224
148
71
30
Minors
146
166
109
55
16
23
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
18
18
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
19
14,416
26
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities1
Beneficiaries
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during
the reporting period.
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ABIDJAN (regional)
COVERING: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cte dIvoire, Ghana, Togo
NIGER
MALI
OUAGADOUGOU
BURKINA FASO
Korhogo
GUINEA
BENIN
TOGO
CTE D'IVOIRE
Bouak
GHANA
NIGERIA
Man
Toulpleu
Yamoussoukro
Guiglo
Gagnoa
LOM
LIBERIA
ABIDJAN
Porto Novo
ACCRA
San Pedro
YEARLY RESULTS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
ICRC regional delegation
HIGH
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC office/presence
PROTECTION
Total
388
355
1,104
34
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
16,848
247
127
48
116
42
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
329
Achieved
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,383
4,856
1,850
1,538
55
10,683
652
83%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
500
1,000
900
36,000
1,710
1,741
456
6,000
33,500
80,194
Structures
Structures
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Beneficiaries
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
36
186
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
Abidjan (regional)
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CONTEXT
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To prevent the recurrence of abuses in western Cte dIvoire, allegations reported to the ICRC were shared with the parties concerned.
After such representations, peoples access to health-care facilities
improved.
The ICRC responded to emergencies with the pertinent National
Societies, while supporting them in this regard. Displaced people
in Burkina Faso and Cte dIvoire coped with their situation
through National Society/ICRC relief distributions. Herders in
northern Burkina Faso maintained their livestocks health through
free vaccinations carried out by the authorities and the ICRC.
During the coup attempt in Burkina Faso, casualties received first
aid/were evacuated and children were reunited with their families
by the Burkinab Red Cross Society with ICRC support.
Dispersed families, including Malian refugees, maintained/restored
contact with each other through Movement family-links services.
However, reunifications in Cte dIvoire were stalled by the closure
of the border with Liberia for most of the year. To help it clarify
the fate of people missing in connection with the 2011conflict, the
Ivorian medico-legal institute was provided with support, including
protective equipment for workers conducting exhumations. The
Ivorian authorities, in consultation with the ICRC, continued to
work on updating the legal framework applicable to the families of
missing persons.
Throughout the region, the ICRC sought to reinforce support
for IHL and humanitarian action. During information sessions,
thousands of military/security officers learnt more about IHL;
Ivorian and Togolese military IHL instructors drew on ICRC
advice to update/review their training materials. Government
officials worked to ratify/implement IHL-related treaties with
ICRC support, as Cte dIvoire, Ghana and Togo ratified the Arms
Trade Treaty. Academics, journalists and community leaders
broadened their understanding of IHL at workshops and other
events organized with the National Societies concerned.
To maximize impact and avoid duplication, the ICRC coordinated
its activities with government bodies, UN agencies, Movement
partners, and other humanitarian organizations.
CIVILIANS
In western Cte dIvoire, people reported abuses to the ICRC.
These allegations related to sexual violence, attacks on villages,
and military operations, for example were shared with the parties
concerned to prevent their recurrence. Notably, patients had better
access to health-care facilities after the ICRC and other humanitarian organizations made representations to the authorities.
Regular coordination with UN agencies, NGOs and the Ivorian
National Society ensured consistent monitoring of possible
humanitarian concerns.
CIVILIANS
Red Cross messages (RCMs)
RCMs collected
including from UAMs/SC*
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Burkina Faso
Cte dIvoire
Ghana
Togo
189
1
133
1,102
192
221
2
11
38
3
3
1
13
1
2
3
3
21
4
141
19
12
17
31
4
1
1
4
1
1
3
1
5
1
10
7
2
1
7
2
Abidjan (regional)
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In Cte dIvoire, the ICRCs findings were shared with the penitentiary authorities every month, to help facilitate their timely
Burkina Faso
Cte dIvoire
Togo
2,529
60
91
31
31
8
5
11,967
287
301
203
4
3
93
1
2
115
41
2,352
87
2
13
1
2
1
4
2
100
114
40
228
1
1
2
2
1
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Cte dIvoire, Ghana and Togo ratify the Arms Trade Treaty
Abidjan (regional)
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Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
388
355
1,104
Women
Girls
Boys
21
3
34
4
188
31
24
16
19
Girls
20
10
Demobilized
children
Women
16,848
Detainees visited
247
126
127
48
Minors
434
394
Women
Girls
Boys
5
2
3
2
Total
Women
Children
30%
9%
50%
30%
50%
14%
25%
50%
116
42
329
1
1
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts of a detained relative
Detainees visited by their relatives with ICRC/National Society support
People to whom a detention attestation was issued
*Unaccompanied minors/separated children
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
1,710
1,741
456
6,000
Beneficiaries
80,194
30%
40%
8
245,306
70,930
42,509
729
12,973
13,332
39,180
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
Beneficiaries
5,130
Beneficiaries
14,723
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities1
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
Number of health facilities supported in places of detention visited by health staff
80
19
12
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during
the reporting period.
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ANTANANARIVO (regional)
COVERING: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
SEYCHELLES
UNITED REPUBLIC
OF TANZANIA
COMOROS
MORONI
VICTORIA
INDIAN
OCEAN
MAYOTTE
MOZAMBIQUE
ANTANANARIVO
MAURITIUS
PORT LOUIS
MADAGASCAR
RUNION
ICRC / AR_2015
YEARLY RESULTS
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,124
1,800
403
365
15
3,707
226
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
93%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
HIGH
PROTECTION
Total
62
143
17,013
131
64
28
218
41
RCMs distributed
9
30
Antananarivo (regional)
270
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CONTEXT
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The National Societies in the region and the ICRC worked together
to bolster understanding of international norms governing law
enforcement, for instance, among security forces personnel
in the Comoros and Madagascar. The ICRC and the Malagasy
gendarmerie agreed to cooperate in bringing the latters policies,
operations and training into line with international human rights
law and humanitarian principles. The National Societies/ICRC also
supported national IHL committees in the region in highlighting
the importance of implementing IHL, which contributed to
the ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty by Mauritius and the
Seychelles and of the Convention on Cluster Munitions by
the former, and to Madagascars declaration of support for the
Montreux Document.
Together with the ICRC, the National Societies in the region
held various events to raise awareness of the Movement and the
Fundamental Principles among students, journalists and the
general public. They also strengthened their emergency response
with ICRC support, including through the Indian Ocean Regional
Intervention Platform (PIROI). ICRC support for the Comoros
Red Crescent Societys family-links services for Comoran migrants
returning from Mayotte was, however, suspended until administrative issues at the branch handling these services were resolved.
Comoros
Madagascar
267
8
31
17
1
3
2
16,746
748
598
114
6
2
8
90
6
2
5
61
26
13
1
11
205
40
259
of whom women
of whom girls
of whom boys
Detainees newly registered
1
9
of whom women
of whom girls
of whom boys
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts of a detained relative
Antananarivo (regional)
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
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Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
62
143
1
1
Women
Girls
Boys
20
9
24
10
10
Women
Minors
17,013
131
99
64
28
756
629
Women
Girls
Boys
6
6
2
2
9
6
218
41
270
Total
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
1,212
2,655
2,149
4,143
Beneficiaries
9,030
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
Number of health facilities supported in places of detention visited by health staff
30
23
9
Antananarivo (regional)
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DAKAR (regional)
COVERING: Cabo Verde, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
MAURITANIA
Saint-Louis
Louga
Dakar
This
SENEGAL
Diourbel
DAKAR
Fatick
BANJUL
Banjul
GAMBIA
MALI
Kaolack
Janjanbureh
Tambacounda
North Bank
Lower River
Western
Upper River
Kolda
Ziguinchor
Ziguinchor
So Domingos
BISSAU
Oio
Cacheu
PRAIA
Quinara
Biombo
CABO VERDE
GUINEABISSAU Gabu
YEARLY RESULTS
Bafata
HIGH
Bissau
Tombali
Bolama
GUINEA
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC sub-delegation
PROTECTION
ICRC mission
Total
5
18
1,478
5
1
1
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
659
20
5
4
29
3
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
14
Achieved
Beneficiaries
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,370
2,990
1,919
990
128
7,397
451
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
83%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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17
130
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
700
700
6,100
1,800
49,500
3,300
15
20,884
2,311
9,297
13,700
5,321
Structures
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
1
600
1
1,929
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
People in Casamance reported IHL violations, sexual violence and
mine/ERW-related incidents to the ICRC. These allegations were
documented and shared with the parties concerned, with a view
to preventing their recurrence. In line with the ICRCs multidisciplinary approach, these protection concerns were integrated in the
ICRCs assistance activities (see below).
Dialogue with all MFDC factions and other pertinent parties facilitated access to some conflict-affected communities for Senegalese
Red Cross/ICRC teams, and State health workers accompanied
Dakar (regional)
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by ICRC staff. Health workers also continued to receive logistical support for reaching these communities, which helped them
conduct immunization campaigns and other activities.
Over 18,000 people in Casamance had access to preventive/curative
care of government-approved standard and to family-planning
services at five centres that received ICRC support, such as repairs
to the solar panels of two facilities. Backing for these centres was
gradually reduced, with the authorities taking over by December.
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people who cultivated rice or other crops with help from the ICRC
(see above). For working on these projects, some 700 people in
Senegal received cash, and 1,400 people in Guinea-Bissau received
food. Local committees and technicians were also trained to
maintain water facilities.
Around 2,900 returnees (264 households) in Casamance improved
their shelters using ICRC-donated materials.
Field visits coordinated with the Guinea-Bissau Red Cross, associations of disabled persons and other stakeholders raised awareness
of disabled peoples needs and helped ensure that as many people
as possible benefited from physiotherapy services; potential
patients were referred to the CRM, and others received crutches
and wheelchairs.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
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Total
UAMs/SC*
5
18
1,478
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Reunifications, transfers and repatriations
People reunited with their families
including people registered by another delegation
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
People for whom a tracing request was newly registered
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
UAMs/SC*, including demobilized child soldiers
UAMs/SC reunited with their families by the ICRC/National Society
including UAMs/SC registered by another delegation
UAM/SC cases still being handled by the ICRC/National Society at the end of the reporting period
1
1
Women
Girls
Boys
111
5
343
1
15
Girls
Demobilized
children
1
1
1
Women
659
Minors
26
13
Women
Girls
Boys
20
18
5
4
1
1
29
3
14
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Total
Women
Children
3,300
15
20,884
462
2,311
55
9,297
55
35%
6%
35%
33%
39%
37%
6%
38%
36%
33%
Beneficiaries
5,321
30%
30%
5
19,182
17,716
9,630
103
4,527
1,545
7,712
675
9
8
13
18
635
379
7
9
57
85
368
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
Beneficiaries
375
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
1
1,929
54
54
6
83
117
1,834
157
27
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, the figures presented in this report may not the extent of activities carried out during the reporting period.
Dakar (regional)
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HARARE (regional)
COVERING: Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
ANGOLA
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
ZAMBEZI
UNITED
REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIA
HARARE
MOZAMBIQUE
ZIMBABWE
Bulawayo
BOTSWANA
NAMIBIA
MAPUTO
INDIAN
OCEAN
SWAZILAND
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
SOUTH AFRICA
LESOTHO
YEARLY RESULT
Level of achievement of ICRC yearly objectives/plans of action
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC presence
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,736
3,503
1,250
927
33
7,448
455
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
90%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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HIGH
9
70
Total
570
327
16
18,944
173
46
28
24
2
218
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
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2013 study, the ZPCS took steps to streamline its management of its
prison farms, thus boosting production capacities and distributing
harvests more efficiently. Although adverse climatic conditions
and inadequate irrigation affected the yields of fresh produce,
over 18,000 detainees were able to consume vegetables previously
preserved in several prisons equipped with drying facilities. The
ZPCS used ICRC-provided agricultural inputs for tracts of arable
land totalling over 200 hectares identified by the ICRC.
A monthly average of 355 inmates with moderate acute malnutrition obtained supplementary rations through a programme of
the ZPCS and the ICRC covering 25 prisons; a total of 245detainees
with severe acute malnutrition received therapeutic food directly
from the ICRC. Their health status was checked weekly. In one
place of detention, the programme was co-implemented by ZPCS
and health ministry representatives, who were encouraged to
further develop their cooperation.
The health needs of all detainees were regularly monitored by ZPCS
health supervisors during joint field trips with the ICRC. These
trips provided on-site training opportunities for prison health
workers, who also learnt more, at workshops, about diagnosing
and treating malnutrition among detainees.
Detainees continued to have health-care access through prison clinics
which used ICRC-donated medical essentials and office equipment/
supplies and were transferred to referral hospitals, when necessary.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
In the countries covered, the authorities, weapon bearers, members
of the international community and civil society representatives
were engaged by the ICRC through dialogue/networking and
events, at times with the National Societies (see below). These
fostered acceptance for humanitarian principles, IHL, other
pertinent norms/standards and the Movement, and helped facilitate activities for vulnerable people (see Civilians and People
deprived of their freedom).
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Total
UAMs/SC*
570
327
30
2
Women
Girls
Boys
67
14
16
2
146
24
15
32
14
29
13
35
Girls
Demobilized
children
10
112
6
54
Women
Minors
18,944
383
120
Women
Girls
Boys
173
99
46
28
2
2
59
59
24
2
218
72
Total
Women
Children
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
17,452
15,118
15,612
Beneficiaries
7,226
50
25
20
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
Number of health facilities supported in places of detention visited by health staff
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NAIROBI (regional)
COVERING: Djibouti, Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania
SOUTH
SUDAN
Kisumu
LAKE
VICTORIA
RWANDA
BURUNDI
Ngara
Kigoma
Nakuru
OU
T
DJ
IB
Marsabit
KENYA
Bungoma
Eldoret
Mandera
Moyale
Turkwel
UGANDA
SOMALIA
ETHIOPIA
DJIBOUTI *
SOMALIA
Liboi
Dadaab
Garissa
NAIROBI
Lamu
Mwanza
Malindi
Mombasa
UNITED REPUBLIC
OF TANZANIA
Dodoma
MALAWI
ICRC / AR_2015
PEMBA ISLAND
Dar Es Salaam
ZANZIBAR ISLAND
INDIAN OCEAN
ZAMBIA
YEMEN
RE
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
IT
ER
ETHIOPIA
Lokichokio
Kakuma
SEYCHELLES
SEYCHELLES
SEYCHELLES
YEARLY RESULTS
MOZAMBIQUE
ICRC office
COMOROS
GLORIOSO ISLAND
MEDIUM
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
PROTECTION
Total
13,724
12,748
232,137
140
3
3
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
985
50
17
6
50
55
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,901
605
2,059
1,652
340
7,558
461
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Achieved
12,000
600
40
330
30,000
94%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
Nairobi (regional)
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
After working procedures were agreed on, the Kenyan Red Cross
and the ICRC began, in the last quarter of 2015, to implement activities to help people in violence-affected communities cope with
their situation. In Lamu, around 40 people began to receive support
for maritime training to improve their employment prospects; this
helped some of them find work. In Mpeketoni, 74 widows began to
receive conditional cash grants for small businesses.
Some 30,000 people in a refugee camp in Tanzania had better
access to water and sanitation with the help of supplies donated to
Oxfam, which helped fill a gap in the international humanitarian
response to the influx of refugees from Burundi.
CIVILIANS
Djibouti
Kenya
The United
Republic
of Tanzania
385
371
48,739
11,335
10,498
95,458
2,004
80
1,879
3
87,940
2
2
8
3
19
1
859
171
263
12
83
116
26
1,144
220
331
23
129
138
30
43
18
18
131
28
40
22
13
7
2
2
57
13
91
33
1
1
105
40
Nairobi (regional)
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Djibouti
MICT
636
45
29
37
1
6
1
11
3
13
1
13
1
1
1
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
of whom women
of whom minors
Detainees visited and monitored individually
of whom women
Detainees newly registered
of whom women
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
The United
Republic
of Tanzania
336
4
5
1
5
2
250|
42
55
1
Academic interest in IHL was fostered through a regional essaywriting contest for students; national and regional moot-court
competitions in Kenya and Tanzania; and regional round-tables
for IHL lecturers on IHL and its implementation. Representatives
were also sent to IHL-related events in Pretoria, South Africa (see
Pretoria) and Canberra, Australia (see Suva).
The general public learnt more about Movement activities,
including family-links services for refugees from Burundi and
Yemen (see Civilians), through radio/television programmes
and online coverage produced with the help of ICRC communication material. In Tanzania, 45 political leaders broadened their
awareness of the Movements activities and its role in the country
through a National Society/ICRC dissemination session.
Nairobi (regional)
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Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
13,724
12,748
232,137
80
3
3
2
Women
Girls
Boys
1,005
83
140
26
1,294
129
204
249
306
371
33
45
Girls
104
3
2
162
40
1
53
Demobilized
children
Women
985
Minors
50
34
Women
Girls
Boys
Total
Women
Children
30,000
35%
50%
50
6
17
6
2
2
50
55
1
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in these tables and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during
the reporting period.
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PRETORIA (regional)
COVERING: Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland
MALAWI
ANGOLA
ZAMBIA
MOZAMBIQUE
ZIMBABWE
BOTSWANA
NAMIBIA
GABORONE
PRETORIA
MBABANE
Johannesburg
The ICRC has worked in South Africa since the early 1960s,
opening a regional delegation in Pretoria in 1978. It visits
detainees of particular concern in Lesotho, South Africa and
Swaziland, monitoring their conditions, and helps refugees,
asylum seekers and other migrants restore contact with relatives.
It also works with local actors to address urban violence among
South African youth. It promotes IHL treaty ratification and
national implementation and supports the incorporation of
IHL into military training and university curricula, particularly
in South Africa, given its regional influence. The ICRC supports
the regions National Societies in building their capacities.
SWAZILAND
Bloemfontein MASERU
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Cape Town
LESOTHO
SOUTH AFRICA
Port Elizabeth
INDIAN
OCEAN
East London
ICRC / AR_2015
YEARLY RESULT
XXMigrants
MEDIUM
PROTECTION
Total
282
277
5,991
44
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
635
698
420
24
1,778
108
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
7,557
19
14
9
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
68%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
6
23
7
2
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
Pretoria (regional)
18
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
The ICRC pursued dialogue with authorities across the region on
various issues of humanitarian concern, including the difficulties
faced by migrants, the use of force in law enforcement operations
and humanitarian principles in general (see Actors of Influence).
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Pretoria (regional)
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The SADC and the ICRC signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at improving coordination and strengthening their
relationship, particularly through regular meetings on humanitarian
issues and cooperation on activities to promote IHL.
Dialogue between the Pan-African Parliament and the ICRC
continued, including at a round-table where they discussed developing their partnership further.
National authorities and members of civil society in the countries
covered, and the diplomatic community in Pretoria, discussed
pressing humanitarian issues and developments in IHL during
meetings with the ICRC and at workshops/other events organized/
attended by the ICRC. The discussions covered such topics as the
humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, the protection of
health-care services during conflict and the Arms Trade Treaty.
Dialogue on protracted conflicts and post-conflict recovery was
initiated with the Policy, Research and Analysis Unit of the DIRCO.
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Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Names published in the media
282
277
5,991
20
Women
Girls
Boys
50
44
121
10
17
19
28
Women
Minors
94
7,557
84
351
Women
Girls
Boys
Total
Women
Children
19
5
14
9
7
2
18
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
8
906
4
Pretoria (regional)
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TUNIS (regional)
COVERING: Tunisia, Western Sahara
ITALY
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
ATLANTIC OCEAN
TUNIS
TUNISIA
RABAT
MOROCCO
CANARY ISLANDS
(SPAIN)
Tindouf
Laayoune
ALGERIA
WESTERN
SAHARA
MAURITANIA
MALI
YEARLY RESULTS
SENEGAL
MEDIUM
ICRC / AR_2015
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,648
2,009
864
207
25
4,754
290
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
87%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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17
35
27
55
783
3
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
17,145
305
48
15
133
69
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Total
323
Achieved
1
500
1
733
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
Through regular exchanges with the ICRC, the Tunisian authorities, mainly officials from the interior, social affairs and health
ministries, learnt how to improve management of the remains
of migrants recovered on the Tunisian coast, so that the families
concerned could be informed in a timely and appropriate manner.
Twenty-four interior ministry personnel developed their skills in
Tunis (regional)
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260|
Military health authorities and the ICRC discussed the humanitarian consequences of armed clashes in the north-west and
issues covered by the Health Care in Danger project, such as the
right of wounded fighters to health/medical care. Two Tunisian
medical officers discussed IHL and medical ethics with their peers
at a forum in Switzerland. To increase the likelihood of wounded
people receiving adequate treatment, medical officers expanded
their war-surgery skills with ICRC help: several, including 50
doctors affiliated with the health ministry, attended war-surgery
seminars supported/organized by the ICRC; one officer attended
an advanced course in Switzerland.
Polisario Front health/social affairs authorities and Sahrawi Red
Crescent volunteers prepared to administer first aid at public
events, with some ICRC support.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Authorities/weapon bearers in the region, and other actors capable
of facilitating humanitarian activities for vulnerable people and
detainees, or of persuading others to do so, furthered their understanding of IHL and Movement action through ICRC publications/
information sessions and discussions with delegates.
Though occupied with the post-election transition, the new authorities pursued dialogue with the ICRC on IHL/human rights issues
and training for people involved in the implementation of IHL. At
ICRC-organized events: 80 magistrates refreshed their knowledge of
IHL and the ICRCs mandate; trainee officers at a national training
institution for security forces strengthened their understanding of
international human rights law applicable to police practice; and
government officials, senior military officers and a law professor a
dozen people in total learnt more about recommended practices
for incorporating IHL in domestic legislation, military training/
operations and academic curricula, respectively (see Lebanon).
Although progress in this connection was also hampered by the
exigencies of the transition period, the interior ministry continued
to draw on the ICRC for adopting best practices and drafting
standard operational procedures to improve the treatment of
persons in police custody (see People deprived of their freedom).
Around 150 law students discussed IHL-related issues, such as
the protection of cultural property and the legal protection due
to displaced persons, at conferences organized by the ICRC and
various law faculties. Two academics furthered their understanding
of the relationship between IHL and Islam at an ICRC-organized
colloquium abroad (see Niger).
Tunis (regional)
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Total
UAMs/SC*
27
55
783
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
15
3
152
55
Women
Girls
Boys
12
12
Women
Minors
17,145
Detainees visited
305
167
48
15
675
37
Women
Girls
Boys
19
9
1
1
7
7
Total
Women
Children
182
1
2
16
21
180
180
1
1
12
16
180
133
69
323
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts of a detained relative
*Unaccompanied minors/separated children
Beneficiaries
3,165
Health
23
5
2
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
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1
733
9
25
16
49
94
17
728
102
59
YAOUND (regional)
COVERING: Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe
Kousseri
BENIN
Maroua
NIGERIA
EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
Bertoua
YAOUND
UGANDA
CONGO
LIBREVILLE
SOUTH
SUDAN
CAMEROON
MALABO
SUDAN
CHAD
BRAZZAVILLE
RWANDA
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO
BURUNDI
CABINDA
UNITED
REPUBLIC OF F
TANZANIA
LUANDA
ANGOLA
MALAWI
MALAWI
ZAMBIA
NAMIBIA
ICRC / AR_2015
MOZAMBIQUE
ICRC sub-delegation
MOZAMBIQUE
ICRC mission
PROTECTION
XXIDPs
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,851
7,613
2,237
1,608
15
14,324
874
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
94%
PERSONNEL
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
Total
1,052
334
42
411
19
17
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
8,987
395
52
24
27
5
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Mobile staff
HIGH
ICRC office/presence
Expenditure/yearly budget
YEARLY RESULTS
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
68,500
54,800
45,000
15
104,959
57,281
39,881
12,000
2,000
23
93
Yaound (regional)
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CONTEXT
264|
CIVILIANS
Despite security curtailing the ICRCs access to some areas, the ICRC
pursued dialogue, including on the protection of civilians, with
the authorities in the countries covered by the regional delegation.
This was especially the case in northern Cameroon, where
people continued to endure the effects of the Lake Chad conflict.
The ICRC and the regions authorities also discussed security
forces compliance with international rules governing the use of
force and crowd control, for example, following referendum-related violence in Congo.
In light of the influx of refugees from the CAR and Nigeria, and
the displacement of people in northern Cameroon, the relevant
National Societies and the ICRC helped members of dispersed
families including Nigerians sent back to their country from
Cameroon (see Context) restore/maintain contact with their
relatives through telephone calls, RCMs and tracing requests.
Some 330 unaccompanied minors and separated children were
newly registered and helped to locate their relatives. A total of 18
children were reunited with their families in Cameroon; others
were reunited with their families in neighbouring countries, in
particular the CAR, Chad and Nigeria. The Congolese Red Cross/
ICRC helped one unaccompanied minor rejoin his relatives in
Rwanda. Members of families dispersed by other circumstances,
such as detention, kept in touch via RCMs. Volunteers and/or
focal points from the regions National Societies participated
in an ICRC-organized workshop for improving family-links
services in emergencies.
National Societies in the region notably those responding to
humanitarian needs in northern and eastern Cameroon and referendum-related violence in Congo strengthened their emergency
response/first-aid capacities through ICRC training and with the
help of ICRC-donated materials. Volunteers from the Congolese
National Society also received training in the management of
human remains. To facilitate its access to people in need, the
Cameroonian National Society, with ICRC support, conducted a
workshop for medical authorities/personnel on the proper use of
the red cross emblem; at disseminations sessions run by trained
volunteers, community members learnt more about the emblems
protected under IHL.
Angola
Cameroon
Congo
Equatorial
Guinea
Gabon
1
1
794
175
94
23
38
255
1
237
18
14
1,593
326
292
184
320
394
40
3,416
618
724
232
421
20
4
9
4
1
17
2
227
81
43
20
17
322
107
16
6
2
12
370
121
3
2
1
1
21
12
Yaound (regional)
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Angola
Cameroon
Congo
Equatorial
Guinea
1,899
19
39
23
6
4
5,114
76
115
288
9
2
12
280
9
2
11
27
8
969
41
27
62
2
43
2
8
5
1,005
31
4
6
11
7
11
1
16
4
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Gabon
Governments in the region and the ICRC discussed the ratification and implementation of IHL-related treaties, in particular
the African Union Convention on IDPs, the Arms Trade Treaty
and the Central African Convention for the Control of Small
Arms and Light Weapons (Kinshasa Convention). Ministers/
parliamentarians in Cameroon and Congo learnt more about
these treaties during ICRC workshops. Sustained contact with key
stakeholders yielded some results: Cameroon became party to the
Kinshasa Convention in January 2015.With help from the ICRCs
legal experts, Gabonese authorities produced a draft law ensuring
respect for the emblems protected under IHL; it was submitted to
higher authorities for their approval.
Yaound (regional)
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Total
UAMs/SC*
1,052
334
42
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
177
23
19
14
1,613
321
411
42
3,645
438
Women
Girls
Boys
330
699
301
767
188
252
Demobilized
children
Girls
326
17
12
392
109
7
133
Women
Minors
167
146
Women
Girls
Boys
9
9
2
2
14
13
Total
Women
Children
Beneficiaries
104,959
86,491
57,281
57,159
39,881
19%
20%
20%
59%
61%
64%
Beneficiaries
2,000
21%
15%
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
10,448
1,704
Beneficiaries
2,200
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Detainees newly registered
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
8,987
395
348
52
24
27
5
6
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
Economic security (in some cases provided within a protection programme)
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
268|
2
4
Yaound (regional)
|269
AMERICAS
KEY RESULTS/CONSTRAINTS IN 2015
XXComplementing
the governments efforts, the ICRC, with the Colombian Red Cross, assisted conflict-affected people in Colombia. IDPs
and vulnerable residents eased their situation with emergency relief and livelihood support.
XXPatients suffering from weapon wounds, emotional trauma and/or disabilities received appropriate care from health staff
and National Society first-aiders who had honed their skills and accessed volatile areas with ICRC help.
XXFamilies separated by conflict, violence and other circumstances reconnected using Movement family-links services.
At National Society facilities along the migration route, migrants called their families and received emergency aid.
XXDetainees, including migrants, received visits from the ICRC. Penitentiary authorities were supported in improving the treatment
of detainees, respect for judicial guarantees, and access to health care, water and other prison services.
XXMilitary/security forces reinforced their understanding of IHL and/or international norms governing the use of force in law
enforcement, partly through briefings, specialized courses and training organized/supported by the ICRC.
XXStates ratified IHL-related treaties, such as those on weapons control, and drafted/amended laws, for example on the red cross emblem,
the use of force, and missing persons, drawing on national IHL committees and the ICRCs advice.
PROTECTION
Total
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
86
87
35,918
133
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Economic security
(in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
14,000
12,000
9,100
5,440
ICRC visits
Vouchers
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
480
186,817
930
439
162
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Essential household items Beneficiaries
18,296
23,950
27,828
92,236
19
78,740
79,450
90,229
Structures
16
Structures
17
99
13
12,520
16
23,452
1,485
992
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
49
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
270|
22,977
24,520
17,582
6,851
792
72,723
4,438
Expenditure/yearly budget
88%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
142
630
ICRC delegation
ICRC mission
AMERICAS
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J. Cornejo/ICRC
La Paz Penal Centre, Marcala, Honduras. An ICRC employee speaks privately with detainees.
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facilities along the migration route (see above) and travelled home
with financial assistance from the ICRC. Colombian migrants,
including refugees, in Venezuela maintained contact with relatives,
as did flood-affected families in Chile. In Central America, Brazil,
Mexico and Peru, National Societies, forensic agencies and NGOs
concerned enhanced their capacities to handle human remains and
collect ante/post-mortem data with the help of training, advice and
equipment/software from the ICRC. This increased the likelihood
of families receiving news of missing relatives. In relation to past
conflict in Guatemala and Peru, some families used ICRC cash assistance to rejoin family members separated from them as children and
hold dignified burials for deceased relatives. Detainees contacted
their families through RCMs, and spent time with them during
ICRC-organized visits.
Across the region, detainees received visits from the ICRC. These
visits were conducted according to the organizations standard
procedures. Among those visited were security detainees, migrants,
people held in relation to armed violence and internees in the US
internment facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba.
Confidential feedback based on these visits and technical input
helped detaining authorities improve detainees living conditions and
treatment. In relation to overcrowding, Peruvian justice/penitentiary
officials, encouraged by the ICRC, formed a working group to tackle
the issue, and, in Haiti, the justice ministry launched an initiative
to expedite the legal proceedings of people in prolonged pre-trial
detention. In Colombia, under the ICRCs auspices, 21 people
were released by armed groups and handed over to their families.
The authorities drew on ICRC expertise to improve penitentiary
services; for instance, Colombian and Honduran State agencies
working on penitentiary reform were advised on redefining
minimum detention standards. Health/justice/penitentiary/security
staff participated in briefings and advanced courses; for example,
Ecuadorian officials earned diplomas in prison studies. Such
training helped them apply international norms governing their
work. Health and penitentiary authorities in El Salvador, Haiti and
Honduras created coordination mechanisms for providing health
care to inmates, and Colombian penitentiary authorities improved
medical screening of new detainees. In Haiti, sick/malnourished
inmates were treated with ICRC-provided medicines and therapeutic food. In some prisons in Bolivia, El Salvador, Honduras
and Paraguay, detainees had improved living conditions after
the penitentiary authorities and the ICRC had provided them
with blankets, mattresses, hygiene items and other essentials and
upgraded water, sanitation and ventilation infrastructure. Female
detainees in Peru pursued livelihood activities, with a view to easing
their reintegration into society upon their release.
People coped with the effects of armed violence with ICRC help.
Rural communities with poor access to basic services, such as
farmers in northern Paraguay, people in Perus Apurmac-Ene y
Mantaro Valley and along Ecuadors border with Colombia were
provided with some emergency relief and/or livelihood support,
and had their water infrastructure upgraded. The ICRC partnered
with or supported National Societies and health and educational
authorities in providing psychosocial care and spreading knowledge
of techniques for avoiding violence and/or mitigating its effects,
notably, among schoolchildren in Mexico, indigenous communities
in Chile, residents of Medelln, Colombia (see above) and young
people in El Salvador and Jamaica. The authorities took over some
of these activities; in Brazil, the health and education authorities of
Rio de Janeiro state, with ICRC support, continued to implement
activities for ensuring that favela residents can more safely access
health services and more easily avoid/cope with violence, developed
as part of the organizations 200913 Rio Project, and to spread it
to other municipalities.
The ICRC engaged State weapon bearers in dialogue on international norms and laws applicable to their duties, the respect due
to health/medical services, including those bearing the red cross
emblem, and documented violations. Defence and security ministries drew on ICRC support to reinforce understanding of and
respect for international law enforcement norms. In relation to
IHL, military forces and peacekeepers deploying abroad attended
ICRC briefings and regional training/events in Cuba, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Mexico and Peru; the Venezuelan defence ministry and
the ICRC resumed cooperation on these matters. Forces in charge
of maintaining order including armed forces involved in police
operations, mixed police/military units in Paraguay and specialized
urban policing forces in Brazil were briefed, notably, on international norms governing the use of force. The Mexican police and Rio
de Janeiros military police drew on ICRC expertise to enhance their
human rights training programmes.
Governments advanced IHL implementation Barbados, Belize
and Dominica ratified the Arms Trade Treaty, and Colombia
ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions with help from
the regions national IHL committees and the ICRC. Some governments also contributed to the Strengthening IHL process and the
ICRCs study of customary IHL. Briefings and advanced courses
fostered support for and knowledge of IHL among those involved
in implementing it, such as State prosecutors in Colombia, legislators, judges and academics. The authorities drafted/amended
legislation, for example, on: the protection of the red cross emblem,
in Venezuela; the use of force, in Honduras and Peru; and the needs
of missing people and their families, in Mexico. Canadian and US
authorities were engaged in dialogue on IHL and other norms applicable to their military operations in the Middle East, and for the
latter, in Afghanistan. At the UN headquarters in New York, the
ICRC addressed UN bodies, including the General Assembly and
the Security Council, on matters pertaining to IHL implementation,
weapons control and peacekeeping, and the humanitarian situation
in the Horn of Africa, the Lake Chad region and the Middle East.
States, international/regional organizations and actors of influence
were briefed on the humanitarian situation in the Americas region and
abroad, and themes of particular concern for the ICRC/Movement,
such as those covered by the Health Care in Danger project, and the
prevention of sexual violence, with a view to gaining their support
for Movement action worldwide. The 32ndInternational Conference
and visits by the ICRC president to States in the Americas also served
as platforms for in-depth dialogue. Members of civil society, particularly journalists, were briefed on IHL and humanitarian concerns;
they helped spread awareness of them among a wider public.
With the International Federation, the ICRC helped National
Societies working in the region build their capacities to respond to
emergencies, assist victims of violence/conflict, and promote IHL.
In particular, volunteers enhanced their skills in administering first
aid, responding to emergencies and providing family-links services
at specialized training events such as a Health Emergencies in Large
Populations course in Cuba. Regular meetings between Movement
components, including statutory meetings in Switzerland, and with
UN agencies and other humanitarian players helped coordinate
activities, resulting in a more efficient humanitarian action.
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1,525
Brasilia (regional)
of whom women
of whom minors
of whom women
Detainees visited
People located
(tracing cases closed positively)
People transferred/repatriated
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
CIVILIANS
12,422
739
98
99
85,175
6,150
1,468
517
19
11,455
519
353
Caracas (regional)
Colombia
50
Haiti
22
34
21
11
130
106
30,915
1,545
3,164
164
14
48
33,731
46,728
5,348
556
45
Washington (regional)
12
556
Total
86
87
35,918
Lima (regional)
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21
11
133
122
186,817
105
14,301
5,639
930
44
33
34
185
38
245
19
10
30
3
2
31
39
21
132
50
19
5
70
20
46
22
17
RCMs distributed
RCMs collected
Number of places
of detention visited
of whom boys
of whom girls
of whom women
of whom boys
of whom girls
36
Caracas (regional)
54
24
2
2
137
3
Lima (regional)
139
46
47
19
1
9
1
Mexico City (regional)
5
1
1,371
946
29
4
Washington (regional)
439
162
1,485
992
49
4
Total
182
Brasilia (regional)
Colombia
Haiti
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5,840
112
6,637
566
11,385
11,473
1,291
Total
18,296
23,950
27,828
92,236
19
of whom women
25%
16%
28%
33%
of whom children
27%
34%
45%
of whom IDPs
14%
13%
18%
Catchment population
(monthly average)
Immunizations (doses)
17,887
Consultations (patients)
78,740
90,379
6,799
Colombia
Cash
27,116
HEALTH CENTRES
Vouchers
Productive inputs
Food commodities
CIVILIANS - BENEFICIARIES
Haiti
712
Brasilia (regional)
Lima (regional)
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19
2,732
69,610
16
90,746
27,880
1,181
78,740
90,229
16
90,746
27,880
1,181
63%
30%
6%
38%
32%
34%
8%
92%
42%
97%
2%
17
12,551
332
3,855
Orthoses delivered
Prostheses delivered
Projects supported
Hospitals supported
PHYSICAL REHABILITATION
PEOPLE DEPRIVED
OF THEIR FREEDOM
675
5,789
7,161
Colombia
11,305
Haiti
Brasilia (regional)
3,428
2,150
3,423
25,558
6,851
39,017
Lima (regional)
17
10,901
132
806
247
1,091
4,610
16
23,452
464
4,661
922
6,880
11,771
Total
33%
22%
19%
21%
22%
of whom women
17%
9%
59%
9%
55%
of whom children
12%
0%
of whom IDPs
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COLOMBIA
SAN ANDRS Y PROVIDENCIA
CARIBBEAN
SEA
La Guajira
Atlntico
Cartagena
Magdalena
PANAMA
Cesar
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC
OF VENEZUELA
Sucre
Montera
Norte de
Santander
Bolvar
Crdoba
Ccuta
Bucaramanga
Saravena
Antioquia
Medelln
Arauca
Santander
Quibd
Choc
Caldas
Risaralda
Boyac
Cundinamarca
Centro
Colombia
Quindo
Valle
del Cauca
BOGOT
Vichada
Villavicencio
Tolima
Distrito
Especial
Cali
Casanare
COLOMBIA
Meta
Huila
San Jos
del Guaviare
Cauca
Nario
Florencia
Pasto
Puerto Asis
Caquet
Putumayo
Guainia
Guaviare
Vaups
BRAZIL
ECUADOR
Amazonas
YEARLY RESULTS
PERU
HIGH
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC office
PROTECTION
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
8,487
13,880
3,094
1,408
571
27,441
1,675
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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19
5
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
14,000
12,000
8,000
5,440
480
6,799
5,840
27,116
90,379
78,740
14,500
17,887
82%
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
65
303
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
PERSONNEL
85,175
517
132
50
Protection
50
34
132
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
Food commodities
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Total
Structures
6
12,000
17
9
12,551
CONTEXT
FARC-EP had decreased (see Context). Food and household essentials covered IDPs immediate needs, and livelihood support enabled
heads of vulnerable households, including women, to earn money.
The ICRC helped wounded/sick people and victims of sexual
violence obtain suitable health-care services; it also organized training
courses, designed specifically for emergency responders and medical
personnel. Disabled persons benefited from rehabilitative care at more
ICRC-supported centres than in the previous year. Medical workers
learnt more about their rights and duties and, along with health facilities, received markers bearing the red cross emblem.
The National Society/ICRC organized workshops at which
community members learnt to protect themselves from mines/
explosive remnants of war (ERW). They also built/improved
community infrastructure to make daily activities safer for
residents, including schoolchildren.
The authorities and other parties concerned continued to receive
ICRC support for enhancing their management of human
remains. The ICRC and its partners helped the families of missing
persons cope by providing psychosocial support and/or facilitating their access to legal and administrative services.
Delegates visited detainees in accordance with standard ICRC procedures, and reported their findings confidentially to the authorities.
The pertinent authorities, with technical guidance from the ICRC,
took steps to ensure that detainees treatment and living conditions
conformed to internationally recognized standards. For example,
they developed training programmes to facilitate the application of
laws protecting minors and to hone the capacities of prison-health
staff. The ICRC and the penitentiary authorities launched a multidisciplinary project in the countrys largest prison. As a result, some
new inmates benefited from improved medical examinations, and
the staff received support for maintaining/improving infrastructure;
efforts to help ensure detainees judicial guarantees ceased, owing to
the States limited resources.
CIVILIANS
Parties to the conflict and the ICRC confidentially discussed
various issues of humanitarian concern: protection for civilians
and health services, cases of missing persons and the release of
minors associated with armed groups. Written/oral representations on documented allegations of IHL violations reminded
weapon bearers of their obligations under IHL and other applicable laws; the armed forces later informed the ICRC of the
actions they had taken after investigating these allegations. Parties
affirmed their understanding of and acceptance for the ICRCs role
as a neutral intermediary, particularly in the context of the peace
talks and humanitarian demining.
In violence-affected urban areas, ICRC efforts to strengthen
dialogue with weapon bearers, on humanitarian issues, continued.
With ICRC support, youth and womens networks in Medelln
promoted measures to protect people from violence and directed
victims of sexual violence to the services available. As planned,
these and other ICRC activities to assist communities in Medelln
wrapped up by years end.
With ICRC technical and material input, the States victim assistance
unit and other institutions continued to bolster their ability to assist
conflict/violence-affected people. However, it was difficult for the State
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unit to register and respond to the needs of IDPs and other victims
in a timely manner, partly because of budgetary constraints and the
number of victims needing assistance. By itself or with the National
Society, the ICRC contributed to filling the gaps in State coverage.
At ICRC orientation sessions, victims of mines/ERW learnt more
about administrative procedures for obtaining free medical care
and financial compensation; others applied for these benefits thanks
to the ICRC covering their transportation/administrative costs.
Through regular or ad hoc ICRC support, tens of thousands of
IDPs and residents in rural and urban neighbourhoods became
more resilient to the consequences of conflict/violence. They
covered their daily household needs and worked towards self-sufficiency; others relocated/evacuated temporarily, or covered funeral
costs for relatives. Owing to the decrease in hostilities between the
government and the FARC-EP, fewer conflict-affected people than
targeted required ICRC assistance.
Over 3,200 IDPs (800 households) met their immediate needs with
the help of household essentials; 2,516 of them (624 households)
also benefited from two-month food rations that allowed them
to maintain/improve their pre-displacement diet. Another 5,999
IDPs (1,640 households) acquired basic necessities with the help
of cash grants.
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During National Society/ICRC workshops on weapon contamination, nearly 18,200 people members of the community, local
authorities and people from academic institutions learnt more
about safe practices and victims rights. Construction/rehabilitation of aqueducts and other infrastructure close to their homes
helped around 5,200 people mitigate the threat of mines/ERW
to them. Repairs/upgrades to 12 educational facilities in rural
communities gave 2,519 children incentive to go to school, in
turn minimizing their vulnerability to the consequences of
conflict/violence.
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Workshops helped more than 120 journalists learn more about the
protection afforded to them by IHL. National and international
media published key messages on the consequences of conflict/
violence, drawing on information from ICRC materials, including
articles posted on the delegations website and other social media
accounts. Some 16,000 people learnt the basic principles of IHL by
completing an online course, launched by the National Society/
ICRC on the National Societys website.
An ICRC campaign celebrating 100 years of the organizations
detention activities in Colombia broadened awareness, among the
pertinent authorities and other parties concerned, of the need to
address humanitarian issues in detention facilities.
Information sessions helped members of the international
community stay abreast of the ICRCs activities for communities
affected by conflict/violence.
MAIN FIGURES AND INDICATORS: PROTECTION
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Total
UAMs/SC*
50
34
31
7
21
11
Women
Girls
Boys
359
7
132
2
478
7
65
42
70
52
41
81
Women
Minors
6,150
1,468
Women
Girls
Boys
19
8
6
6
33
30
85,175
517
185
132
50
19
5
Total
Women
Children
6,799
2,516
5,840
3,224
27,116
4,402
90,379
85,197
78,740
76,466
32%
38%
33%
37%
28%
45%
33%
38%
34%
38%
17,887
2,187
29%
42%
Beneficiaries
4,951
70
158
3,033
25
55
774
1,431
2,116
2,838
3,861
553
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
12
4
1
Structures
Patients whose hospital treatment has been paid for by the ICRC
Patients
17
1,470
First aid
First-aid posts supported
Structures
Number of beds
99
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
9
12,551
332
675
71
3,855
5,789
8
7,161
426
899
Colombia
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HAITI
Ile de la Tortue
Cap Hatien
Gonaves
Ile de la Gonve
St-Marc
HAITI
Hinche
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
SANTO DOMINGO
Les Cayes
*
Jacmel PORT-AU-PRINCE
Ile Vache
CARIBBEAN SEA
ICRC / AR_2015
YEARLY RESULT
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
749
1,675
369
845
15
3,653
223
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
75%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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Total
Protection
Expenditure/yearly budget
MEDIUM
7
51
22
11,455
70
20
46
22
17
CONTEXT
peers accordingly. They saw improvements in their living conditions following infrastructural repairs/upgrades by ICRC-backed
local engineers. Amid constraints that contributed to the limited
functionality of key equipment/facilities, penitentiary technicians
honed their skills in operating/maintaining these. Prison staff
enhanced their ability to handle communicable diseases, at ICRC
workshops.
The Haitian National Red Cross Society improved its emergency
response capacities with ICRC technical/material support. The
Haitian Red Cross and the Dominican Red Cross boosted their
family-links services, particularly given the influx of returnees to
Haiti from the Dominican Republic (see Context). In line with a
bilateral cooperation agreement, the National Societies expanded
an action plan on concerns of common interest. The ICRC worked
with the National Societies and other Movement partners to
strengthen their coordination.
Through dialogue, training events and public communication,
the ICRC fostered acceptance of humanitarian principles, IHL,
pertinent internationally recognized standards and the Movement
among the authorities, weapon bearers, civil society representatives and international actors. The ICRC kept influential parties
updated on its adaptation of activities as it sought to focus on
supporting local ownership and sustainability of the response to
humanitarian needs.
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During a cholera outbreak in Les Cayes prison, the DAP worked with
the ICRC in establishing a treatment centre, enforcing emergency
hygiene measures and mobilizing the health ministry to provide
more medical staff. Detainees also benefited from ICRC-provided
medical/hygiene items, and the mobilization of WHO to donate
oral-rehydration salts to the DAPs pharmacy (see below). To help
prevent the further spread of cholera, the health and justice ministries partnered with WHO to vaccinate some 5,000 detainees, thanks
in part to ICRC representations to this end. The DAP managed a
scabies outbreak in Fort Libert prison with ICRC support.
The DAP shouldered detainees laboratory-examination fees and
established a central pharmacy to serve prisons countrywide,
partly as a result of ICRC advocacy efforts. The pharmacy received
ICRC-donated essential drugs for the needs of detainees held
in 17places of permanent detention. The appointment of a new
supervisor contributed to improved attendance among DAP
medical workers. These workers improved their ability to manage
health cases, including making referrals for further care, through
an ICRC coaching programme, during which the ICRC covered
the costs related to 20 inmates treatment at external facilities. The
authorities assumed such costs afterwards.
Some 400 detainees diagnosed with moderate or severe acute malnutrition improved their health status with the help of ICRC-distributed
high-calorie food supplements. Following ICRC-led nutritional
assessments of detainees held in six key prisons, the pertinent
authorities received recommendations for solving persistent
food-supply problems. The DAP developed treatment guidelines for
malnutrition; medical staff trained in diagnosing it.
The health ministry formed a working group with the DAP,
an international NGO and the ICRC, towards implementing a
prison health policy. The health and justice ministries, with ICRC
input, continued discussions on strengthening coordination
between them.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Authorities, weapon bearers, civil society representatives and international actors were engaged by the ICRC through dialogue and
IHL-related training; they also had access to radio broadcasts and
multimedia resources, including reference materials for university
students. These efforts helped promote the protection of vulnerable
people, such as detainees (see People deprived of their freedom),
and facilitate humanitarian activities for them, especially during
emergencies (see also Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement). Such
also fostered their acceptance of humanitarian principles, IHL and
the Movement.
The ICRC kept influential parties updated on its adaptation of
activities as it sought to focus on supporting local ownership and
sustainability of the response to humanitarian needs.
Total
22
Women
Minors
11,455
70
20
519
353
46
22
17
Total
Women
Children
Beneficiaries
8,821
Beneficiaries
11,305
9
6
2
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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BRASILIA (regional)
COVERING: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
The ICRC has been present in the region since 1975. It visits
security detainees and responds to situations of violence and
social unrest, often with the regions National Societies, which it
supports in developing their capacities to act in such situations.
It helps authorities identify human remains so as to provide
families with information on their missing relatives. The ICRC
promotes the incorporation of IHL into national legislation
and the doctrine, training and operations of armed forces, and
works with police forces to integrate international human rights
law applicable to the use of force into theirs.
COLOMBIA
ECUADOR
BRAZIL
PERU
BRASILIA
PLURINATIONAL
STATE OF
BOLIVIA
PACIFIC
OCEAN
CHILE
PARAGUAY
BUENOS AIRES
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
ASUNCIN
ARGENTINA
SANTIAGO
Rio de Janeiro
URUGUAY
MONTEVIDEO
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC mission
ICRC office
YEARLY RESULTS
XXBrazilian
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,223
551
2,693
1,283
72
6,823
416
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
91%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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PROTECTION
Total
8
56
1,525
12,422
99
39
21
ASSISTANCE
Protection
HIGH
Achieved
Beneficiaries
1,100
712
950
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
CONTEXT
In Brazil, economic issues continued to give rise to mass demonstrations, and the incidence of violence in urban areas throughout
the country remained high. Authorities in Rio de Janeiro kept up
their pacification programme, deploying police/military units in
large-scale law enforcement operations in several slums, known
as favelas. Mapuche communities in southern Chile clashed with
other groups over issues related to the ownership of land, in which
the national police force the Carabineros sometimes intervened;
in several cities, protests for educational reform led to violence.
In northern Paraguay, fighting between joint police/security units
and armed elements led to deaths and arrests.
Arrests, after the events mentioned above, contributed to the
growth of the prison population. Some ex-detainees from the US
internment facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba
resettled in Uruguay.
Natural disasters flash floods and storms in several countries
caused deaths, displaced people and dispersed families.
CIVILIANS
Through confidential dialogue with the ICRC, the regions authorities, military/security forces, community leaders and other key
figures were informed of allegations of abuse, with a view to
helping them implement measures for preventing recurrence, and
for mitigating the effects of violence.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Two photo exhibits, organized with local partners and the Swiss
embassy, highlighted the goals of the Health Care in Danger project
and significant events in ICRC history. Shared Movement communication platforms and coverage by the media, which was provided
with interviews and updates, helped to promote the ICRCs work,
particularly in Brazil, Chile and Paraguay.
Students and lecturers in the region learnt more about IHL by
attending seminars at universities and consulting reference materials
provided to university libraries. Law students in Argentina and
Brazil tested their grasp of IHL at moot court competitions abroad,
notably the Jean-Pictet competition (see International law and
policy). Participants in a course in international law, organized by
the Organization of American States, were briefed on IHL.
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Total
1,525
Women
12,422
99
19
39
21
Minors
739
98
Women
Girls
Boys
1
1
1
1
Total
Women
Children
712
712
25%
50%
36
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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CARACAS (regional)
COVERING: Suriname, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean Community: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
ATLANTIC OCEAN
BAHAMAS
CUBA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
MEXICO
HAITI
BELIZE
JAMAICA
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA
COSTA
RICA
ANTIGUA AND
BARBUDA
CARIBBEAN SEA
CARACAS
PANAMA
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC
OF VENEZUELA
DOMINICA
ST LUCIA
BARBADOS
GRENADA
TRINIDAD
AND TOBAGO
GUYANA
COLOMBIA
PACIFIC OCEAN
ECUADOR
ICRC / AR_2015
PERU
SURINAME
BRAZIL
YEARLY RESULTS
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
MEDIUM
PROTECTION
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
527
882
685
2,094
128
Total
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
68%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
4
12
Caracas (regional)
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CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
Networking/dialogue and monitoring of the situation helped the
ICRC gain a clearer understanding of the dynamics of violence
in the region. It also enabled the organization to work with local
partners to address issues such as ensuring respect for health
services during emergencies.
The regions National Societies continued to strengthen their
ability to respond effectively to emergencies and to the needs of
vulnerable people, with ICRC financial, material and technical
support. National Societies concerned prepared contingency
plans for dealing with outbreaks of election-related violence; these
included pre-positioning emergency response teams in violenceprone areas and/or medical supplies at key branches. Venezuelan
Red Cross volunteers were trained in the Safer Access Framework,
and the Belizean and Jamaican National Societies developed action
plans to more fully implement the framework in their operations.
CARICOM National Societies sought to strengthen their operational and managerial capacities with various forms of support
from Movement partners. The Belizean and Jamaican National
Societies began to expand their activities for building resilience
among youth in violence-prone neighbourhoods; the Jamaican
National Society maintained its educational support for schoolchildren. However, the Bahamas Red Cross Society made little
progress in developing an action plan to provide family-links
services. Regular coordination among Movement partners helped
ensure effective implementation of projects.
The ICRC continued to promote respect for internationally recognized policing standards and/or IHL among military and police
forces throughout the region. These forces included Venezuelan
military personnel who participated in a training course on international norms applicable to law enforcement operations after
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
States in the region, with help from the ICRC, took further measures
to ratify or implement IHL-related treaties. Representatives from
these countries learnt more about the domestic implementation
of IHL during seminars abroad (see Colombia and Suva). ICRC
expertise guided the drafting of a regionwide model law for implementing the Arms Trade Treaty; Barbados, Belize and Dominica
ratified the treaty. The Venezuelan government announced the
entry into force of a law on the Movements emblems and another
on the creation of a national IHL committee.
In Venezuela, the authorities, community/civil society organizations and the wider public learnt more about the Movements
neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian activities
through various National Society/ICRC initiatives. In particular,
inhabitants of violence-prone neighbourhoods, especially the
youth, became more aware of the Fundamental Principles, the
Health Care in Danger project and basic first-aid techniques
from National Society radio spots broadcast by public and private
stations. Contacts between community organizations and the
National Society/ICRC enabled the latter to conduct first-aid
training in some neighbourhoods (see Civilians).
Dialogue continued between regional/multilateral agencies, the
authorities in the countries covered, and the ICRC on issues of
humanitarian concern.
Caracas (regional)
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Total
Women
4
1
3
2
1
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
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Girls
Boys
LIMA (regional)
San Lorenzo
Lago Agrio
COLOMBIA
BOLIVARIAN
REPUBLIC OF
VENEZUELA
QUITO
ECUADOR
Huallaga River
ALTO
HUALLAGA
BRAZIL
PERU
Ene River
LIMA
Apurmac River
Ayacucho
La Paz
PLURINATIONAL
STATE OF BOLIVIA
PACIFIC OCEAN
CHILE
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC mission
ARGENTINA
PARAGUAY
ICRC office/presence
YEARLY RESULTS
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,195
948
2,265
825
15
6,248
381
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Total
2
106
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
30,915
164
54
24
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Essential household items Beneficiaries
Cash
Vouchers
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
112
6,637
566
19
2,460
2,732
Health
100%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
PROTECTION
Economic security
(in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Expenditure/yearly budget
HIGH
Structures
5
46
Physical rehabilitation
Patients receiving services Patients
20
Lima (regional)
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
11,373
515
3,164
10
35
13
4,769
511
6
2
4
2
3
2
14,773
519
148
12
32
16
9
1
5
Lima (regional)
2
1
132
3
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
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Total
UAMs/SC*
2
106
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
Women
Girls
Boys
29
58
4
11
8
29
Women
Minors
1,545
3,164
Women
Girls
Boys
14
2
Total
Women
Children
112
8
6,637
7
566
5
19
8
32%
6%
49%
63%
56%
59%
6%
32%
Beneficiaries
2,732
45%
60%
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
3,428
16
Beneficiaries
2,150
119
336
1
30,915
164
38
54
24
2
2
137
3
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
Economic security (in some cases provided within a protection programme)
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Lima (regional)
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COVERING: Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama
MEXICO
GULF OF MEXICO
HAVANA
CUBA
MEXICO CITY
BELIZEHONDURAS
JAMAICA
San Pedro Sula
TAPACHULA
TEGUCIGALPA
GUATEMALA
GUATEMALA CITY
EL SALVADOR
SAN SALVADOR
PACIFIC OCEAN
COSTA RICA
Choluteca
NICARAGUA
MANAGUA
PANAMA
SAN JOS CITY
PANAMA
COLOMBIA
ECUADOR
PERU
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC mission
YEARLY RESULTS
PROTECTION
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
6,001
7,280
2,541
1,249
45
17,116
1,045
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
96%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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39
124
Total
2
48
33,731
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
46,728
45
139
46
47
19
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
HIGH
Beneficiaries
11,385
11,473
1,291
64,000
69,610
Structures
16
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
7
500
7
10,901
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
The situation of violence-affected communities, migrants/deportees,
and families of missing persons was shared by the ICRC with
authorities in the countries concerned, to prevent the recurrence of
abuses and encourage humanitarian action for victims of violence.
In Mexico, migrants in the north repatriated/deported from US
territory reported their needs to Mexican Red Cross volunteers
equipped with tablets; findings were shared with US agencies (see
Washington). The interior ministry and two universities, with ICRC
support, launched a study, with a view to broadening awareness of
migrants difficulties in obtaining health care; staff at two hospitals
were briefed on the afore-mentioned issue. In line with the Health Care
in Danger project: briefings were held for 165 health workers, notably
medical students bound for social service in violence-affected areas;
and a university in Guerrero began updating its medical curriculum.
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facilities; some of them received basic health care and hygiene items.
Unaccompanied children in Honduras received food, and wounded/
disabled migrants had their hospital care paid for or were referred to
physical rehabilitation services (see Wounded and sick). In Mexico,
migrants: purified drinking water with ICRC-provided tablets;
sheltered at 12 NGO-run facilities equipped with water heaters and
purifiers, hosting up to 1,353 people a day; and/or applied good
hygiene practices discussed at briefings.
Migrants were informed of safety risks and available assistance
points at the above-mentioned facilities, and through leaflets
and radio spots produced with National Societies and a Mexican
university. At Guatemalan centres receiving/processing returning
deportees, minors could ease their distress with the help of staff
trained in psychosocial care and identifying signs of sexual abuse.
Migrants updated their relatives on their situation through
over 33,700 phone calls made at the above-mentioned facilities.
With financial assistance: 973 deportees returned to Guatemala
and Honduras, and 180 families rejoined their unaccompanied
children in Guatemalan transit shelters. In Guatemala, migrants/
deportees could temporarily stay at a National Society dormitory,
constructed by the ICRC.
As part of the CHS project in Mexico: students learnt stress-reduction techniques from 76 ICRC-trained teachers in 32 schools in
Chihuaha; and 1,918 students and some teachers were counselled
by 26 National Society psychologists, and 370 had advanced care;
and in Iguala city, psychosocial support from Red Cross youth
volunteers and activities commemorating 43 students who disappeared in 2014. In El Salvador, violence-affected youth continued
learning vocational skills at two ICRC-supported computer
schools, and enjoyed time in music/sports facilities.
In Guatemala, 44 families of missing persons and 60 victims of
armed violence, including sexual violence, had counselling from
the National Society/ICRC. Three were referred to physical
rehabilitation services.
CIVILIANS
Economic security
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
11,074
11,074
3
11
8
3,951
40,295
2,769
12
31,157
21,988
21,988
4
4,609
5,503
5,302
201
1,181
41
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash1
Beneficiaries
311
384
1,276
Beneficiaries
493
Panama
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
165
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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CIVILIANS
Red Cross messages (RCMs)
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
19
10,442
11
12,463
2
14
10,804
22
5
3
4
1
4
2
15
1
1
El Salvador
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
23,059
3,956
34
67
12
7,878
433
6
9
3
37
9
4,609
959
516
24
3
26
21
11,182
12
9
4
4
4
2
1
43
15
1
7
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
of whom women Patients
El Salvador1
9
3
Patients
Units
of which for women Units
of which for children Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
of whom women Patients
of whom children Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for women Units
of which for children Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
1. Subsidized patients
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Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
3
5,099
73
487
38
3
17
86
6
20
36
491
27
445
672
27
603
18
85
62
21
2
5,763
2,648
514
85
26
2
151
32
6
2
30
6
8
1
8
1
315
62
192
419
54
330
4.495
90
11
30
3
3
Meetings and themed events helped spread awareness of humanitarian issues such as the Health Care in Danger project and of
Movement activities. Government officials and senior political
figures, including the president of Cuba, met with the ICRCs
president during his visits to Cuba and Mexico. Government
officials, members of the media, NGO representatives, health/
medical workers and others were urged to support National
Society/ICRC activities, particularly those undertaken for
migrants and people in violence-prone areas. Beneficiaries learnt
more about these matters through online platforms and print/
audiovisual materials (see Civilians).
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Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
2
48
33,731
Women
Girls
Boys
5
26
2
1
Women
Minors
46,728
Detainees visited
45
3
139
46
5,348
556
Women
Girls
Boys
Total
Women
Children
20%
15%
26%
20%
15%
12%
5,127
201
4,900
2,730
30
39
89
81
2,448
1,001
19
26
637
933
14
47
19
1
9
1
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts of a detained relative
Detainees visited by their relatives with ICRC/National Society support
People to whom a detention attestation was issued
*Unaccompanied minors/separated children
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash1
Beneficiaries
11,385
11,473
1,291
Beneficiaries
69,610
Structures
16
90,746
27,880
1,181
207
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Health centres supported
Average catchment population
Consultations
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
Beneficiaries
3,423
Beneficiaries
25,558
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
30
13
1
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
7
10,901
132
247
36
806
1,091
18
4,610
155
35
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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WASHINGTON (regional)
COVERING: Canada, United States of America, Organization of American States (OAS)
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
CANADA
OTTAWA
PACIFIC
OCEAN
UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
WASHINGTON D.C.
New York
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
MEXICO
CUBA
Guantanamo Bay
BRAZIL
PERU
ICRC / AR_2015
TONGA
FRENCH
POLYNESIA
FRENCH
POLYNESIA
FRENCHdelegation
POLYNESIA
ICRC regional
ICRC delegation
ICRC office/presence
YEARLY RESULTS
HIGH
PROTECTION
Total
12
3
556
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
122
105
5
1
1,371
946
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
29
2,795
186
3,055
556
59
6,650
406
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
99%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
12
28
Washington (regional)
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CONTEXT
The ICRC sustained its cooperation with the American Red Cross
and the Canadian Red Cross Society, with a view to boosting each
others operational/institutional capacities. The ICRC and the
Canadian Red Cross strengthened their partnership in assisting
conflict-affected people in Iraq, South Sudan, Syria and elsewhere;
the American Red Cross supported the ICRCs response to the
Ebola crisis in Liberia.
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CIVILIANS
Respect for IHL in connection with the conduct of hostilities of US
armed forces, including their participation in or support for multilateral military operations, remained a major theme of the ICRCs
dialogue with US civilian and military authorities. Meetings
with decision-makers and briefings/training sessions for military
officers and troops emphasized compliance with IHL (see Actors of
influence); these sought to help them further their understanding
of humanitarian concerns and to persuade them to take these into
account while planning and executing their operations.
The scope of dialogue on the US militarys activities in the Middle
East broadened; it covered conduct of hostilities, detention
policies/practices and the USs responsibilities with regard to its
training and support for other weapon bearers.
During its discussions with US government and military officials,
the ICRC also drew their attention to the violence endangering
patients and health-care services during armed conflict, and urged
them to support measures to ensure the safe provision of health care.
Canadian officials learnt more about the protection due to civilians
during armed conflicts at an interactive training course organized
jointly by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
and the ICRC with support from the Canadian Red Cross.
to people held at the Guantanamo Bay internment facility, particularly in connection with the review of the status of pending cases
(see Context). Discussions between these agencies and the ICRC
also covered the need to respect the principle of non-refoulement
when transferring detainees out of US custody and to minimize the
consequences of such transfers. Twenty-two internees were transferred/repatriated from the Guantanamo Bay internment facility in
2015; as at 31 December, 107 were still being held there.
The situation of third-country nationals being held at the Parwan
detention facility, which was entirely under Afghan control
since December 2014, and the USs responsibilities following
the detainees transfer to Afghan custody or repatriation/release
elsewhere was also broached with the authorities concerned.
In these discussions, the ICRC emphasized the USs residual
obligations to monitor the treatment of detainees and to work
with Afghan authorities to ensure respect for the principle of
non-refoulement.
The US Department of Defense confirmed its commitment to
notify the ICRC of all detainees under its authority and to facilitate the ICRCs access to them. Confidential dialogue with US
and Canadian authorities on access to other detainees of ICRC
concern, in particular people formerly held under the custody
of the US Department of Defense and transferred to facilities on
Canadian or US soil continued.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
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312|
Total
UAMs/SC*
12
3
556
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
122
105
5
1
Women
Minors
Women
Girls
Boys
Total
Women
Children
1,371
946
29
4
4
1
Washington (regional)
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NEW YORK
The multiple tasks and activities of the UN often have implications of a humanitarian nature. Operating since 1983, the ICRC
delegation to the UN serves as a support and a liaison for ICRC
operational and legal initiatives. The delegation conveys the
ICRCs viewpoint and keeps updated on trends and developments relating to humanitarian issues and promotes IHL.
YEARLY RESULTS
XXThe
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,682
15
2,697
165
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
97%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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3
10
HIGH
CONTEXT
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Through its regular engagement with the UN and its bodies
and Member States, the ICRC helped ensure that IHL and other
matters linked to the protection of civilians were duly considered
in these entities discussions and in decision-making processes of
consequence to the humanitarian situation in the field.
New York
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The DPKO and the OLA drew on the ICRCs legal advice, using its
recommendations, to revise general UN guidelines on the protection
of civilians by peacekeeping missions. The UN Security Council
resolution extending MONUSCOs mandate contained provisions
for training in IHL and standardized procedures for internment.
The annual ICRC and DPKO workshop enabled both institutions
to discuss the impact of peacekeeping missions on civilians, and to
take stock of their cooperation. During briefings for DPKO staff,
State representatives and the General Assemblys committee on
peacekeeping forces, the ICRC addressed the applicability of IHL
to multinational forces.
The ICRC also contributed input to the UN secretariat and the
high-level panel, which were undertaking a review of UN peace
operations.
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The organization regularly touched base with UN officials, representatives of Members States, including officials from emerging
powers, and regional leaders, to encourage a broader base of
support for humanitarian work and for resolutions and policies
(see above) that reflect related issues accordingly. For example,
the ICRC had monthly meetings with the presidency of the UN
Security Council. ICRC delegates regularly briefed State representatives and other policy-makers present in New York on its work in
the field, particularly in countries in the Horn of Africa, the Lake
Chad region and the Middle East.
At the annual seminar for diplomats, which the ICRC organized
with the New York University School of Law, over 120 State representatives discussed weapon-related issues and learnt about the
ICRCs standpoint on these matters.
MISSION
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.
Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions
and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
It directs and coordinates the international activities conducted by
the Movement in armed conflicts and other situations of violence.
VOLUME II
ANNUAL REPORT
2015
This report is primarily an account of the ICRCs work in the field and
its activities to promote international humanitarian law. Mention
is made of some of the negotiations entered into with a view to
bringing protection and assistance to the victims of international and
non-international armed conflicts and other situations of violence.
Other negotiations are not mentioned, since the ICRC feels that any
publicity would not be in the interests of the victims. Thus, this report
cannot be regarded as covering all the institutions efforts worldwide
to come to the aid of the victims of conflict.
Moreover, the length of the text devoted to a given country or situation
is not necessarily proportional to the magnitude of the problems
observed and tackled by the institution. Indeed, there are cases which
are a source of grave humanitarian concern but on which the ICRC
is not in a position to report because it has been denied permission
to take action. By the same token, the description of operations in
which the ICRC has great freedom of action takes up considerable
space, regardless of the scale of the problems involved.
The maps in this report are for illustrative purposes only and do not
express an opinion on the part of the ICRC.
All figures in this report are in Swiss francs (CHF). In 2015, the average
exchange rate was CHF 0.9638 to USD 1, and CHF 1.0745 to EUR 1.
VOLUME II
ANNUAL REPORT
2015
CONTENTS
VOLUME I
Abbreviations and definitions 4
Message from the president 8
10
10
14
19
21
21
22
23
23
23
24
24
28
30
Operational highlights 86
Conflict environments and challenges for humanitarian action 86
Operations: review, approach and thematic challenges 86
38
38
38
38
39
56
56
56
57
57
57
58
58
58
Operations
Health care in danger
Central tracing agency and protection
Assistance
Human resources development
Relations with other organizations and contribution
to the humanitarian debate
59
60
60
61
62
63
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70
70
72
73
Human resources 74
Financial resources and logistics
Finance and administration
Funding
Logistics
77
77
77
80
OPERATIONS 83
112
112
116
121
127
132
139
143
149
152
157
163
168
175
179
182
188
195
200
207
214
220
AMERICAS 270
Introduction 272
Delegations 278
Colombia 278
Haiti 284
Regional delegations
Brasilia
Caracas
Lima
Mexico City
Washington
288
288
293
297
302
309
VOLUME II
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 320
Introduction 322
Delegations
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
330
330
337
343
349
355
360
366
Regional delegations
Bangkok
Beijing
Jakarta
Kuala Lumpur
New Delhi
Suva
371
371
377
381
385
390
396
412
412
417
423
429
Regional delegations
Moscow
Paris
Tashkent
Western Balkans
436
436
442
447
453
565
566
568
572
577
578
578
Brussels 459
London 463
Introduction 470
Delegations 478
Egypt 478
Iran, Islamic Republic of 483
Iraq 487
Israel and the Occupied Territories 494
Jordan 501
Lebanon 507
Syrian Arab Republic 514
Yemen 521
The ICRC and its work with other components of The International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement 608
Legal bases 609
Universal acceptance of the Geneva Conventions
and their Additional Protocols 609
States party to the Geneva Conventions and
their Additional Protocols 610
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affected by ongoing or past conflict/violence or natural disasters, notably in Afghanistan, Myanmar and the Philippines,
received relief and livelihood assistance to meet their short- and long-term needs.
XXLocal actors, the National Societies and the ICRC strengthened their partnerships and adapted their work, especially in areas where
the ICRC faced access and acceptance constraints, so as to reach people in need.
XXWounded and sick people received timely and good-quality first aid, preventive and curative health care and/or physical
rehabilitation services from ICRC-supported emergency responders and health facilities.
XXDetainees benefited from ICRC visits and the authorities ICRC-supported efforts to improve inmates treatment and living
conditions, notably to reduce procedural delays and ensure their access to health care.
XXPeople separated from their kin by conflict/violence, migration or natural disasters restored/maintained contact via Movement
family-links services. Movement partners took steps to improve these services.
XXThe authorities, weapon bearers and civil society members learnt more about humanitarian principles, IHL and related topics, and
the ICRCs work, through dialogue with the ICRC and at local/regional events.
PROTECTION
Total
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
4,454
6,793
9,221
677
3
3
Economic security
(in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
96,950
280,450
255,950
179,722
Vouchers
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
6,434
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children
272,809
5,232
741
367
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Essential household items Beneficiaries
472,384
398,381
95,457
175,465
12,624
207,203
453,300
692,691
Structures
68
96
Structures
24
76
4,293
1,552
37
135,270
53
207,048
9,055
3,980
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
4,075
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Water and habitat
Water and habitat activities Number of beds
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
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38,484
127,566
31,767
14,335
1,825
213,977
13,039
Expenditure/yearly budget
99%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
404
3,138
DELEGATIONS
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Sri Lanka
REGIONAL DELEGATIONS
Bangkok
Beijing
Jakarta
Kuala Lumpur
New Delhi
Suva
ICRC delegation
ICRC mission
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B. Vermeiren/ICRC
Northern Kachin State, Putao, Myanmar. The Myanmar Red Cross Society and ICRC distribute household items and cold-weather clothing to families at a camp for displaced persons.
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with Myanmar. The ICRC financed and carried out medical evacuations; covered patients treatment costs; supported ambulance
services and first-aid posts; and/or provided training for health/
medical professionals, police personnel, community members
and National Society staff in first aid or such topics as responding
to large-scale emergencies and complex crises. Health agencies
and National Societies in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and Nepal
formed/expanded first-aid teams and activities and/or received
ICRC encouragement/support for conducting training sessions
independently.
Primary-health-care centres and National Society-run fixed/
mobile health clinics in seven countries received support, enabling
them to provide good-quality preventive and curative health care
to vulnerable people. In Pakistan, the presence of ICRC-trained
female health workers encouraged more pregnant women to visit
clinics for consultations. Malnutrition rates among people who had
been displaced for a protracted period in Zamboanga, Philippines
decreased, thanks to the efforts of the authorities, the Philippine
Red Cross and the ICRC.
Thousands of disabled persons, including amputees and mine
victims, benefited from physical rehabilitation services at
ICRC-supported centres in 11 countries. With ICRC support,
one physical rehabilitation centre in Nepal became financially independent, and a new one opened in Pakistan. In some
countries, the National Societies and the ICRC ran outreach
programmes enabling vulnerable patients, particularly those from
remote areas, to obtain treatment. Disabled persons also received
help to boost their economic self-sufficiency and social inclusion.
A partnership of several technological, business and government
organizations from around the world and the ICRC launched
Enable Makeathon in India, a contest for developing innovative
aids for disabled people. With the ICRC, the National Societies
conducted mine-risk education sessions to help prevent further
casualties of mines/explosive remnants of war.
Detainees in 13 countries, including those held in relation to
armed conflicts and other situations of violence or for reasons
of State security, received visits in accordance with the ICRCs
standard procedures. Under an agreement with the Bangladeshi
government, the ICRC visited prisons and began to help improve
detainees living conditions there; the ICRC also visited hundreds
of people detained following political unrest in the Maldives.
Following these visits, delegates shared with the authorities confidential reports containing, where necessary, recommendations for
improving treatment or living conditions. The ICRC engaged in
dialogue with the authorities to further their understanding and
recognition of its neutral and independent stance and experience
in the field of detention, to encourage cooperation in addressing
detainees humanitarian needs and to secure access to those the
ICRC had not yet visited.
The dialogue with, and the technical/material assistance offered
to the detaining authorities resulted in some improvements in the
treatment and living conditions of detainees, including those in the
most problematic facilities. For instance, detainees in Cambodia
were allowed to spend more time outside their cells. With ICRC
support, the detaining authorities worked to reduce overcrowding
and mitigate its consequences, particularly on the detainees
health. Initiatives in Cambodia and the Philippines helped resolve
legal procedural delays, leading to the sentencing or release of
some individuals. Detention authorities in India improved medical
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The ICRC promoted understanding of and respect for humanitarian principles and IHL among key players, especially in contexts
with ongoing/past conflicts; for instance, it organized a workshop
on the application of IHL at sea for senior naval officers from
14 countries. It also encouraged cooperation with associations
addressing the humanitarian needs arising from these conflicts,
such as those of the families of missing persons.
The ICRC continued to offer its expertise and technical support
in several areas: to governments, on acceding to IHL instruments, enacting national legislation, maintaining or establishing/
reviving their national IHL committees and/or fulfilling their
pledges in preparation for the 32nd International Conference;
to armed/security forces, on incorporating IHL, relevant internationally recognized standards and humanitarian practices into
their doctrine, training and operations; and to key universities, on
including humanitarian principles and IHL in their curricula. As
a result of such efforts, Myanmar ratified the Chemical Weapons
Convention, and Tuvalu, the Arms Trade Treaty. Representatives
of 16 governments exchanged their views on the Arms Trade
Treaty and the Strengthening IHL process during a workshop.
The ICRC continued to update its database on customary IHL.
ICRC-supported efforts in Pakistan in connection with the Health
Care in Danger project resulted in the public launch of two
reports detailing the effects of violence on health-care workers
and its legal implications.
Using ICRC-provided material and information gleaned
from local/regional media conferences, journalists published
IHL-related articles for the wider public; the latter also had access to
IHL-related exhibitions and audiovisual products, such as a manga
comic featuring a child soldiers story. The National Societies in
Brunei Darussalam and Indonesia obtained training/guidance for
teaching humanitarian principles in secondary schools.
The ICRC explored private-sector fundraising with other
Movement partners in the region, notably in Hong Kong and
Singapore.
The Tuvalu Red Cross Society was recognized as the 190th
National Society. The ICRCs partnerships with the regions
National Societies enabled it to extend the coverage or effectiveness of its operations, particularly in Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Myanmar, Pakistan and the Philippines. The ICRC continued to
provide National Societies with technical, financial and material
support to help them develop their profiles and activities and to
strengthen their capacities to respond guided by the Safer Access
Framework, and in accordance with the Fundamental Principles
to the needs resulting from emergencies. As in the past, the ICRC
coordinated with other Movement partners, UN agencies and
other humanitarian players, to maximize impact and avoid gaps
or duplication, for instance, in addressing the consequences of
Cyclone Komen.
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175
Sri Lanka
48
Bangkok
(regional)
1,560
2,290
608
Jakarta
(regional)
10
25
945
Kuala
Lumpur
(regional)
44
111
66
New Delhi
(regional)
Suva
(regional)
29
4,454
6,793
9,221
Total
207
2,003
51
19
38,119
5,071
575
545
85,294
5,169
607
1,021
17,264
913
83
524
68,619
4,321
363
504
89
40
17
116
149
107
1,343
4,063
20
419
1,936
11
2
of whom minors
27,145
175
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3,956
of whom women
316
134
Philippines
Pakistan
261
3
1,343
Detainees visited
243
2,260
58
People located
(tracing cases closed positively)
1,898
58
Nepal
1,247
Myanmar
People transferred/repatriated
1,667
5,346
120
of whom UAMs/SC*
2,052
169
1,220
Bangladesh
RCMs distributed
Afghanistan
RCMs collected
CIVILIANS
2,260
24,845
2,949
1,674
226
448
5,798
249
30
284
60
3,789
221
152
119
677
687 272,809
19,363
3,710
5,232
54
1,254
48
6
52
15
387
43
117
31
3,300
1,424
70
39
3,604
1,397
97
59
2,679
2,482
RCMs distributed
RCMs collected
of whom boys
of whom girls
of whom women
of whom boys
of whom girls
of whom women
23
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
574
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
61
212
28
237
139
442
27
116
12
97
38
30
61
327
236
107
53
1,913
1,067
671
173
Philippines
4
202
Sri Lanka
Bangkok
(regional)
Jakarta
(regional)
52
13
7
206
16
13
213
52
82
86
99
2,592
143
13
14
27
15
92
14
32
22
47
25
80
741
367
9,055
3,980
Kuala
Lumpur
(regional)
71
New Delhi
(regional)
59
Suva
(regional)
4,075
4,128
229
Total
655
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177,183
25
5
209,328
130,911
67,010
55,266
457
7,712
Sri Lanka
Bangkok
(regional)
966,866
502,375
179,290
102
99,084
67,167
147,097
4,951
14
80,070
30,207
14,028
18,896
481
3,872
Beijing
(regional)
296
5,483
38,119
26,507
18,204
9,745
12,889
3,585
22,060
31,202
280
Kuala
Lumpur
(regional)
6,738
New Delhi
(regional)
645
12,624
Suva
(regional)
55,320
5,165
472,384
398,381
95,457
175,465
12,624
207,203
692,691
of whom
women
29%
26%
29%
30%
35%
30%
30%
of whom
children
35%
24%
40%
42%
30%
40%
37%
of whom
IDPs
53%
73%
13%
21%
10%
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34,975
3,526
8,000
Jakarta
(regional)
Total
35,889
3,588
Pakistan
Philippines
497,568
41
68,812
48 1,038,529
312
Food commodities
12,959
6,444
Nepal
324,859
Immunizations (doses)
52,931
51,426
Myanmar
206,704
Consultations (patients)
4,425
Catchment population
(monthly average)
34,732
3,674
11,333
400
Cash
207,593
HEALTH CENTRES
Productive inputs
211,630
Bangladesh
Vouchers
Afghanistan
Food commodities
CIVILIANS - BENEFICIARIES
PEOPLE DEPRIVED
OF THEIR FREEDOM
10%
30,000
7,129
5,406
96 1,713,334 1,330,589
526,760
1,885
296
137,425
113,382
17
Prostheses delivered
6,029
4,120
14,853
186
537
210
1,125
76,358
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Orthoses delivered
3,093
197
21
802
39
743
Myanmar
2,196
78
154
117
205
799
Nepal
21
19,927
2,207
4,465
2,770
8,439
11,921
Pakistan
38
20
471
151
24
133
20
297
Philippines
8,722
12
105,366
1,061
810
3
3
1,222
Projects supported
2,202
12
65,157
of which weapon-wounded
17
PHYSICAL REHABILITATION
Admissions (patients)
Hospitals supported
HOSPITALS
FIRST AID
414
Sri Lanka
102
11,490
296
418
1,759
1,228
3,092
Bangkok
(regional)
945
381
20
761
28
714
Beijing
(regional)
Jakarta
(regional)
Kuala
Lumpur
(regional)
37,224
512
3,968
685
7,049
10,170
New Delhi
(regional)
Suva
(regional)
50
8,722
76
16
171,847
2,618
47%
25%
53
207,048
5,069
15,636
11,357
32,986
9%
19%
13%
17%
11%
15%
of whom
women
18%
29%
8%
49%
8%
56%
of whom
children
39%
1%
of whom
IDPs
104,094
Total
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AFGHANISTAN
TAJIKISTAN**
UZBEKISTAN
DUSHANBE
TURKMENISTAN
Faizabad
Shibergan
Kunduz
Balkh
Faryab
Maymana
Bamiyan
Ghowr
Hirat
AFGHANISTANOruzgan
Farah
Kandahar
Lashkar Gah
Parwan
Vardak
Ghazni
KABUL
Laghman
Kunar
Jalalabad
Kabul
Lowgar
Ghazni
Ghazni
Tirinkot
Farah
Gulbahar
Kapisa
Bamiyan
Herat
Baghlan
Samangan
Badghis
Badakhshan
Kunduz
Mazar-i-Sharif
Jowzjan
Takhar
Paktya
Peshawar
Nangarhar
Khost
Khost
ISLAMABAD
Paktika
Zabol
YEARLY RESULTS
Nimroz
Helmand
HIGH
Kandahar
PAKISTAN**
ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC
OF IRAN
PROTECTION
Total
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC office/presence
ICRC-supported hospital
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
12,236
61,841
4,479
1,881
560
80,996
4,928
ICRC visits
27,145
2,003
117
31
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
3,300
1,424
2,679
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
54,600
58,100
212,100
145,250
3,899
211,630
207,593
11,333
34,732
206,704
250,000
324,859
Structures
47
48
Structures
17
834
714
8
95,000
8
130,892
Health
Health centres supported
WOUNDED AND SICK
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Water and habitat
Water and habitat activities Number of beds
101%
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
115
1,720
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in
the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during
the reporting period.
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Physical rehabilitation
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
1,220
2,052
5,346
261
3
3
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
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relatives, with the ICRC acting as a neutral intermediary in transporting the remains of over 2,260 people, with help from the
National Society/hired service providers.
With ICRC training, National Society staff developed their capacity
to manage human remains. Four forensics experts attended courses
abroad, furthering their knowledge of the proper management and
identification of human remains. Others sharpened their skills at a
Forensic Medicine Directorate/ICRC-organized workshop. All this
helped develop the sustainability of forensic activities in the country.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Though sometimes hampered by the protracted political transition
and intensified conflict, dialogue with the authorities and weapon
bearers including international forces on humanitarian issues
(see Civilians) continued; in some cases, this led the parties to the
conflict to address the issues raised by the ICRC.
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Total
UAMs/SC*
1,220
2,052
5,346
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Reunifications, transfers and repatriations
3
2
2
2,260
694
2
261
416
4
Women
Girls
Boys
92
62
94
69
103
65
Demobilized
children
Girls
1
3
2
Documents
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
25
Women
27,145
Minors
419
207
Women
Girls
Boys
2,003
1,254
117
31
4
3
54
48
3,300
1,424
2,679
2,482
1
23
Afghanistan
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Total
Women
Children
Beneficiaries
211,630
141,096
207,593
136,297
11,333
175
34,732
1,185
206,704
28%
24%
27%
32%
30%
26%
22%
34%
37%
40%
Beneficiaries
324,859
27%
36%
48
1,038,529
966,866
502,375
9,748
286,214
65,992
473,555
17
2
153
65,157
2,202
1,065
16,802
19,179
26,974
20,607
428,259
166,668
149,709
111,882
34,709
162
15,315
425
714
8
130,892
1,061
4,120
2,475
6,029
14,853
124
76,358
17,644
1,493
21,712
99
357
1,198
2,525
13,807
43,761
87
291
2,726
7,498
34,053
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
35,889
23
Beneficiaries
34,975
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
257
10
4
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Patients whose hospital treatment has been paid for by the ICRC
Admissions
Patients
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
Number of beds
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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BANGLADESH
Present in Bangladesh since 2006, the ICRC opened a delegation
there in 2011. It works to protect and assist people affected
by tensions and violence; promotes IHL and its implementation among the authorities, armed and security forces and
academic circles; helps improve local capacities to provide
physical rehabilitation services for the disabled; and supports
the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society in building its capacities.
It seeks to visit people deprived of their freedom in the country.
NEPAL
INDIA
Rangpur
BANGLADESH
Rajshahi
Dhaka
INDIA
Sylhet
Savar
DHAKA
Khulna
Barisal
Chittagong
Chittagong
MYANMAR
BAY OF BENGAL
YEARLY RESULTS
ICRC delegation
HIGH
ICRC / AR_2015
PROTECTION
XXNational
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,707
3,816
1,319
604
87
7,533
460
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
169
120
1,667
4
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
1,936
6
7
5
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
2,500
1,000
1,500
400
3,674
4,425
5,000
312
Structures
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
2
1,200
3
810
92%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Expenditure/yearly budget
Total
21
63
Bangladesh
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
Dialogue with the authorities drew attention to the humanitarian
needs of people affected by violence (see Actors of influence). The
ICRC worked to assist vulnerable communities together with the
Bangladesh Red Crescent, which received regular ICRC support
for developing its capacities.
The Bangladeshi authorities drew on ICRC technical input in developing a strategy to ensure the proper management of human remains in
disasters. With ICRC assistance, the Ministry of Disaster Management
and Relief drafted guidelines on managing human remains during
large-scale emergencies. At a disaster-response exercise organized by
the Bangladeshi armed forces and the United States Pacific Command,
participants developed their capacities in the management of
remains with expert guidance from the National Society/ICRC.
Forensic capacities at the hospital affiliated to the second-largest
medical school in Bangladesh were assessed by the ICRCs regional
forensic adviser during a visit. The adviser also met with a representative of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief to
discuss the new guidelines on managing human remains.
In November, members of a local organization, and some National
Society volunteers, learnt more about managing human remains at
an ICRC information session.
Using ICRC-provided body bags, the National Society helped
manage human remains following small-scale environmental/
man-made emergencies.
security or the 1971 conflict, and some foreigners held for entering
the country illegally. Following discussions with the authorities on
cooperation in addressing the humanitarian needs of detainees,
and an agreement with the government on activities for detainees,
the ICRC visited people held at five facilities supervised by the
Prisons Directorate. Some 1,930 detainees received ICRC visits
carried out in accordance with the organizations standard procedures. Around 3,500 inmates, including more than 700 foreigners,
benefited from ICRC-donated hygiene and recreational items.
More than 4,700 detainees at four facilities had readier access to
water following ICRC improvements to their water networks.
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With the ICRC covering the cost of their treatment and transportation, 810 people availed themselves of rehabilitative services at
two ICRC-supported CRP branches. Hundreds of people were
provided with assistive devices. More than 90 people received
treatment after obtaining referrals through a National Society/
ICRC-developed system; others learnt about the CRP branches
services by means of National Society/ICRC communication
activities.
A newly created team of cricketers with physical disabilities,
selected through a countrywide camp in March, competed against
teams from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom
in a tournament held in Dhaka in September; the tournament was
organized by national sporting authorities/associations and the
ICRC. Six local teams received sports equipment.
Wheelchair-basketball players participated in a one-week training
camp organized by the Savar branch of the CRP, with ICRC
support, to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
The two CRP branches worked to improve their services with the
help of ICRC training and infrastructure upgrades. Twenty people
studied for diplomas in prosthetics/orthotics, on ICRC scholarships, at the school established in 2014 by the CRP-affiliated
Bangladesh Health Professions Institute (BHPI); 10 new students
were selected to begin training in 2016. Regular discussions with
the BHPI helped administrators improve the schools curriculum.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
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Total
UAMs/SC*
169
120
1,667
Women
Girls
Boys
13
4
7
Women
1,936
Minors
51
19
Women
Girls
Boys
Bangladesh
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6
6
7
5
4
8
Total
Women
Children
6%
35%
36%
3%
30%
30%
8%
Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
400
3,674
4,425
Beneficiaries
312
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
2
497,568
179,290
Patients
1,285
Beneficiaries
3,526
Beneficiaries
5,483
49,628
2,050
77,984
43
20
22
22
33
572
16
19
480
1,039
4
4
1
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
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3
810
186
210
537
1,125
MYANMAR
The ICRC began working in Myanmar in 1986. It responds to
the needs of IDPs and other people affected by armed clashes
and other situations of violence, helping them restore their
livelihoods, supporting primary health-care, hospital and
physical rehabilitation services, and repairing water, health and
prison infrastructure. It conducts protection activities in favour
of affected communities, visits detainees in places of permanent
detention and provides family-links services. It promotes IHL
and other international norms and humanitarian principles. It
works with the Myanmar Red Cross Society in many cases and
helps it build its operational capacities.
CHINA
BHUTAN
NEPAL
Kachin
INDIA
CHINA
Myitkyina
BANGLADESH
Sagaing
MYANMAR
Lashio
Mandalay
Kyaing Tong
Chin
Maungdaw
Mrauk-u
Rakhine
Sittwe
Mandalay
VIET NAM
Shan
NAYPYIDAW
LAO PEOPLE'S
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
Magway
Kayah
Bago
BAY OF BENGAL
Yangon
Ayeyarwady
Hpa-an
Yangon
Kayin
THAILAND
Mon
Preparis Island
Coco Island
Tanintharyi
ANDAMAN SEA
CAMBODIA
VIET NAM
YEARLY RESULTS
ICRC delegation
HIGH
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC office
PROTECTION
Total
Of which: Overheads
4,773
17,429
2,308
1,707
179
26,398
1,610
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
1,247
1,898
8
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
38,119
545
70
39
3,604
1,397
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
32,500
17,500
10,250
2,535
51,426
52,931
12,959
68,812
41
130,000
177,183
Structures
10
25
Structures
10
17
500
313
4
2,500
3
3,093
92%
65
358
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Total
Myanmar
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CONTEXT
The ICRC built on its strengthened relationships with the authorities, armed groups and civil society in Myanmar to expand its
activities for victims of armed conflict or other situations of
violence in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan, particularly northern and
central Shan where fighting erupted during the year.
Whenever possible, it worked with the Myanmar Red Cross Society
to provide humanitarian assistance to communities. Various forms
of ICRC support also helped the National Society strengthen in
line with the Safer Access Framework its capacities in emergency
response and information dissemination. The ICRC worked with
Movement partners and other humanitarian actors to coordinate
activities and prevent duplication of efforts, particularly while
dealing with the consequences of Cyclone Komen.
It responded to the disaster by increasing its assistance activities in
Rakhine during the latter part of the year; this resulted in a higher
number of beneficiaries than targeted for 2015, but also in the
postponement of some planned assistance activities. The ad hoc
response consisted of two phases: emergency relief, which covered
peoples material and health needs; and early recovery, which
enabled heads of households to earn money.
To help households in three states cope with the effects of conflict/
violence, the ICRC provided them with in-kind assistance such
as clean drinking water and cooking fuel and financial support.
Breadwinners produced food and/or generated income for their
families using conditional cash grants and supplies/equipment.
The ICRCs comprehensive support for health facilities/
staffincluding such facilities as hospitals in areas controlled by
armed groupssought to ensure that communities had better
access to all levels of the health-care system. Training courses
strengthened the capacities of auxiliary midwives in mother and
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CIVILIANS
In areas affected by conflict/violence, the authorities, armed groups,
members of civil society, and the ICRC discussed humanitarian
principles and various provisions of IHL, including the need to
protect civilians. These discussions helped facilitate the ICRCs
access to communities, but the security situation, especially in the
north-east, sometimes delayed the organizations delivery of aid.
With ICRC assistance, National Society volunteers developed their
capacity to assess and respond to various humanitarian needs.
Workshops on the Safer Access Framework prepared some of them
to assist vulnerable communities safely and effectively. Construction
of a National Society office in Bhamo, Kachin, was ongoing.
The effects of the floods caused by Cyclone Komen on communities in Rakhine prompted the ICRC to increase its assistance
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Total
UAMs/SC*
1,247
1,898
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
Women
Girls
8
5
8
5
3
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
Boys
Women
38,119
545
387
70
39
Minors
5,071
575
Women
Girls
Boys
52
43
2
1
15
9
3,604
1,397
574
Myanmar
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Total
Women
Children
51,426
551
52,931
41,825
12,959
11,770
68,812
18,978
41
6
28%
48%
36%
29%
26%
49%
27%
49%
27%
49%
40%
30%
618
258
278
28
70
160
14
77
4
7
5
10
73
78
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
177,183
8,859
Health1
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
Health education
Sessions
25
1,755
433
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
38,119
803
Beneficiaries
26,507
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
24
22
4
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
17
1
1,222
2
2
260
557
403
154
13,853
1,110
11,383
1,360
Number of beds
313
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
3
3,093
197
802
351
21
39
3
743
2,064
27
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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NEPAL
Mahakali
CHINA
Karnali
Seti
NEPAL
Bheri
Nepalganj
Rapti
Dhawalagiri
Pokhara
Gandaki
Lumbini
KATHMANDU
Bagmati
Chitwan
Narayani
Janakpur
Sagarmatha
Koshi
Lahan
INDIA
Mechi
BANGLADESH
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC office
YEARLY RESULTS
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,031
1,999
487
407
51
3,975
242
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Total
5
55
58
58
243
11
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
Restoring family links
97
59
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
2,022
6,444
3,588
122%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
PROTECTION
ASSISTANCE
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
MEDIUM
12
Structures
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Patients receiving services
Structures
Patients
2
1,300
Nepal
2
2,196
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CONTEXT
Together with the Nepal Red Cross Society, the ICRC responded
to emergency needs after the earthquakes in April and May. It
continued its efforts to help ascertain the fate of persons missing
in relation to the past conflict and to assist their families, but these
and other planned activities were delayed as the delegation prioritized emergency response.
Under a 2013 Movement agreement on disaster response, the
ICRC supported the Nepalese Red Cross and coordinated with the
International Federation in addressing earthquake-related needs
within its areas of expertise. The National Society drew on ICRC
support to provide family-links services and psychosocial care to
thousands of survivors. The Nepalese Red Cross, together with
military/police units and the Department of Forensic Medicine
(DFM), received guidance from ICRC experts and material
support to ensure the proper management of human remains.
Two ICRC family-links/forensics specialists were assigned to an
International Federation assessment/coordination team for three
months. Besides these activities, which took place within the
context of the Movements response, the ICRC aided vulnerable
detainees and assessed the state of heavily damaged jails; afterwards, it made recommendations to the authorities and assisted in
the renovation of one prison.
The ICRC worked closely with trained National Society volunteers
to update information on missing persons and, where appropriate,
submit cases to the parties to the past conflict, with a view to
clarifying these persons fate/whereabouts. The ICRC maintained
its dialogue about the issue with the authorities and established
contact with the newly formed Commission on Investigation of
Enforced Disappeared Persons.
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The relatives of missing persons continued to receive psychosocial/legal/economic support through a project implemented by
the National Society, a local NGO and the ICRC. National Society
staff/volunteers served as points of contact with the families,
keeping them informed of developments and helping them obtain
assistance, including financial support from the government.
The ICRC kept up its efforts to help local actors develop their capacities in emergency preparedness/response. It facilitated National
Society-led workshops at which Armed Police Force (APF) officers
advanced their skills in first-aid and human remains management.
The APF, together with the National Society, organized first-aid
training for its personnel.
People with disabilities, including casualties of mines/ERW/IEDs,
and earthquake victims, received treatment and assistive devices at
two physical rehabilitation centres supported by the ICRC. One of
the centres became financially independent.
The national IHL committee, in coordination with the National
Society and the ICRC, produced an IHL handbook for parliamentarians, civilian authorities and other policy-makers, with a
view to promoting domestic implementation of IHL. The ICRC
maintained dialogue with the Nepalese armed/security forces on
incorporating IHL and other applicable norms in their doctrine,
training and operations. The Nepalese authorities learnt more
about IHL and related norms at various events/meetings. Media
coverage of National Society/ICRC activities helped raise public
awareness of humanitarian issues and the Movements work,
including its response to the earthquakes.
The Nepalese Red Cross continued, with ICRC support, to boost its
operational capacities notably, in helping detainees and disaster
victims restore/maintain family links and to pursue organizational development.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
The APF reinforced its capacities in first aid and managing human
remains by organizing, with the National Society, six courses for
144 personnel. Twenty-four senior officers developed their skills in
first-aid instruction and human remains management at workshops
conducted by ICRC-supported National Society trainers.
Some local instructors in emergency-room trauma management
added to their knowledge of war surgery and mass-casualty
management at courses abroad. Several planned courses with
Kathmandu University Hospital instructors had to be cancelled
after the earthquakes.
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Some 50 police/APF officers learnt more about IHL and internationally recognized standards on the use of force at two courses,
organized under the rubric of Nepal Police/APF cooperation with
the ICRC, in incorporating these norms in their doctrine, training
and operations. Other personnel learnt more about these subjects,
and the ICRCs mandate/activities, during dissemination/training
sessions (see Wounded and sick). Some 120 APF peacekeepers
attended ICRC presentations during their predeployment briefings.
Military officers learnt about contemporary IHL challenges
through ICRC presentations/briefings. Twenty-two officers
developed their IHL teaching ability through an advanced
course. One officer attended a regional seminar on peacekeeping
and IHL (see New Delhi). A senior military officer participated
in a workshop on the rules governing military operations (see
International law and policy).
Military/police/APF representatives participated in a National
Society course in disaster response (see Red Cross and Red
Crescent Movement).
UAMs/SC*
58
58
243
1,343
3,956
Women
1
11
1,340
Girls
Boys
34
109
1
108
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
89
97
59
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Total
Women
Children
6,444
3,588
21%
34%
35%
713
22
32
134
10
16
35
44
329
36
53
25
Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Structures
12
Structures
4
4
8,722
First aid
First-aid posts supported
Patients
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
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2
2,196
78
117
4
154
205
799
434
130
PAKISTAN
UZBEKISTAN
TAJIKISTAN
TURKMENISTAN
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
AFGHANISTAN
Peshawar
Federally administered
tribal areas
Gilgit-Baltistan
Azad Kashmir
CHINA
ISLAMABAD
Islamabad Capital
Territory
PAKISTAN
ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC
OF IRAN
Punjab
NEPAL
INDIA
Balochistan
Sindh
ARABIAN
SEA
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
YEARLY RESULT
MEDIUM
PROTECTION
Total
134
175
316
46
2
2
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,012
9,308
3,453
2,118
117
16,008
973
98%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
350
350
Cash
Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Structures
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
5
20,270
21
19,927
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Beneficiaries
18
234
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
Pakistan
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CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
No discussions took place between the authorities/other stakeholders and the ICRC on detention-related topics, including the
possibility of the ICRC visiting detainees.
Pakistan
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
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Total
UAMs/SC*
134
175
316
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
2
2
144
5
46
6
147
3
Women
Girls
Boys
32
41
22
31
37
28
Demobilized
children
Girls
5
2
3
Total
Women
Children
37,875
4,451
77,373
2,141
283
355
8,770
204
293
521
727
2,517
5,638
1,687
4,664
Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
6
67,167
147,097
Doses
Patients
4,951
959
Structures
Structures
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
21
19,927
2,207
2,770
392
4,465
8,439
140
11,921
2,086
305
Cash
WOUNDED AND SICK
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
First aid
First-aid posts supported
Physical rehabilitation
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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PHILIPPINES
PARACEL ISLANDS
ISLANDS
PARACEL
PARACELPARACEL
ISLANDSISLANDS
PACIFIC
OCEAN
LUZON
MANILA
PHILIPPINES
MINDORO
SOUTH CHINA
SEA
Tacloban
Legazpi (Marabut)
VISAYAS
Bacolod
PALAWAN
SULU
SEA
MINDANAO
Bislig
Cotabato
Zamboanga
SULU
MALAYSIA
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
BASILAN
Davao
YEARLY RESULTS
CELEBES SEA
PROTECTION
Total
Of which: Overheads
3,314
13,005
2,158
1,496
135
20,107
1,227
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
110%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
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HIGH
ICRC office/presence
30
202
Total
2
3
175
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
85,294
1,021
237
139
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
2
1
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
42,000
172,000
24,000
12,000
209,328
130,911
67,010
55,266
457
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation
programme)
Water and habitat activities Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
34,000
99,084
Structures
14
Structures
20
25
1
400
1
471
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
The ICRC monitored the humanitarian situation through its field
presence and contact with communities; it responded to various
concerns raised by the population, such as requests for information
on relatives possibly arrested. The need to protect and respect
civilians was discussed with the authorities and weapon bearers.
Oral and written representations were made to the parties concerned
about alleged IHL violations and other abuses, so that they could
take corrective action. The ICRC received feedback from the police
on preventive measures they had taken in response to allegations
concerning the 2013 events in Zamboanga (see Context).
The ICRC provided ad hoc financial assistance and other services
for six female-headed families that had lost their breadwinners.
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Health-monitoring visits, material/technical assistance and mobilization of the authorities helped improve access to health care for
detainees in selected facilities; with ICRC emergency support, six critically ill detainees were immediately referred to hospitals for treatment.
Some 12,000 detainees received timely health care following a BJMP/
ICRC project aimed at strengthening the health-monitoring system
in seven prisons; the project ended in December. Health cards were
used regularly to help prison staff keep track of detainees health-care
needs, check-ups and referrals; owing to the positive results observed,
the BJMP distributed these cards to 461 jails under its jurisdiction.
Inmates at New Bilibid Prison and Quezon City Jail benefited from
ICRC-supported TB-control programmes. Routine TB screenings
of all detainees enabled the timely detection of 851 cases; 509
detainees completed their treatment, while transferred/released
patients continued their treatment with civilian health-care
providers and ICRC support. The DOH issued a revised administrative order calling for annual mass TB screenings throughout the
country; it also improved diagnostic systems in places of detention.
Subsequently, the BJMP, with minimal ICRC support, tested over
3,200 inmates in Manila City Jail for TB.
BJMP and Bureau of Corrections managers and senior health staff
attended training courses to strengthen the health-monitoring
system and TB prevention/treatment, with ICRC support.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Regular contact was maintained with the authorities, security
forces and other weapon bearers and civil society and community
members, to further understanding of and acceptance for both
IHL and the ICRC, facilitating the organizations safe access to
conflict-affected people.
Through dissemination sessions, over 2,600 weapon bearers,
including armed forces personnel, familiarized themselves with IHL,
human rights norms, humanitarian principles and the ICRCs activities. During meetings and other events, representatives of religious
institutions and the ICRC discussed the similarities between Islamic
law and IHL. Beneficiaries learnt about the humanitarian assistance
provided by the ICRC and how they could avail themselves of it;
they expressed their needs through feedback mechanisms, which
enabled the ICRC to adjust its response as needed.
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In Zamboanga, forty professors received training in IHL, preparatory to the subjects inclusion in their universities curricula; two
universities included IHL in their curricula. Over 200 judges and
prosecutors attended courses/lectures on IHL and/or the ICRC.
Government officials and the National Societys IHL office, with
ICRC support, finalized the implementing rules and regulations
of the law on the emblem. Other IHL-related legislation remained
under consideration.
Total
UAMs/SC*
2
3
Women
Girls
Boys
175
175
3
23
Women
Minors
85,294
1,021
212
237
139
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2
1
442
5,169
607
Women
Girls
61
28
Boys
5
3
Total
Women
Children
209,328
109,538
130,911
112,931
67,010
55,266
16,497
457
30%
40%
28%
33%
30%
30%
40%
40%
30%
40%
46%
36%
7,442
4,550
13,011
45,415
62
27,455
37
79
28
25
174
16
25
6
4
56
9
13
104
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
99,084
58,474
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
14
80,070
30,207
Doses
Patients
14,028
563
Beneficiaries
18,204
Beneficiaries
9,745
129
10
3
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Patients whose hospital treatment has been paid for by the ICRC
Admissions
Patients
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
20
12
230
105,366
414
203
17,323
70,050
17,579
18,493
203,382
43,536
135,100
24,746
First aid
First-aid posts supported
Structures
38
Number of beds
25
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
1
471
151
133
6
24
20
297
82
36
Philippines
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SRI LANKA
INDIA
Vavuniya
Anuradhapura
INDIAN OCEAN
The ICRC has worked in Sri Lanka since 1989. Operations focus
on: assisting civilians affected by the past armed conflict, in
particular working with returnees, former detainees and other
especially vulnerable residents to boost their economic security;
visiting detainees and aiding the authorities in improving
prison management; helping clarify the fate of missing persons
and supporting their families; and providing backing for the Sri
Lanka Red Cross Societys family-links services. It also supports
the armed forces training in IHL.
INDIAN OCEAN
SRI LANKA
COLOMBO
YEARLY RESULTS
ICRC delegation
ICRC office
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
3,593
2,844
604
330
63
7,433
454
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
96%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
Total
21
86
8
48
1
116
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
17,264
524
97
38
30
8
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
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HIGH
ICRC / AR_2015
61
Achieved
Beneficiaries
6,600
7,712
12,300
18,896
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
Regular dialogue continued between the authorities, other stakeholders and the ICRC on humanitarian concerns remaining from the
past conflict. These included the need to clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing persons, among them some 16,000 people whose
families had lodged tracing requests at National Society branches
or with the ICRC, and to attend to the needs of their families. The
government with technical input from the ICRC approved the
issuance of certificates of absence that defined the legal status of
missing persons and facilitated their families application for legal,
administrative and economic assistance. It also began setting up an
office dedicated to addressing the needs of those families.
An island-wide needs assessment of 395 families of missing
persons, conducted by the ICRC, helped the organization better
understand these families needs and identify service providers,
with a view to conveying findings and recommendations confidentially to the authorities. As part of the pilot phase of a programme
based on this assessment, 497 families of missing persons in two
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districts dealt with their psychosocial, economic, legal and administrative needs with the help of ICRC-trained local partners.
Prison authorities and staff participated in national and/or international workshops and seminars, helping strengthen their knowledge
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Army officers learnt more about the relationship between IHL and
peace-support operations during workshops on the topic. Over
1,300 personnel bound for peacekeeping missions abroad participated in predeployment briefings on IHL and the Movement.
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Total
UAMs/SC*
8
48
1
Women
Girls
Boys
192
116
16,103
22
27
809
359
Girls
17
1,199
Demobilized
children
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
149
Women
17,264
524
116
97
38
Minors
913
83
Women
Girls
27
12
Boys
4
4
30
8
61
327
4
202
Total
Women
Children
Beneficiaries
7,712
41%
26%
Beneficiaries
18,896
25%
75%
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
12,889
55
Beneficiaries
3,585
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
Number of health facilities supported in places of detention visited by health staff
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16
11
4
BANGKOK (regional)
CHINA
LAO PEOPLE'S
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
MYANMAR
HANOI
Xhieng Khouang
Chiang Mai VIENTIANE
Mae Sot
THAILAND
BANGKOK
SOUTH
CHINA
SEA
Champasak
Battambang
CAMBODIA
ANDAMAN
SEA
YEARLY RESULTS
MALAYSIA
ICRC regional delegation
ICRC mission
MEDIUM
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC office
PROTECTION
Total
Of which: Overheads
3,628
4,789
3,242
1,016
243
12,918
788
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
1,560
2,290
608
3
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
68,619
504
107
53
1,913
1,067
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
671
Achieved
750
102
481
93%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Total
1,000
3,872
6
12,000
6
11,490
46
127
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
Bangkok (regional)
|371
CONTEXT
The Thai government lifted martial law in April 2015, but sociopolitical tensions persisted. The process of enacting a new constitution stalled, and national elections were re-scheduled for 2017.
Peace talks continued between the government and the MARA
Patani, an umbrella organization representing some of the groups
involved in the fighting in southern Thailand; civilian casualties
continued to be reported following violent incidents in that region.
People who fled intermittent clashes in Myanmar (see Myanmar)
remained in Thailand.
The presence of mines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) particularly in Cambodia, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (hereafter
Lao PDR) and Viet Nam and irregular migration were among the
regions main concerns in 2015. Viet Nam was one of several countries
involved in territorial disputes over parts of the South China Sea.
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CIVILIANS
People who had fled the armed conflict in Myanmar and were
seeking refuge in Thailand (see Context) continued to have their
situation monitored; the ICRC stood ready to provide assistance,
when needed. Dialogue with weapon bearers in the area was
maintained, with a view to promoting respect for IHL.
Security forces in southern Thailand had confidential discussions
with the ICRC about the conduct of law enforcement operations
in line with internationally recognized standards (see Actors of
influence). The ICRC was also in regular contact with the people
most affected by the violence there; it tracked their needs and kept
the authorities and other parties concerned abreast of the humanitarian situation. Some 80 vulnerable people started small businesses
with ICRC-provided tools/equipment and training; this enabled
them to better provide for their families (numbering around 480
people). Ad hoc assistance helped other victims of violence meet
their immediate needs; for example, the families of eight casualties
defrayed the cost of burial with financial assistance from the ICRC.
Cambodia
Thailand
10,946
387
157
28
57,673
3,934
206
476
3
3
236
3
3
80
38
of whom women
of whom boys
Detainees newly registered
of whom women
of whom boys
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
27
15
1,556
819
44
Bangkok (regional)
357
248
627
173
|373
374|
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Total
UAMs/SC*
1,560
2,290
608
Women
Girls
27
3
25
Women
Minors
Boys
68,619
504
236
107
53
4,321
363
Women
Girls
3
3
Boys
3
3
1,913
1,067
671
173
Bangkok (regional)
|375
Total
Women
Children
Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
102
481
12%
37%
29%
Beneficiaries
3,872
30%
35%
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
296
22,060
Beneficiaries
31,202
1,609
39
191
1,065
14
48
89
209
181
596
461
655
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
Economic security (in some cases provided within a protection programme)
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
22
12
1
Patients
15
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
376|
6
11,490
296
1,759
1,224
418
1,228
1
3,092
1,678
500
BEIJING (regional)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
KAZAKHSTAN
MONGOLIA
ULAN BATOR
BEIJING
KYRGYZSTAN
TAJIKISTAN
CHINA
PAKISTAN
Rakrang
REPUBLIC OF
KOREA
BHUTAN
NEPAL
JAPAN
Kunming
BANGLADESH
INDIA
DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC
OF KOREA
SEOUL
PYONGYANG
MYANMAR
SOUTH
LAO PEOPLE'S
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
CHINA
THAILAND
SEA
CAMBODIA VIET NAM
BAY OF
BENGAL
SRI LANKA
MALAYSIA
PHILIPPINES
BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM
PALAU
MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE
INDONESIA
ICRC / AR_2015
Present in the region since 1987, the ICRC moved its regional
delegation for East Asia to Beijing in 2005. The delegation
fosters support for humanitarian principles, IHL and ICRC
activities in the region and worldwide, among governments,
experts and National Societies. It promotes the incorporation of IHL into national legislation, military training and
academic curricula. It supports the regions National Societies
in developing their IHL promotion and tracing activities. In the
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, in partnership with the
National Society, it supports hospital care and contributes to
meeting the need for assistive/mobility devices.
ICRC mission
INDONESIA
ICRC presence
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
YEARLY RESULTS
HIGH
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
747
5,066
4,818
1,266
87
11,984
731
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Beneficiaries
600
7,000
8,000
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Structures
2,959
500
3
1,100
3
945
99%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Productive inputs
22
49
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
Beijing (regional)
|377
CONTEXT
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CIVILIANS
The ICRC maintained its dialogue with the justice and public
security ministries, focusing on detainees health conditions; this
aimed at improving mutual understanding of each others work
and building momentum for joint action between the two ministries, as well as with the ICRC. The ICRC presidents meeting with
the Chinese justice minister served as a springboard for further
deliberations on a pilot project on TB control and prevention.
During an ICRC workshop, justice ministry officials and other
actors concerned discussed the gaps in hepatitis-control measures
in prisons. The justice ministry organized a workshop on broad
health issues in detention. Ministry officials also went on study
tours to Azerbaijan, where they observed the implementation
of a TB management programme in prisons, and to Scotland,
where they learnt about the steps the authorities took to transfer
provision of health care in detention to the purview of their publichealth system.
The ICRC began to discuss the issue of prison management with
the justice ministry, in a bid to identify further areas of cooperation, particularly with regard to training.
The public health ministry, the DPRK Red Cross and the ICRC
continued their cooperation in enhancing the surgical standards/
treatment methods, emergency care, orthopaedic surgery and
other services at three provincial hospitals in Hamhung,
Pyongsong and Sariwon and at the city hospital in Kaesong. In
mid-2015, they renewed their partnership, extending the work
done in Hamhung, Kaesong and Pyongsong, and discontinuing
the support for the Sariwon hospital.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
The ICRC sought regular contact with the regions government
officials, military representatives and other influential actors, to foster
understanding of IHL and humanitarian issues and to expand the
space for neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian within
the region. Notably, the ICRC presidents high-level exchanges with
several Chinese officials during his visit to the country confirmed
the increased opportunities for cooperation with China in matters
with humanitarian implications. Likewise, the ICRCs consolidated
presence in the ROK helped it boost its dialogue, with a spate of key
figures, on the humanitarian consequences of conflict.
Naval officers from China and the ROK discussed the application
of IHL at sea during an Asia-Pacific workshop (see Bangkok).
During bilateral meetings, ROK navy/army officials and the ICRC
Beijing (regional)
|379
Total
Women
Children
8,000
47%
24%
5
1
102
102
11
Number of beds
500
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
3
945
381
761
5
20
28
714
493
26
132
43
101
1
93
40
8
24
8
14
33
Beneficiaries
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of whom other surgical cases Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
380|
JAKARTA (regional)
HONG
HONG
KONG
KONG
MACAU
MYANMAR
LAO PEOPLE'S
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
PACIFIC OCEAN
PHILIPPINES
VIET NAM
BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM
MALAYSIA
MALAYSIA
Aceh
SINGAPORE
Kalimantan
Sumatra
INDONESIA
Sulawesi
Papua
Java
JAKARTA
DILI
TIMOR-LESTE
INDIAN OCEAN
AUSTRALIA
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC mission
YEARLY RESULTS
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
PROTECTION
Total
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
773
157
2,224
742
39
3,935
240
10
25
945
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
ASSISTANCE
Protection
MEDIUM
Achieved
Beneficiaries
280
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
91%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
8
41
Jakarta (regional)
|381
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
The ICRCs regional delegation in Jakarta sought to develop understanding of and respect for humanitarian principles, IHL and the
Movement among the authorities, the armed/police forces and
civil society in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.
To this end, it organized various activities, usually in partnership
with local institutions. These activities included tailored information sessions and training courses, for instance, field simulation
exercises for military and police officials. Such efforts enabled
Indonesian military and police instructors to strengthen their
ability to provide advice on complying with IHL during military
operations and instruction in internationally recognized policing
standards, respectively. Universities and secondary schools introduced modules on IHL or humanitarian principles, and religious
organizations worked with the ICRC to broaden awareness of the
similarities between Islamic law and IHL. The ICRC maintained
regular dialogue with ASEAN on issues of common interest; it
was given observer status by the ASEAN Association of Chiefs of
Police (ASEANAPOL).
ICRC visits to detainees remained on hold in both countries.
Members of families separated by conflict/violence, detention
or migration re-established or maintained contact with each
other with the help of the Movements family-links services.
During national/regional workshops, emergency responders
and forensics experts in both countries, notably Timorese
police and government officials, learnt more about the proper
management of human remains. There were no discussions
between the authorities concerned and the ICRC on the issue of
missing persons.
The ICRC continued to provide various forms of support to the
Indonesian Red Cross Society and the Timor-Leste Red Cross,
particularly to strengthen their ability to provide family-links
services and promote humanitarian principles and IHL. The
Indonesian Red Cross and the ICRC provided ophthalmological
care for more people in need of it, by extending such assistance to
more communities.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
The authorities, military/police forces, members of civil society,
the National Societies and the ICRC discussed humanitarian
principles and issues (see People deprived of their freedom), IHL and
the Movement during ICRC meetings/events, usually organized
with local partners. For instance, during an information session,
Indonesian diplomats and officials from the foreign ministry and
the National Agency of Disaster Mitigation learnt more about IHL
and/or the protection of citizens abroad.
Indonesian and Timorese government officials, including from the
justice ministry and the Indonesian IHL committee, continued
to draw on ICRC expertise to facilitate the domestic implementation of IHL-related treaties. Some of them participated in local/
regional workshops that covered such subjects as the protection
of cultural property and the Arms Trade Treaty (see Beijing and
Kuala Lumpur). At one such workshop, the Indonesian law and
human rights ministry shared, with the Timorese justice ministry,
its experiences in incorporating IHL and human rights treaties in
domestic legislation. During the 32nd International Conference,
the Indonesian government and National Society pledged to
support the adoption of a Red Cross law.
ASEAN, its member countries and the ICRC expanded the scope
of their cooperation; the ASEANAPOL granted the ICRC observer
status at its international events. ASEAN and ICRC representatives
continued to discuss subjects of common interest, such as disaster
management including forensics migration, weapon contamination and persons with disabilities.
Jakarta (regional)
|383
Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
10
25
945
20
11
77
51
Women
Girls
Boys
17
Total
Women
Children
280
31%
384|
Beneficiaries
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
VIET NAM
BRUNEI
DARUSSALAM
MALAYSIA
MALAYSIA
KUALA
LUMPUR
SABAH
SINGAPORE
Sarawak
INDONESIA
INDONESIA
INDONESIA
YEARLY RESULTS
INDONESIA
ICRC / AR_2015
TIMORLESTE
ICRC mission
MEDIUM
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Total
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,506
719
2,284
660
51
5,219
319
24,845
226
27
15
92
14
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
44
111
66
3
RCMs distributed
655
Achieved
Structures
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
89%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
17
35
|385
CONTEXT
The issues of migration and human trafficking were once again the
focus of discussions in the region, following an incident where boats
containing thousands of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar
were stranded in the Andaman Sea, resulting in numerous deaths,
as well as the discovery of burial sites for migrants and trafficking
camps in the region in mid-2015. There were calls for region-wide
action to address these issues.
In Malaysia, the government continued to face public discontent
over socio-economic reforms. The authorities strove to deal with
migration by detaining or, where possible, repatriating irregular
migrants. The parliament passed several laws pertaining to
national security, including in response to the alleged recruitment
of Malaysians by foreign armed groups. Malaysia contributed
troops to peacekeeping operations abroad.
General elections were held in Singapore. The countrys Prevention
of Human Trafficking Act took effect in 2015. The International
Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) opened an office in the
country, with a view to supporting regional law enforcement
operations, particularly for curbing cyber crime.
In Japan, the parliament passed bills redefining the role of the
Self-Defense Forces. Japan remained influential in regional
security concerns and humanitarian affairs, making presentations
in international forums on such issues as sexual violence during
armed conflict.
The political climate and economy in Brunei Darussalam remained
stable.
Malaysia chaired the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) which continued to promote regional cooperation in
such matters as disaster management and migration and hosted the
ASEAN police coordination bodys (ASEANAPOL) headquarters.
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CIVILIANS
Detained migrants in Malaysia stood to benefit from improvements in the provision of health care. Following on from the
2014 Malaysian Prisons Department/ICRC national seminar
on health care in detention, the Prisons Department facilitated
the transfer of responsibility for prison health services from
private companies to the health ministry. The health ministry
began assigning full-time medical staff to immigration detention
centres. Both measures aimed to ensure that inmates in facilities
within the health ministrys purview benefited from the same
quality of care the ministry offered elsewhere in the country. With
ICRC encouragement, health authorities in Sabah established an
on-site clinic at a migrant centre; the clinic began functioning in
late 2015. The health and detention authorities, at national and
local levels, continued to receive technical advice/support from
the ICRC for providing on-site health services and for hygiene
promotion and other initiatives to improve health in detention.
During an ICRC-organized workshop, they, along with medical
professionals working in detention facilities, discussed such
issues as womens health, medical ethics and the management of
communicable diseases.
Three detainees at immigration detention centres obtained
medical assistance with ICRC help: one received cash, and two
others were referred to government hospitals for examination.
Health-education sessions and distributions of hygiene items
(soap for 4,130 detainees and sanitary kits for 80 female detainees)
enabled detainees to minimize their health risks and the centres
staff to gain a better understanding of communicable diseases
and ways to deal with them. Close to 30 inmates were provided
items necessary for caring for their infants. The authorities at one
juvenile detention centre received ICRC advice and some financial
support for the repair of their water-supply system.
Detainees stayed in touch with their relatives through RCMs,
phone calls and safe and well messages facilitated by the ICRC,
often with the support of the Malaysian Red Crescent, which
received ICRC support for resuming/expanding its family-links
services at immigration detention centres.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Government officials learnt more about IHL implementation, for
instance the role of national IHL committees, through regular
contact with the National Society/ICRC and by attending ICRC
functions, such as events abroad for governments and academic/
research institutions (see Beijing) and for Member States of the
Commonwealth of Nations (see Suva).
Around 70 government officials, experts and Movement representatives from over 20 Asia-Pacific countries gathered in Malaysia for
an ICRC conference on acceding to/implementing the Arms Trade
Treaty and the Strengthening IHL process (see International law
and policy). Participants also held discussions on technical matters,
in preparation for the 32nd International Conference.
Kuala Lumpur (regional)
|387
Various audiences learnt more about IHL and the Movement via
exhibitions and traditional/web-based publications/audiovisual
products, such as Japanese-made films and a manga comic on the
life of a child soldier in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
388|
The media reported on humanitarian issues and Movement activities, aided by ICRC-provided materials in English and local
languages, and information obtained from National Society/
ICRC-organized activities, for instance field visits for Japanese
journalists and a competition for young Malaysian writers. An
English-language newspaper in Malaysia published a feature on
humanitarian principles and the Movement in its educational
supplement for secondary-school students.
Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
44
111
66
Women
Girls
Boys
12
3
3
59
5
12
10
12
Women
Minors
2,949
1,674
Women
Girls
Boys
226
213
27
15
52
52
13
13
13
9
92
14
655
1
Total
Women
Children
Documents
24,845
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
6,738
1
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
13
11
|389
AFGHANISTAN
CHINA
PAKISTAN
Chandigarh
Haryana
NEPAL
BHUTAN
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
INDIA
Gujarat
Jharkhand
West
Bengal
Tripura
Chhattisgarh
Nagaland
Manipur
Mizoram
MYANMAR
Orissa
Dadra and
Nagar Haveli
Arunachal
Pradesh
Assam
Meghalaya
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
Daman and
Diu
Sikkim
BANGLADESH
Maharashtra
Telangana
OMAN SEA
Goa
Karnataka
Lakshadweep
Andhra
Pradesh
BAY OF BENGAL
Pondicherry
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
MALDIVES
THAILAND
SRI LANKA
ICRC / AR_2015
MALAYSIA
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
YEARLY RESULTS
XXIn
MEDIUM
PROTECTION
Total
1
9
1
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
5,798
284
32
22
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
9
4
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,308
5,028
2,532
880
141
10,889
665
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
390|
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
2,100
645
12,624
1
10,000
55,320
Structures
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
6
1,500
6
37,224
97%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Cash
Hospitals supported
Physical rehabilitation
25
135
CONTEXT
The ICRCs regional delegation in New Delhi maintained its activities in India for people deprived of their freedom, particularly
those held in relation to the situation in Jammu and Kashmir;
similar ICRC activities resumed in the Maldives following
political unrest. Detainees treatment and living conditions
formed the basis of confidential dialogue with the authorities
concerned. The ICRC continued to provide support for closer
coordination between prison and health authorities, which helped
improve health services for detainees. Inmates at some prisons
benefited from regular visits from local psychiatrists. Released
detainees and families of inmates in Jammu and Kashmir started
livelihood activities using ICRC cash grants, which facilitated
their socio-economic reintegration. Referrals to professional
medical care for newly released detainees helped them resettle
into civilian life. ICRC-supported family visits for detainees in
Bhutan and India continued.
The Indian Red Cross Society drew on ICRC support to respond
to the needs of vulnerable people. It distributed relief items that
enabled vulnerable people affected by the floods of 2014 in Jammu
and Kashmir to cover their basic needs. It offered family-links
services to help victims of the floods, and of the Nepal earthquake,
contact their relatives. The National Society obtained the authorities approval to offer these services for detained migrants in the
Indian state of West Bengal.
The National Society/ICRC continued to help first responders
in violence-prone areas to broaden their capabilities. Training
sessions focused on teaching life-saving skills and on encouraging participants to pass on what they learnt to their colleagues
or to their communities, especially where access to emergency
medical services was limited. ICRC-trained National Society/
health ministry staff facilitated training sessions on first aid and/or
emergency-room trauma care for students, community members,
journalists and medical personnel. Health-care and disaster-management professionals and National Society staff in the region
learnt more about responding to large-scale emergencies and
complex crises at a two-week course in India. The Indian Red
Cross drew up an action plan for promoting/implementing the
Safer Access Framework.
CIVILIANS
|391
Bhutan
India
Maldives
4,419
200
19
283
2
81
2
27
17
1,379
49
11
1
5
5
3
18
1
9
1
53
392|
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
The ICRC expanded its engagement with the authorities and other
influential actors in the region, as furthering understanding of
and fostering support for humanitarian principles, IHL and the
Movement remained essential. Bhutanese and Maldivian actors
worked with the ICRC to hold events in their own countries, such
as: a foreign ministry-led information session for foreign service
workers in Bhutan; and a workshop on contemporary challenges
facing IHL, organized by the Maldivian Red Crescent. On several
occasions, officials from the foreign/law ministries in the region,
the pertinent National Society and the ICRC discussed humanitarian action and IHL-related issues, in preparation for the
32ndInternational Conference.
In India, ICRC pursued its efforts to engage high-level contacts
in bilateral dialogue on the organizations neutral, impartial and
independent humanitarian activities in the country and elsewhere.
Academic institutions, multilateral organizations and the ICRC
expanded cooperation in research and dialogue on IHL and international human rights law. Think-tanks and NGOs for instance,
the Observer Research Foundation invited the ICRC to contribute
to local and regional events on matters of common interest, such
as the protection of the civilian population. Strengthened cooperation with AALCO led to a seminar for defence officials and the
publication/development of journals on such subjects as cyber
warfare and IHL.
|393
394|
Total
UAMs/SC*
1
9
Women
3
1
1
3
2
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
Girls
Boys
Documents
448
Women
Detainees visited
Minors
5,798
249
30
Women
Girls
Boys
284
82
32
22
2
2
9
4
71
1
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Detainees visited by their relatives with ICRC/National Society support
People to whom a detention attestation was issued
*Unaccompanied minors/separated children
Total
Women
Children
Beneficiaries
645
12,624
1,241
1
29%
35%
36%
30%
Beneficiaries
55,320
1%
99%
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
301
16
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
6
37,224
512
685
15
3,968
7,049
10,170
4,023
379
11,826
89
122
795
1,384
2,175
6,164
46
68
1,705
3,483
3,274
Hospitals supported
Physical rehabilitation
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
|395
SUVA (regional)
COVERING: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon
Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and the territories of the Pacific
HONG KONG
PHILIPPINES
MARIANA
ISLANDS
FEDERATED STATES
OF MICRONESIA
PALAU
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA
INDONESIA
NAURU
Mount
Hagen
KIRIBATI
Arawa
TIMOR-LESTE
PORT
MORESBY
MARSHALL
ISLANDS
TONGA
TUVALU
NIUE
SUVA
SOLOMON
ISLANDS
NEW
CALEDONIA
AUSTRALIA
SAMOA
SUVA
FIJI
Since 2001, ICRC operations in the Pacific have been carried out
by the Suva regional delegation. With the National Societies, it
assists governments in ratifying and implementing IHL treaties,
and promotes respect for IHL and other international norms
among armed and security forces and awareness of such among
academic circles, the media and civil society. The ICRC works
to ensure that victims of violence in Papua New Guinea receive
emergency aid and medical care; it visits detainees there and
elsewhere in the region. It helps National Societies build their
emergency-response capacities.
VANUATU
CANBERRA
WELLINGTON
NEW ZEALAND
COOK ISLANDS
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC mission
ICRC office
YEARLY RESULTS
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,855
1,566
1,858
1,229
75
6,583
402
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
396|
Total
1
4
29
60
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
3,789
119
47
25
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
4
6
Achieved
15,000
4,000
5,165
Health
96%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
PROTECTION
ASSISTANCE
Protection
MEDIUM
12
34
Structures
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
|397
In the Southern Highlands and Hela, some 5,000 people had better
access to water after the ICRC installed water pumps, tanks and
rainwater harvesting systems in their communities, including at
health centres and schools.
Papua
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Fiji
Nauru
412
2
58
2
54
2
7
5
696
117
96
20
7
7
2
2,681
104
54
41
1
25
4
2
36
18
398|
4
5
1
40
1
19
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
|399
After it had fulfilled all the requirements, the Tuvalu RedCross Society
was recognized by the ICRC Assembly as the 190thNational Society
in November, enabling it to participate in the 32ndInternational
Conference. To help the Marshall Islands progress along the same
path, the International Federation and the ICRC organized a
workshop on the governance and legal bases of National Societies,
which was also attended by the Red Cross Society of Micronesia and
the Palau Red Cross Society. The ICRCs vice-president delivered the
keynote address at an event marking the New Zealand Red Crosss
100th anniversary.
National Societies in the region gained a venue to learn from
each others experiences and discuss common challenges with the
creation of a Pacific Island National Societies leadership forum,
with International Federation/ICRC support.
400|
Total
1
4
29
107
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Names published on the ICRC family-links website
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
UAMs/SC*
Women
Girls
Boys
69
1
60
37
13
10
18
Women
Minors
3,789
221
152
Women
Girls
Boys
119
86
47
25
7
2
3
2
4
6
1
59
2
Total
Women
Children
Beneficiaries
5,165
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
1
30,000
7,129
5,406
56
2,093
492
2,886
1,885
Beneficiaries
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
Suva (regional)
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EUROPE AND
CENTRAL ASIA
KEY RESULTS/CONSTRAINTS IN 2015
XXDialogue
with high-level officials and intergovernmental organizations helped build support for humanitarian principles and action
within the region and worldwide.
XXFirst-aiders, medical personnel and health facilities received various forms of ICRC assistance, helping increase the availability
of appropriate treatment for people wounded during conflict/violence.
XXConflict-affected people met their most pressing needs and learnt safe practices to mitigate the dangers they faced. Some of them
reduced their risks with the help of ICRC-built facilities.
XXThe authorities sought to address the issue of missing people and their families needs, leading to the resolution of some cases,
but many more remained unresolved.
XXDetainees restored/maintained family links with ICRC help. Penitentiary authorities received ICRC feedback on detainees living
conditions, including their access to health care, and support for improving them.
XXThe regions National Societies, including those working abroad, partnered with the ICRC on humanitarian activities, particularly
first aid, restoring family links and addressing migrants concerns.
PROTECTION
Total
565
533
714
964
18
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
66,334
1,418
474
166
381
230
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
423
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Achieved
Economic security
(in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
134,977
134,950
4,350
15,002
67,390
3,350
392,986
407,898
3,219
22,961
12,215
212
59,226
2,075,992
Structures
Structures
88
107
200
3,593
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
402|
ASSISTANCE
21,832
65,673
15,863
8,400
468
112,236
6,849
Expenditure/yearly budget
78%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
183
900
DELEGATIONS
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Ukraine
REGIONAL DELEGATIONS
Moscow
Paris
Tashkent
Western Balkans
Brussels
London
ICRC delegation
ICRC mission
|403
403
Y. Orlov/ICRC
Donetsk, Ukraine. Staff preparing to distribute food parcels and hygiene kits.
404|
|405
406|
Introduction
|407
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Total
408|
565
Western
Balkans
(regional)
533
714
8,784
8
4
90
89
Georgia
433
341
Ukraine
13
47
2
3
Moscow
(regional)
14
22
9
4
Paris
(regional)
3
13
611
Tashkent
(regional)
4
17
25
10
18
1
826
826
60
1
16
8,784
16
964
34
132
Brussels
London
101
13,723
633
255
12
13
10
349
3
49
16
12
8,262
608
192
30
6,212
4
of whom minors
of whom women
Detainees visited
People transferred/repatriated
RCMs distributed
RCMs collected
1,046
53
204
12,236
354
41
136
23,596
1,119
161
618
7
49
103
255
86
1
1
1,209
149
1
65
66,634
2,867
366
1,418
101
30
4
50
1
14
20
2
13
11
81
885
82
73
2
73
26
4
578
47
1
67
16
2
21
18
2
7
2
7
136
44
7
2
8
17
15
1
1
Brussels
8
2
London
474
166
381
1
1
87
29
177
109
106
21
97
97
35
94
4
5
230
423
60
7
67
38
10
40
314
691
RCMs distributed
RCMs collected
Number of places
of detention visited
of whom boys
of whom girls
of whom women
of whom boys
of whom girls
of whom women
1
2
383
3
Armenia
4
Azerbaijan
4
Georgia
6
Ukraine
1
Moscow
(regional)
Paris
(regional)
291
Tashkent
(regional)
122
140
Western
Balkans
(regional)
Total
|409
Armenia
Azerbaijan
20
3,208
11
Georgia
515
569
Ukraine
351,031
365,145
41,440
42,134
Moscow (regional)
Total
4,780
3,061
3,224
212
6,928
2,061,223
63,072
63,072
12,215
1,529
392,986
407,898
3,219
22,961
12,215
212
2,075,992
of whom women
40%
40%
40%
41%
47%
42%
28%
of whom children
23%
22%
20%
24%
30%
23%
35%
of whom IDPs
13%
10%
410|
Catchment population
(monthly average)
303
2,004
15,901
30
Tashkent (regional)
HEALTH
Vouchers
Cash
Productive inputs
Food commodities
CIVILIANS - BENEFICIARIES
73%
of which weapon-wounded
Admissions (patients)
Hospitals supported
HOSPITALS
FIRST AID
Food commodities
Immunizations (doses)
CENTRES
Consultations (patients)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED
OF THEIR FREEDOM
Armenia
55
55,985
55,985
4,761
4,761
Azerbaijan
13
54
16,770
16,728
1,907
354
122
17,124
7,230
7,138
24,148
9,099
Georgia
52
52
89
11
1,275
1,275
Ukraine
15
Moscow (regional)
Tashkent (regional)
107
11
1,275
1,275
Total
31%
31%
of whom women
of whom children
of whom IDPs
|411
ARMENIA
The ICRC has been working in Armenia since 1992 in relation
to the Nagorno-Karabakh armed conflict. It focuses on the
issue of missing persons and on detainees held for conflict-related or security reasons, and works to protect and assist
communities living along the international border with
Azerbaijan. It promotes the national implementation of IHL
and its integration into the armed and security forces doctrine,
training and sanctions and into academic curricula. The ICRC
works in partnership with and aims to help the Armenian Red
Cross Society strengthen its capacities.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CASPIAN SEA
GEORGIA
Ijevan
Tovuz
Ganja
Barda
NAGORNOKARABAKH Agdam
ARMENIA
YEREVAN
BAKU
AZERBAIJAN
Lachin Stepanakert/Khankendi
Nakhichevan
TURKEY
IRAQ
Approx. Line of Contact
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC mission
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
YEARLY RESULTS
XXThe
Total
Of which: Overheads
312
1,297
392
213
27
2,242
137
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
85%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
412|
PROTECTION
Total
8
4
3
32
1,046
4
1
1
ASSISTANCE
Protection
MEDIUM
Achieved
Beneficiaries
4,160
303
80
4,780
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
CONTEXT
The ICRC continued working to alleviate the humanitarian consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It monitored the
situation of civilians living on both sides of the international border
between Armenia and Azerbaijan, raised concerns with the relevant
authorities and reminded them of their obligations under IHL.
The ICRC implemented an integrated approach to helping border
communities improve their living conditions and strengthen their
resilience. At the request of local leaders, basements and other areas
were renovated and rooms built, providing people especially
schoolchildren with places to seek refuge in during emergencies;
others walled up their windows with ICRC-provided materials,
giving them some protection against cross-border fire. Some
villages had better access to drinking water after infrastructure
was constructed/improved. Following surges in military activity,
a few of the households affected received ad hoc financial assistance for unexpected/urgent expenses. During ICRC-supported
information sessions conducted by the Armenian Red Cross
Society and the Armenian Center for Humanitarian Demining
and Expertise (CHDE), people learnt how to mitigate the risks
they faced from cross-border fire and mines/ERW. To strengthen
their emergency preparedness, they were also trained in first aid.
The National Society/ICRC concluded their efforts to collect data
on mine/ERW incidents and on the needs of victims and their
families. Preparations to hand over the data to the CHDE began,
with a view to supporting its development of a national strategy to
address mines/ERW and their consequences.
Clarifying the fate of people who went missing in relation to the
conflict remained a priority. The ICRCs updated regional list of
missing persons was submitted to all of the authorities concerned,
who were encouraged to use it as a source of reference for following
up cases. In coordination with the Armenian State Commission on
Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons (CEPOD), and in
cooperation with the National Society, the ICRC expanded a DNA
sample-collection project piloted in 2014 to facilitate future
identification of human remains. Trained National Society/ICRC
teams collected buccal swabs from relatives of missing persons,
whose informed consent had been obtained and who had access
to psychological support throughout the process. The CEPOD
continued, with ICRC technical support and training, to compile
ante-mortem information on missing persons in a centralized
database and began to systematically collect information on
possible gravesites.
CIVILIANS
Armenia
|413
414|
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
The humanitarian consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and the ICRCs work for conflict-affected people
remained at the centre of dialogue with the authorities, armed
forces, the diplomatic corps, international organizations and
members of civil society.
Dialogue with military authorities focused on their responsibilities under IHL, particularly the need to protect civilians, and the
ICRCs role as a neutral intermediary (see Civilians and People
deprived of their freedom).
Army personnel, mainly those serving along the international
border with Azerbaijan, learnt more about IHL and the ICRCs
work notably, the goals of the Health Care in Danger project
during National Society/ICRC-facilitated dissemination sessions.
Over 60 peacekeeping troops familiarized themselves with IHL
and the ICRCs mandate at predeployment briefings. Participants
in a military exercise for members of the Collective Security
Treaty Organization which the authorities hosted and the ICRC
attended as an observer also furthered their understanding of
these topics during ICRC presentations.
A total of 12 officers and 1 senior commander learnt more about
incorporating IHL considerations in military decision-making
through a course organized by the Ministry of Defence/ICRC and
a workshop in Algeria (see International law and policy), respectively. Military legal advisers also discussed the incorporation of
IHL in the armed forces doctrine, training and sanctions system
at a regional meeting (see Moscow). Nine instructors from a
military institute strengthened their ability to teach IHL during
a train-the-trainer workshop; an ICRC manual on the proper use
of force was translated into Armenian and distributed during
ICRC workshops.
Armenia
|415
Total
UAMs/SC*
8
4
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
Women
6
1
410
1
Girls
Boys
3
25
Documents
Women
Minors
Women
Girls
1,046
Boys
4
1
1
1
3
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts of a detained relative
People to whom a detention attestation was issued1
Total
Women
Children
303
23
43%
27%
4,780
40%
20%
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities1
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
1
1
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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AZERBAIJAN
The ICRC has been working in Azerbaijan since 1992 in relation
to the Nagorno-Karabakh armed conflict. It focuses on the issue
of missing persons and on detainees held for conflict-related or
security reasons, and works to protect and assist communities
living along the Line of Contact and the international border
with Armenia. It promotes implementation of IHL and its
integration into armed and security forces training and into
academic curricula. The ICRC works in partnership with and
aims to help the Red Crescent Society of Azerbaijan strengthen
its capacities.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
CASPIAN SEA
GEORGIA
ARMENIA
Ijevan
Tovuz
Ganja
Barda
NAGORNOKARABAKH Agdam
YEREVAN
Lachin
AZERBAIJAN
BAKU
Stepanakert/Khankendi
Nakhichevan
TURKEY
IRAQ
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC mission
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
YEARLY RESULTS
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,688
4,116
560
333
40
6,735
411
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
82%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
PROTECTION
Total
13,723
204
87
29
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
177
109
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
60
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training1
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
3,600
2,002
20
3,208
2,004
15
75
90
89
60
7
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
ASSISTANCE
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
MEDIUM
5,626
3,061
1. O
wing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and
in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out
during the reporting period.
Azerbaijan
|417
CONTEXT
The ICRC continued working to alleviate the humanitarian consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It monitored the
situation of civilians living near the Line of Contact and the international border between Azerbaijan and Armenia, raised concerns
with the relevant authorities and reminded them of their obligations under IHL.
The ICRC implemented an integrated approach to helping
front-line communities strengthen their resilience and improve
their living conditions; some projects were conducted with the
Red Crescent Society of Azerbaijan. Five villages had reliable
access to water/electricity after key infrastructure was repaired,
and a few households were less exposed to crossfire after protective
walls were built around their homes. Civilians learnt about the
sustainable use of water and related infrastructure during National
Society/ICRC information sessions. Economically vulnerable
households including those with family members wounded
by crossfire and injured by mines/ERW boosted their income
through micro-economic initiatives that they started with ICRC
support. Some villages improved their livelihoods through projects
that they helped design, such as seed distributions. To strengthen
their emergency preparedness, communities were trained in first
aid by the National Society.
In Nagorno-Karabakh, families of mine/ERW victims improved
their living conditions after receiving support for micro-economic
initiatives and home repairs. Monthly cash allowances enabled
vulnerable pensioners to meet their basic needs.
Clarifying the fate of people who went missing in relation to
the conflict remained a priority. The ICRCs updated regional
list of missing persons was submitted to all of the authorities
concerned, who were encouraged to use it as a source of reference
for following up cases. In coordination with the Azerbaijani
State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing
Persons (CEPOD) and the de facto commission in NagornoKarabakh, the ICRC expanded a DNA sample-collection project
piloted in 2014 to facilitate future identification of human
remains. Buccal swabs were collected from relatives of missing
persons, whose informed consent had been obtained and who
had access to psychological support throughout the process.
Aided by the ICRCs technical expertise, the two commissions
continued to compile ante-mortem data on missing persons in
their centralized databases.
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CIVILIANS
Civilians, including IDPs, along the Line of Contact and the international border between Azerbaijan and Armenia continued to
be affected by military activity, incidents of cross-border fire and
the presence of mines/ERW; these caused insecurity and at times,
casualties. Through its presence in border regions and contact
with local communities, civilian and military authorities and
National Society branches, the ICRC kept abreast of the humanitarian situation, monitored respect for IHL among the parties to
the conflict, and noted the issues faced by the population. These
concerns were raised with the relevant authorities, including the
de facto authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh, who were reminded of
their obligations under IHL, especially regarding the protection
of civilians and the need for extra precautions during the farming
season, public holidays and the implementation of ICRC activities
for front-line communities.
The remains of two Azerbaijani soldiers were retrieved from
no-mans land by the Azerbaijani authorities after the ICRC
acting as a neutral intermediary helped them obtain consent
from the Armenian authorities.
|419
Over 490 members of missing persons families met their multifaceted needs with the help of ICRC-trained counsellors and local
organizations. For instance, some 330 of them spoke about their
difficulties and received psychological support during peer-group
sessions and individual home visits. A total of 45 people were
referred to local authorities for their legal/administrative concerns,
and 125 to the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
for health services. Twenty people received material assistance
according to their specific needs, such as blood pressure monitors.
In Nagorno-Karabakh, 40 people with relatives who were missing
received similar support through individual counselling by
ICRC-trained psychologists, peer-group discussions, and sessions
with specialists on health, legal, social and other issues affecting
them. In all, 140 individual visits and 27 group meetings took
place. Additionally, 15 people improved their employability after
attending a vocational workshop, and one family supplemented
its income via an ICRC-supported microeconomic initiative. The
social concerns of five people were resolved after ICRC interventions on their behalf to the de facto authorities.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
The humanitarian consequences of the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict and the ICRCs work for conflict-affected people remained
at the centre of dialogue with the authorities, armed forces, the
diplomatic corps, international organizations and members of
civil society. Regular contact with these actors, supported by
newsletters/reports based on ICRC communication materials,
kept them and the wider public informed about these topics and
contributed to securing acceptance for the ICRCs mandate, access
to conflict-affected people, and respect for IHL (see Civilians and
People deprived of their freedom).
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
of whom women
of whom minors
31
8
13,719
633
53
200
5
71
2
56
21
102
96
6
420|
75
13
54
7
2
1
Azerbaijan
|421
Total
UAMs/SC*
90
89
60
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
10
7
4,096
3
Women
Girls
331
19
Women
Minors
Boys
47
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
34
1
13,723
204
73
87
29
633
53
Women
Girls
Boys
5
2
177
109
60
7
2
4
Total
Women
Children
20
6
3,208
2,004
153
16%
1%
40%
59%
20%
13%
Beneficiaries
3,061
40%
27%
Beneficiaries
55
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
Economic security (in some cases provided within a protection programme)
Essential household items1
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
Number of health facilities supported in places of detention visited by health staff
15
7
1
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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GEORGIA
The ICRC has been present in Georgia proper and in South
Ossetia since 1992. Acting as a neutral intermediary, it
contributes to efforts to clarify the fate and whereabouts of
missing persons, including by offering its forensic expertise to
the actors concerned. It supports the families of missing persons
and works to protect and assist vulnerable groups in conflict-affected regions. It visits detainees in Georgia proper and in South
Ossetia. It promotes the national implementation of IHL and its
integration into armed and security forces doctrine, training
and sanctions and into academic curricula. The ICRC helps the
Red Cross Society of Georgia strengthen its capacities.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ABKHAZIA
KODORI
VALLEY
Gali
PANKIS
I
VALLEY
Sokhumi/Sukhum
Zugdidi
BLACK SEA
GEORGIA
AJARIA
SOUTH OSSETIA
Tskhinvali/
Tskhinval
Gori TBILISI
AZERBAIJAN
ARMENIA
TURKEY
NAKHICHEVAN
YEARLY RESULTS
ICRC mission
HIGH
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC office
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,040
5,332
946
451
67
8,836
539
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
81%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
433
341
133
10
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
12,236
136
106
21
97
67
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
Protection
Expenditure/yearly budget
Total
38
Achieved
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
1,477
1,450
750
3,350
3,350
2,520
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
515
569
11
3,224
212
6,125
19
163
Georgia
|423
CONTEXT
424|
Families of missing persons obtained psychosocial/legal/administrative assistance from local providers backed by the ICRC. NGO
representatives, academics and National Society personnel from
Eastern Europe and Central Asia learnt more about the needs of
the families of the missing at a regional conference on ambiguous
loss organized by the ICRC in Tbilisi. Families set up committees
for mutual support and organized commemorative events to raise
awareness of their plight.
Conflict-affected households in Georgia proper and Abkhazia
including families of missing persons started/expanded
livelihood activities with ICRC cash grants and business training.
In South Ossetia, after an internal review, the ICRC shifted from
substitution to support mode for some of its assistance activities;
some activities were modified or cancelled. Nevertheless, people in
need received some support. Conflict-affected households began/
resumed income-generating activities with ICRC cash grants and
productive inputs. Vulnerable people met their immediate needs
with food and/or household/hygiene items.
People living near the administrative boundaries, IDPs in Georgia
proper, and destitute people in South Ossetia benefited from
ICRC initiatives to improve their water supply, sanitation and/or
housing. The ICRC concluded its water and habitat activities in
Georgia proper and South Ossetia at the end of 2015.
ICRC financial aid enabled victims of mines and explosive
remnants of war (ERW) in Georgia proper and South Ossetia to
obtain prostheses/orthoses and cover related costs. Such aid for
people in Georgia proper was concluded at the end of 2015, as
government assistance had become available.
People detained in Georgia proper and South Ossetia received
ICRC visits conducted in accordance with the organizations
standard procedures. Following these visits, the authorities received
confidential feedback and, where necessary, recommendations to
improve detainees living conditions. The ICRC remained without
access to people detained in Abkhazia. Detainees in Georgia
proper, Abkhazia and South Ossetia stayed in touch with their
relatives through ICRC family-links services.
The Georgian authorities worked to implement IHL, with ICRC
support. The national IHL committee considered amendments to
the law on the National Society and the use of the red cross emblem.
The Georgian armed forces continued to incorporate IHL in their
doctrine/training/sanctions system. Military officers and peacekeeping troops learnt more about IHL through ICRC-organized
training.
The Red Cross Society of Georgia developed its institutional/
operational capacities, with ICRC assistance.
CIVILIANS
Georgian and Abkhaz participants in the ICRC-chaired coordination mechanism dealing with the issue of people missing in
relation to the 199293 conflict, and its forensic working group,
continued their work. With ICRC technical assistance, forensic
specialists from Georgia proper and Abkhazia recovered and
analysed the remains of 39 people from four gravesites in Georgia
proper and three in Abkhazia. The participants in the coordination
mechanism met in December their fifth meeting in 2015 to
agree on sites to be excavated in 2016.
With ICRC assistance, which included the two-month deployment
of a technical expert, the Georgian authorities and the Abkhaz de
facto authorities continued to gather and manage data on possible
gravesite locations.
The Georgian authorities handed over the remains of 17 people
to their families, and the Abkhaz de facto authorities returned the
remains of 16 people to their relatives.
Following bilateral discussions with the ICRC, the Georgian, Russian
and South Ossetian participants in the coordination mechanism
dealing with cases of persons missing in connection with the conflicts
of the 1990s and 2008, and other consequences of the conflicts which
had last met in November 2013 agreed to meet in February 2016.
With encouragement from the ICRC, representatives from several
Georgian ministries and other government bodies gathered in
May and December to discuss the creation of a State commission
to safeguard the rights of missing persons and their families. The
ICRC kept up efforts to mobilize the international community on
this issue; for instance, in December, it organized a round-table for
representatives of international stakeholders.
With ICRC technical assistance, forensic specialists from Georgia
proper and Abkhazia continued the analysis of remains recovered
from gravesites in Abkhazia from 201315. To aid identification efforts, local forensic professionals, with ICRC technical/
financial support, collected DNA samples from relatives of missing
persons in Georgia proper and Abkhazia. In Georgia proper, the
ICRC collected ante-mortem data from the families of missing
persons; in Abkhazia, ICRC-trained representatives of the Abkhaz
commission on missing persons collected such data from the
families of persons newly registered as missing.
In South Ossetia, the collection of ante-mortem data from relatives
of people missing in relation to the 199092 conflict had not yet
In Georgia proper, 352 families of missing persons obtained psychosocial/legal/administrative assistance through an accompaniment
programme conducted, with technical/financial support from the
ICRC, by partner NGOs, Georgian Red Cross branches and various
individuals, including psychologists. Following ICRC training, two
more NGOs and five more individuals joined the programme.
Families learnt more about the recovery/identification of human
remains at information sessions. Relatives received psychosocial support during the identification/handover of their family
members remains and the subsequent reburial ceremonies.
With ICRC assistance, families of missing persons established
committees for mutual support. More than 800 families marked
the International Day of the Disappeared with activities organized
by the family committees.
At an ICRC-organized regional conference in Tbilisi in May, NGO
representatives, academics and National Society personnel from
Eastern Europe and Central Asia learnt more about ambiguous
loss and the needs of the families of the missing.
In South Ossetia, families of missing persons offered each other
support during commemorative events organized as part of an
accompaniment programme led by a partner NGO, which received
ICRC financial assistance. These events were covered by local radio
and television stations and newspapers/magazines.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Through briefings/meetings, the foreign-affairs and justice ministries, the National Society and the ICRC prepared for the 32nd
International Conference.
426|
Media helped raise public awareness of the ICRCs activities, particularly in connection with the issue of missing persons. For instance,
the ICRC-organized regional conference on ambiguous loss and the
needs of the families of the missing (see Civilians) was featured in
local newspapers. Progress made in the framework of the coordination mechanisms and related activities were highlighted through
various articles in local newspapers/magazines.
In South Ossetia, the public learnt more about mine-related risks
through activities marking Mine Awareness Day, including media
interviews with community members who had benefited from the
use of a mine-free play area built by the ICRC in 2010.
Georgia
|427
Total
UAMs/SC*
433
341
10
826
16
489
1
133
1
2,555
Women
Girls
Boys
62
12
397
33
28
Women
Minors
39
12,236
354
41
Women
Girls
30
26
4
4
Total
Women
Children
515
1
569
2
11
3,224
798
212
37%
47%
36%
45%
36%
44%
18%
22%
42%
23%
6,928
613
39%
19%
Beneficiaries
13
Beneficiaries
54
136
73
106
21
Boys
97
67
38
10
4
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
428|
UKRAINE
ESTONIA
LATVIA
MOSKVA
MOSCOW
LITHUANIA
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
BELARUS
KRASNODAR
POLAND
KRAI
KYIV
ADYGEA
UKRAINE
Donetsk
REPUBLIC OF
MOLDOVA
Odessa
Slovyansk
Severodonetsk
CASPIAN
Lugansk
SEA
Mariupol
CRIMEA
ROMANIA
Simferopol
BULGARIA
YEARLY RESULTS
TURKEY
ICRC / AR_2014
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC mission
ICRC / AR_2015
HIGH
ICRC office
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
PROTECTION
Total
13
47
2
264
3
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
23,596
618
97
35
94
40
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
314
Achieved
98,000
98,000
Cash
Vouchers
43,890
Food commodities
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
5,874
39,570
2,592
1,636
52
49,723
3,033
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
351,031
365,145
15,901
51,000
2,061,223
7
Structures
68%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Beneficiaries
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
81
206
Structures
60
89
2,658
Ukraine
|429
CONTEXT
On two occasions, the ICRC participated as a neutral intermediary in the simultaneous release and transfer of people held by
the parties to the conflict.
CIVILIANS
430|
In September, when their new term began, schools near the front
line started, with ICRC assistance, to manage the threat to their
safety posed by the fighting. Preparations were made for teachers/
students to carry out evacuation drills and train in first aid, and for
school basements to be equipped as emergency shelters.
Through an ICRC project, teachers, first-aiders and health-care
staff in front-line villages learnt how to address psychosocial needs
in their communities and among themselves.
Local teams on both sides of the front line conducted weaponclearance activities with technical/material assistance from the
ICRC. People in areas affected by weapon contamination
including schoolteachers/schoolchildren and workers repairing
water infrastructure learnt safe practices through mine/
ERW-risk education sessions and posters/leaflets; National Society
volunteers were trained to conduct such sessions.
People waiting to pass through front-line checkpoints were at
lesser risk from mines/ERW after the ICRC installed warning signs
and latrines.
Some 365,000 people including around 15,300 housed in 83institutions in opposition-held areas improved their living conditions with
the help of ICRC-provided household/hygiene items. Among them
were some 1,500 particularly vulnerable households (4,600people)
who used ICRC-supplied heating fuel to keep their homes warm in
the winter.
More than 15,000 people, many of them unemployed IDPs, covered
their basic expenses with ICRC cash assistance. These included
95 people who participated in cash-for-work projects to rebuild
houses, which provided supplementary income for their families.
Needs-assessment training for National Society staff was postponed,
as the ICRC focused on training newly hired resident staff.
Ukraine
|431
pertinent parties about allegations of violence or undue restrictions affecting patients and medical personnel/facilities.
Detained migrants in Chernihiv, Transcarpathia and Volyn reconnected with their relatives using mobile phone credit provided by
the National Society, with ICRC support. At a regional meeting in
May, the Ukrainian Red Cross and other National Societies in the
region discussed their experiences in assisting detained migrants
(see Moscow).
432|
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Officials from the foreign affairs and justice ministries, and two
military officers, strengthened their knowledge of IHL implementation at a regional conference in Minsk, Belarus (see Moscow).
The National Society and the ICRC participated in three sessions
of the national IHL committee; the ICRC advocated for, inter
alia, unimpeded humanitarian access and the ratification of the
Rome Statute.
Ukraine acceded to the Convention on Enforced Disappearance.
At a meeting with the National Society and the ICRC, the defence
ministry reaffirmed its commitment to monitoring the use of the
emblem in accordance with national legislation (see Red Cross and
Red Crescent Movement).
At a university conference, academics furthered their understanding of those aspects of IHL governing the use of explosive
weapons in populated areas.
With ICRC support, the Ukrainian Red Cross developed its institutional/operational capacities to address increasing humanitarian
needs. It broadened its reach with ICRC-donated vehicles and
pre-positioned relief goods at two warehouses refurbished by the
ICRC. National Society staff/volunteers underwent ICRC training
in first aid, restoring family links, communication and the Safer
Access Framework. The National Society increased the number
of its emergency-response teams, provided team members with
training and adopted new regulations for their activities.
National Society officials strove to strengthen their management
structure, with support from an ICRC delegate assigned full-time
to the task. Headquarters staff trained in project management. The
ICRC covered the salaries of key headquarters personnel.
The National Society and the ICRC pursued dialogue with the
defence ministry to promote better implementation of the law
on the emblem, and participated in three sessions of the national
IHL committee (see Actors of influence). The National Society also
refined its rules for using the emblem in a uniform manner.
With ICRC support, the Ukrainian Red Cross coordinated with
Movement partners to maximize the impact of assistance activities. Movement partners active in eastern Ukraine benefited from
periodic ICRC security assessments.
Ukraine
|433
Total
UAMs/SC*
13
47
2
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
2
1
3
4
Women
Girls
Boys
418
24
264
9
414
30
30
22
Girls
Demobilized
children
UAM/SC cases still being handled by the ICRC/National Society at the end of the reporting period
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
12
Women
23,596
618
578
97
35
434|
94
40
314
6
Minors
1,119
161
Women
Girls
Boys
50
47
1
1
7
7
Total
Women
Children
39%
21%
40%
21%
40%
24%
351,031
52,294
365,145
40,441
15,901
15,771
Beneficiaries
2,061,223
28%
35%
29,104
20
10,634
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
7
63,072
55,985
Doses
Patients
4,761
29
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
16,770
16,728
24
Beneficiaries
1,907
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
WOUNDED AND SICK
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
89
11
1,275
1,275
68,178
68,178
397
397
First aid
First-aid posts supported
Structures
52
Number of beds
2,658
Ukraine
|435
MOSCOW (regional)
COVERING: Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation
MOSCOW
MINSK
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
BELARUS
REPUBLIC OF
MOLDOVA
KYIV
UKRAINE
CRIMEA
CHISINAU
Rostov
Elista
Kalmykia
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Stavropol
Stavropol Krai
Adygea
Maykop
Cherkessk
KarachaevoCherkessia
Daghestan
Mozdok
Chechnya
Grozny
Gudermes
Nazran
Khasavyurt
Argun
Vladikavkaz
North Ossetia
Vedeno
Makhachkala
Nalchik
KabardinoBalkaria
Abkhazia
BLACK SEA
CASPIAN
SEA
GEORGIA
TURKEY
ICRC regional delegation
AZERBAIJAN
ARMENIA
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC mission
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC office
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
YEARLY RESULTS
XXPeople
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,774
7,250
2,751
2,604
68
15,448
943
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
436|
Total
14
22
9
18
4
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
4
5
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
35,500
35,500
4,500
23,500
41,440
42,134
25
15
12,215
83%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
PROTECTION
ASSISTANCE
Protection
MEDIUM
19
147
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Structures
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
|437
In Moldova, plans to conduct joint weapon-clearance activities with the authorities were put on hold owing to the political
situation and the Ukraine crisis.
438|
Health professionals reinforced their ability to treat weaponwounded and mine/ERW victims through ICRC-supported training.
For instance, 40 doctors from the northern Caucasus and Crimea
strengthened their skills at two ICRC-organized emergency room
trauma courses. Some 30 doctors from 19hospitals in the northern
Caucasus, Crimea and Sevastopol including anaesthesiologists,
paediatricians, surgeons and trauma specialists obtained advanced
training at Russian clinics and institutes; the ICRC covered their
training fees and/or travel costs.
Five medical schools in the northern Caucasus, and one in Crimea,
improved their students training with the help of ICRC-provided
equipment.
After acquiring local certification with ICRC assistance, 11 health
professionals displaced from Ukraine obtained employment at
eight hospitals in Rostov Oblast and Sevastopol, and bolstered these
hospitals ability to tend to people displaced by the Ukraine crisis.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Moscow (regional)
|439
Total
UAMs/SC*
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
14
22
9
Women
40
5
18
5
2,486
13
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
10
440|
4
5
383
1
90
Girls
Boys
12
76
Total
Women
Children
41,440
58
42,134
58
12,215
42%
39%
42%
40%
47%
30%
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
354
122
Structures
15
Moscow (regional)
|441
PARIS (regional)
COVERING: Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden (with specialized services for other countries)
FINLAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN
ESTONIA
LATVIA
DENMARK
IRELAND
UNITED KINGDOM
OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND NORTHERN
IRELAND
NETHERLANDS
PARIS
CZECH REPUBLIC
UKRAINE
SLOVAKIA
SWITZERLAND
MONACO
ANDORRA
PORTUGAL
BELARUS
POLAND
GERMANY
BELGIUM
LUXEMBOURG
FRANCE
LITHUANIA
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
ITALY
ROMANIA
BUCHAREST
SERBIA
YUGOSLAV
MONTENEGRO FORMER
REPUBLIC
ALBANIA OF MACEDONIA
SPAIN
GREECE
ATHENS
ALGERIA
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
TUNISIA
ICRC presence
YEARLY RESULT
PROTECTION
HIGH
Total
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,059
282
2,004
504
27
4,876
298
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
442|
49
21
18
95%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
3
13
611
371
8
16
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
2
7
CONTEXT
The Paris delegation remained a key element of the ICRCs humanitarian diplomacy network, through which the organization sought
support for its operations worldwide, promoted IHL and its incorporation in domestic legislation, broadened understanding of its
mandate and stimulated debate on humanitarian issues.
Dialogue with European authorities and other stakeholders
emphasized, among other priorities, the importance of confidentiality in the ICRCs work, and the organizations concerns regarding
the potential implications of data-protection laws for humanitarian activities. The authorities took these into consideration;
the Council of Europes Ad Hoc Committee on Data Protection
drafted an explanatory memorandum that reflected the ICRCs
position. States also looked to the ICRC as a source of reference on
the humanitarian situation in conflicts abroad and on the implementation of IHL, including sanctions for violations. A number
of States ratified IHL-related treaties, and several took domestic
measures to implement the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
In France, meetings with the president, officials from the defence
and foreign ministries and operational/strategic commands of the
armed forces tackled humanitarian issues in contexts of diplomatic or military interest to the country. French forces learnt more
about the ICRCs mandate and activities through presentations at
high-level coalition exercises and briefings for troops bound for
overseas missions. Cooperation on the further incorporation of
IHL in military doctrine took shape.
Members of civil society discussed IHL and humanitarian affairs
at events co-organized by the ICRC. French-language updates
CIVILIANS
|443
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Norway
Sweden
Poland
ICC/ICTY/
MICT
1
1
1
1
4
3
1
1
12
2
12
2
9
7
1
1
1
1
1
1
24
2
2
444|
2
7
2
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
In light of European countries influence in international affairs,
meetings with the authorities, the armed forces and members of civil
society sought to advance discussions on IHL and humanitarian
issues and to secure support for its work throughout the world.
Seminars and debates organized by the ICRC in France facilitated discussions of IHL, humanitarian needs in conflict-affected
contexts and the ICRCs mandate/activities among academics,
humanitarian professionals and NGOs. Around 100 university
students in Monaco learnt about the history of IHL/the ICRC
during seminars conducted at the invitation of the government.
Key actors in the region continued to show support for IHL and
the ICRC. European National Societies and the ICRC engaged
in dialogue with national authorities and regional organizations,
promoting support for IHL and issues of common humanitarian concern, and helping advance treaty participation and
implementation (see International law and policy). Luxembourg
and Romania ratified Additional Protocol III; San Marino and
Switzerland ratified the Arms Trade Treaty; the Czech Republic
and Malta ratified the Kampala amendments to the Rome Statute;
and Iceland and Slovakia ratified the Convention on Cluster
Munitions. Iceland and Spain adopted domestic legislation implementing the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and the Italian
parliament discussed a bill prohibiting financing for such weapons.
Germany completed the destruction of its cluster munitions
stockpile, and Poland contracted a third party to do the same.
Paris (regional)
|445
The Hellenic Red Cross pursued efforts to stabilize its organizational structure; however, legal challenges to the new statutes
adopted by its general assembly in April postponed elections and
structural changes envisaged under the new statutes. The Italian
Red Cross continued to receive support as it sought to change its
legal status from public entity to voluntary association.
The International Federation and the ICRC worked in close
coordination to support National Societies efforts to respond to
the needs of migrants in Europe.
MAIN FIGURES AND INDICATORS: PROTECTION
Total
UAMs/SC*
3
13
611
Women
Girls
Boys
92
7
371
22
23
15
26
3
292
Document
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
Women
Girls
Boys
49
13
21
18
2
2
2
7
2
446|
TASHKENT (regional)
COVERING: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
ASTANA
KAZAKHSTAN
ARAL
SEA
CASPIAN
SEA
BISHKEK
UZBEKISTAN
AZERBAIJAN
TASHKENT
Batken
ASHGABAT
ISLAMIC
REPUBLIC
OF IRAN
KYRGYZSTAN
Osh
TURKMENISTAN
Almaty
TAJIKISTAN
CHINA
DUSHANBE*
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
INDIA
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC mission
ICRC office
YEARLY RESULT
XXThe
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,594
7,664
2,488
1,630
94
14,470
883
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Total
4
17
25
16
1
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
8,262
255
136
44
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
7
2
Achieved
990
30
1,529
200
935
93%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
PROTECTION
ASSISTANCE
Protection
MEDIUM
Structures
29
197
Tashkent (regional)
|447
CONTEXT
448|
CIVILIANS
Through dialogue with the authorities in Kyrgyzstan, and with
the National Society and other local actors in Tajikistan, the
ICRC monitored the situation of residents in tension-prone
areas, especially along the border. Some violence-affected people
in Kyrgyzstan (see Context) coped with their circumstances with
ICRC-donated household essentials.
Dialogue with the Kyrgyz authorities also sought to facilitate the
ICRCs access to enclaves/border communities and encourage
the development of emergency-preparedness/response measures
(see below and Wounded and sick). The Uzbek authorities and the
National Society/ICRC discussed how to update the countrywide
emergency plan.
CIVILIANS
Red Cross messages (RCMs)
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
2
2
2
8
25
30
10
5
1
13
94
16
9
10
167
7
3
179
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
12
Tashkent (regional)
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The GSIN and the health ministry continued to tackle the serious
threat to detainees from TB, particularly MDR TB.
Newly arrived detainees at a pre-trial detention centre in Bishkek,
a key entry point into Kyrgyzstans penitentiary system, were
screened as part of an ICRC TB-management initiative. At PI 31,
construction/maintenance work to enable centralized treatment of
up to 1,850 detainees with various forms of TB, in line with strict
infection-control requirements, was completed. At the pre-trial
detention centre and PI 31, health personnel received daily on-site
support, and trained maintenance teams ensured the proper
functioning of all facilities, particularly the centres laboratory. A
planned study tour to Azerbaijan for medical staff was cancelled,
owing to logistical constraints.
The penitentiary authorities, with ICRC technical/material input,
maintained an electronic database for monitoring/evaluating
the countrys prison TB-management programme. The national/
inter-provincial TB reference laboratories strengthened their
services, with ICRC support: for instance, the national laboratory
maintained/repaired key equipment and sent smear samples for
testing abroad. Working groups covering various aspects of TB
management continued to draw on ICRC advice.
About 270 TB-affected detainees were enrolled in a treatment regimen;
80 had completed it by end-2015. The ICRC continued promoting
a holistic model of care, which included psychosocial support.
Kyrgyzstan
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
of whom women
of whom minors
Detainees visited and monitored individually
of whom women
of whom boys
Detainees newly registered
of whom women
of whom boys
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
36
58
8,262
608
103
255
14
11
81
7
7
136
44
450|
7
2
8
197
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Influential actors were engaged by the ICRC, at times with the
National Societies, through dialogue/events to promote the
protection of, and facilitate humanitarian activities for, vulnerable
people (see above). Such activities also built acceptance of humanitarian principles, IHL/other pertinent norms, and the Movement.
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services and promoted IHL and the Movement (see above). The
Tajikistan Red Crescent received ICRC financial/technical input
towards ensuring the sustainability of its operations; staff/volunteers honed their management/fundraising skills. The Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan National Societies aided earthquake victims (see
Context). One Turkmenistan Red Crescent branch produced
linens, for distribution during emergencies.
Total
UAMs/SC*
4
17
25
Women
Girls
Boys
197
16
273
10
16
18
12
Women
Minors
608
103
8,262
Detainees visited
Women
Girls
Boys
255
81
136
44
14
7
11
7
7
2
8
291
Total
Women
Children
30
1,529
7%
26%
49%
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
7,230
67
Beneficiaries
7,138
343
12
935
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
WOUNDED AND SICK
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Structures
Number of beds
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
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COVERING: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
UKRAINE
SLOVAKIA
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
VOJVODINA
Novi Sad
CROATIA
ZAGREB
Bihac
Banja Luka
BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA
Brcko
Tuzla
Zenica
SARAJEVO
Mostar
Goradze
Trebinje
Bijeljina
Srebrenica
BELGRADE
Kraljevo
PODGORICA
SERBIA
Nis
Mitrovica/Mitrovic
PRISTINA/PRISHTIN
MONTENEGRO
KOSOVO*
ADRIATIC SEA
Shkoder
TIRANA
ITALY
ROMANIA
Tetovo
The ICRC has been working in the countries covered since the
early 1990s. The organization strives to respond to the needs
remaining from armed conflicts in the region. In particular, it
seeks to help clarify the fate of missing persons and to address
the needs of their families. Throughout the region, the ICRC
visits detainees and works with the authorities and civil society
to promote IHL and other humanitarian norms. It supports the
development of the National Societies, particularly in strengthening their capacities to respond to emergencies and help
families separated by migration or other circumstances restore/
maintain contact.
Bujanovac
SKOPJE
FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
ALBANIA
GREECE
AEGEAN
SEA
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC mission
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
YEARLY RESULTS
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,307
162
341
452
67
3,329
203
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Total
86%
7
192
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
HIGH
PROTECTION
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Expenditure/yearly budget
6,212
86
17
15
4
36
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CONTEXT
454|
CIVILIANS
Efforts to clarify the fate of persons missing in connection with
past conflicts continued. Progress remained slow owing to the
lack of new information on gravesites and, in many cases, the
difficulty of identifying human remains already recovered. The
national authorities were urged to provide new information,
support the institutions involved in exhuming and identifying
human remains, and enact legislation protecting the rights of
the missing and their families. The EU and other key international actors were urged to reiterate to the national authorities
the importance of fulfilling their obligation to provide answers to
the families concerned.
To help resolve more cases of missing persons, the Kosovar authorities provided logbooks from regional hospitals and mortuaries,
the Serbian authorities provided police reports, and international
stakeholders provided documents from their archives. The ICRC
prepared reports on the documents received and submitted them
to the EULEX Department of Forensic Medicine for further investigation. These efforts, however, yielded little result.
The MPI and the State Prosecutors Office, along with the
Mechanism for International Tribunals (MICT), the ICMP, the
Embassy of the United States of America in Bosnia-Herzegovina
and the ICRC, discussed measures for finding information on
missing persons to supplement that which the authorities already
had. The MPI and the ICRC began a joint project to search for
additional information in international archives, the MICTs
archives in particular.
The MPI kept up its efforts to establish a central register of missing
persons and to develop its capabilities in preparation for eventually
taking over the management of all open cases of missing persons.
The handover of cases from the ICRC to the MPI, despite being
hampered by delays in locating and informing families, neared
completion.
The Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina continued to
assume more responsibility for following up cases and maintaining
contact with the families of missing persons. It continued to deal
with tracing requests in line with data-protection requirements
using ICRC-developed family-links software.
The ICRC participated as an observer at a meeting of the CroatiaSerbia Working Group on Missing Persons, which had last met
in June 2013, and at a regional coordination meeting; the latter
brought together the two countries government commissions on
missing persons, and family associations from both countries. In
December, the Croatian authorities began exhumation work in
Gornje Seliste, one of the largest known gravesite locations on
their territory. The remains of 58 persons were recovered, and
DNA samples were collected.
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Croatia
Kosovo
7
7,129
1,655
182
6,941
990
84
273
28
13
9
1,696
251
23
83
1
17
3
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
30
2
|455
Bosnia and
Former Yugoslav
Herzegovina Republic of Macedonia
Kosovo
Serbia
1,287
2,193
27
27
7
7
7
1
4
4
ICRC visits
2,732
4
52
39
6
4
Detainees visited
of whom women
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Detainees newly registered
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
People to whom a detention attestation was issued
456|
109
13
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
National authorities in the Western Balkan countries coordinated with the National Societies and the ICRC to prevent family
members from being separated along migration routes and, when
requested to do so, to help them reunite (see Civilians). In the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, following several tragic
accidents involving migrants along railways, the authorities set up
billboards produced with the support of the National Society,
UNHCR and the ICRC warning migrants in various languages
of the dangers along rail routes.
The regions authorities and other actors responding to the
migration crisis learnt more about Movement activities for
migrants through a bulletin produced by the National Societies/
ICRC through the regional information centre. In Serbia, the
National Society presented its activities for migrants at a meeting
of the national IHL committee. In the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, the authorities were brought up to date on migration-related issues at a round-table organized by the National
Society, with ICRC support; the National Societies of other
countries along the Western Balkan migration route also took part
in the event.
|457
Total
7
8,784
Women
28
192
8,654
Girls
Boys
1,244
107
356
Women
Minors
13
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
30
2
6,212
4
Women
86
67
17
15
122
1. Not including cases of persons missing in relation to the Croatia conflicts 199195, dealt with by the Croatian Red Cross and the Red Cross of Serbia
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Girls
Boys
BRUSSELS
COVERING: Institutions of the European Union (EU), NATO, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and specific armed forces in Western Europe, Belgium
YEARLY RESULT
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
HIGH
PROTECTION
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
43
2,561
197
12
2,813
172
Total
1
1
1
1
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
90%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
2
14
Brussels
|459
CONTEXT
460|
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
To promote humanitarian perspectives and IHL, and to reinforce
support for the ICRC, especially with respect to its specifically
neutral and independent status, and its position as a main reference
on IHL-related matters, the organization continued its engagement
with EU institutions, NATO, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly,
the Belgian authorities and Europe-based armed forces. In parallel,
networking with other humanitarian actors fostered exchanges on
shared concerns and helped strengthen coordination. The ICRCs
interaction with academics, journalists and other key actors
heightened awareness of humanitarian issues.
|461
Total
Detainees visited
1
1
1
462|
Women
Minors
Women
Girls
Boys
LONDON
Set up in 2003, the London mission focuses on pursuing humanitarian diplomacy and facilitating ICRC operations in the field.
Through contact with the British government, armed forces,
members of parliament, think-tanks, the media and international NGOs, it seeks to secure broad support for IHL and ICRC
and Movement operations. It has similar contact with the Irish
authorities and is developing its cooperation with the armed
forces. The mission operates in partnership with the British Red
Cross on a range of common areas, while cooperation with the
Irish Red Cross is concentrated on IHL and issues related to
Movement coordination.
UNITED KINGDOM
OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast
DUBLIN
IRELAND
LONDON
FRANCE
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC mission
ICRC office
YEARLY RESULTS
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
HIGH
PROTECTION
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,141
1,230
381
12
3,764
230
Total
1,209
65
8
2
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
95%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
4
14
London
|463
CONTEXT
464|
CIVILIANS
Dialogue continued with the relevant authorities, members of
civil society, paramilitary groups and others concerned to broaden
awareness of the humanitarian needs arising from the violence in
Northern Ireland, and from past conflict. On this basis, the parties
concerned identified ways to address these needs.
Thirteen community-based groups kept up their efforts to mitigate
violence and its effects on vulnerable people in Northern Ireland.
With financial/technical assistance from the ICRC, these organizations provided various forms of support/services, including:
diversionary programmes for young people likely to be involved
in violence; psychological support and counselling for former
detainees; and mediation services benefiting individuals targeted
by paramilitary groups. The humanitarian impact of the ICRCs
support for these community-based groups and the ICRCs added
value as a neutral and independent organization were recognized
in an independent evaluation carried out by an external consultant.
Some families who received physical threats or were expelled from
their communities covered their transport/short-term accommodation expenses with ICRC financial assistance. To help prevent
similar incidents, local groups were engaged in discussions on
alternative ways to resolve community disputes.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Bilateral meetings, and briefings and high-level visits from ICRC
representatives, including the president, kept the authorities and
parliamentarians in the UK updated on humanitarian needs,
operational challenges and ICRC operations in such places as
Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen. These efforts provided
opportunities to relay key messages on humanitarian issues, pursue
contact with government ministers, and foster support for ICRC
activities for vulnerable people worldwide, including in Northern
Ireland (see Civilians and People deprived of their freedom).
Discussions continued with the UK authorities on the identification
of the remains of Argentinians in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
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Total
466|
Women
1,209
65
8
2
Minors
149
Women
Girls
Boys
London
|467
NEAR AND
MIDDLE EAST
KEY RESULTS/CONSTRAINTS IN 2015
XXContacts
with influential actors allowed the ICRC to access some areas with few other organizations present, as in parts of Iraq and
Yemen; however, it put on hold some activities, owing to the extreme insecurity.
XXMillions of people bearing the brunt of the Syrian crisis those remaining in the Syrian Arab Republic and those who fled abroad
received some of the essential goods and services necessary for their survival.
XXParties to the conflicts and other actors involved in the fighting in the region were reminded of the applicability of IHL and other
norms to their activities, and were urged to fulfil their obligations to protect civilians.
XXNational Societies were the ICRCs main partner in conducting humanitarian work; for example, the bulk of the ICRCs emergency
assistance in the Syrian Arab Republic was delivered by National Society teams.
XXThousands of households, including those of Syrian refugees, built their capacities, through skills training or grants for businesses,
to support themselves, although such efforts were scaled back in some countries.
XXThousands of people remained missing as a result of past and ongoing conflicts in the region, despite the varying degrees of work
done by the different authorities and the ICRC to clarify these peoples fates.
PROTECTION
Total
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
6,803
6,440
16,914
741
4
1
109,576
7,468
1,232
318
Economic security
(in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Essential household items Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
10,886,000
3,709,400
186,779
210,175
5,000
12,180
9,917,397
3,238,862
75,451
266,728
5,017
51,360
23,530,900
22,875,275
Structures
47
62
Structures
17
149
2,697
5,961
19
92,950
19
108,569
4,507
2,446
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
23,301
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Water and habitat
Water and habitat activities Number of beds
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
468|
50,857
335,052
26,963
19,285
1,420
433,577
26,383
Expenditure/yearly budget
91%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
461
2,154
DELEGATIONS
Egypt
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Israel and the Occupied Territories
Jordan
Lebanon
Syrian Arab Republic
Yemen
REGIONAL DELEGATIONS
Kuwait
ICRC delegation
ICRC mission
|469
S.Getty
Ammane/ICRC
Images/ICRC/ Marco Di Lauro
Sanaa, Old City, Yemen. Water distribution point organised by the ICRC.
470|
facilities in the Gaza Strip and Syria received supplies for hemodialysis sessions; hospitals/clinics there coped with fuel shortages
using ICRC-provided generators. In Yemen, hospitals received
the ICRCs help to handle supply/staff shortages; twice, the ICRC
deployed a surgical team, although insecurity forced the team
to withdraw after several weeks. In Lebanon, the ICRC ran a
weapon-traumatology centre, consisting of surgical and post-operative units, which provided patients with physiotherapy and
psychological support.
Basic health-care services were available to millions of people
across the region. Notably, ICRC support covered centres/clinics in
or near IDP camps in Iraq or in facilities at Jordans and Lebanons
borders with Syria. Syrian authorities received medicines from the
ICRC to curb the spread of certain communicable diseases. In Iraq,
Lebanon and Yemen, children were immunized during ICRC-led/
supported vaccination campaigns. In the Islamic Republic of
Iran, Afghan migrants accessed preventive care and other health
services through an ICRC-backed initiative of a local NGO and
the National Society.
Millions of people in the Gaza Strip, Iraq, Syria and Yemen, and
hundreds of thousands in Jordan and Lebanon, gained/maintained
some access to clean water, thanks to the ICRCs repair of infrastructure, installation of hygiene/water-distribution facilities in
IDP camps/transit points, donation of water-treatment chemicals,
fuel and spare parts to local water boards, and water-trucking
activities. People in the Gaza Strip benefited from the construction/
renovation of water systems, including a pipeline running through
Israel. In Syria, water boards mitigated supply interruptions for
over 12.5 million people, using donated water-treatment chemicals
and spare parts.
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472|
Introduction
|473
210
75
102
1,735
3,188
681
831
Jordan
66
55
16,427
Kuwait
(regional)
17
32
101
Lebanon
84
71
Syrian Arab
Republic
16
Yemen
4,122
2,137
174
Total
6,803
6,440
16,914
Iraq
Israel and
the Occupied
Territories
684
152
608
37,053
1,225
341
1,014
102
11
22,076
342
866
4,214
51
1,130
11,278
608
820
12,110
1,233
153
151
1,884
11
126
144
of whom minors
61
78
People located
(tracing cases closed positively)
People transferred/repatriated
37
474|
of whom women
17
Iran, Islamic
Republic of
Detainees visited
Egypt
of whom UAMs/SC*
RCMs distributed
RCMs collected
CIVILIANS
26
34
7,418
686
212
976
152
15
15,297
778
414
164
4,344
100
165
129
109,576
4,972
2,159
7,468
149
108
880
741
3,682
RCMs distributed
RCMs collected
of whom boys
of whom girls
of whom women
of whom boys
of whom girls
of whom women
Egypt
4
11
30
617
29
241
87
2,765
1,147
16,608
Iraq
Israel and
10,906 the Occupied
Territories
13
365
2,956
37
10
344
670
131
841
795
4,414
71
688
64
59
19
339
117
109
Jordan
76
133
70
52
23
231
164
220
3,327
Kuwait
(regional)
59
30
643
53
20
180
31
259
180
1,250
34
Lebanon
Syrian Arab
Republic
14
Yemen
15
15,297
Total
313
25
22
118
13
114
472
5,269
16
246
20
20
10
10
60
29
235
12
20
17
12
10
465
437
1,232
318
4,507
2,446
23,301
6,371
511
65
31
6,371
508
Iran, Islamic
Republic of
|475
8,000
Egypt
852,330
Iraq
Israel and
the Occupied
Territories
1,137
34,175
175,335
51,033 2,330,442
27,739
35,186
4,245
1,800,000
10
88,448
117,183
26,030
45,077
45,077
26,100
182,904
4,719
19,756
Lebanon
24,074
25,710
22,650
318,062
10
348,084
263,518
15,700,000
16
500,000
172,311
327 2,543,867
22
270,204
194,251
32,881
62 1,211,455
767,019
68,639
8,809,191 2,099,692
178,725
Yemen
Total
109,774
6,090
37,261
9,917,397 3,238,862
75,451
266,728
5,017
51,360 22,875,275
of whom
women
30%
30%
29%
38%
35%
32%
26%
of whom
children
40%
40%
46%
39%
38%
38%
37%
of whom
IDPs
98%
96%
5%
63%
13%
9%
476|
5,017
930,870
Jordan
Syrian Arab
Republic
Food commodities
Immunizations (doses)
Consultations (patients)
Catchment population
(monthly average)
HEALTH CENTRES
Vouchers
Cash
Productive inputs
Food commodities
CIVILIANS - BENEFICIARIES
PEOPLE DEPRIVED
OF THEIR FREEDOM
34,844
9,750
15,813
3,095
10,000
9,728
25,518
25,518
5,774
3,145
17,008
10,100
1,053
2,500
84,492
28,590
Prostheses delivered
1,050
11,377
3,197
22,720
3,070
123
1,384
247
1,727
Orthoses delivered
36,356
Projects supported
of which weapon-wounded
PHYSICAL REHABILITATION
Admissions (patients)
Hospitals supported
HOSPITALS
FIRST AID
Egypt
16
16
12
192,279
3,179
10,442 Iraq
Israel and
1,130 the Occupied
Territories
1
2
Jordan
2
23
22
9,821
1,155
28
530
64
114
74
152
1,190
99
14
278
45
277 Lebanon
648
Syrian Arab
Republic
66
37
48,083
28,565
67,423
452
8,449
694
19,328
28,889 Yemen
149
71
250,183
32,899
19
108,569
1,788
21,338
4,490
43,972
41,386 Total
36%
1%
21%
17%
14%
15%
15%
of whom
women
2%
1%
41%
13%
66%
11%
66%
of whom
children
17%
of whom
IDPs
|477
EGYPT
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Al Gharbiyah
Al Minufiyah
Al Iskandariyah
Ash
Sharqiyah
Al Isma'iliyah
Al
Qahirah
Al Buhayrah
CAIRO
Marsa Matruh
As
Suways
Al Fayyum
SAUDI
ARABIA
Al Minya
LIBYA
JORDAN
Janub Sina'
Bani Suwayf
Al Jizah
ISRAEL
Shamal Sina'
Asyut
E
NIL
EGYPT
Suhaj
Qina
RED SEA
The ICRC has been in Egypt, with some interruptions, since the
beginning of the First World War. It works with the Egyptian Red
Crescent Society and other health-care providers/institutions
to help them boost their preparedness to address needs arising
from situations of violence; as necessary, it provides support to
people fleeing conflict/violence abroad. It seeks to visit people
detained in Egypt. The ICRCs regional legal advisory, communication and documentation centre works with the League of
Arab States and other ICRC delegations to promote the incorporation of IHL into domestic legislation, military training and
academic curricula throughout the Arab world.
Al Bahr al Ahmar
Al Wadi al Jadid
Aswan
SUDAN
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
The boundaries, names and designations used in this report do not imply official endorsement,
nor express a political opinion on the part of the ICRC, and are without prejudice to claims of
sovereignty over the territories mentioned.
YEARLY RESULTS
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
567
3,381
1,052
765
59
5,824
355
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
98%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
478|
PROTECTION
Total
8
53
7
17
210
84
3
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
ASSISTANCE
Protection
MEDIUM
Achieved
8,000
Food commodities
Beneficiaries
Essential household items Beneficiaries
1,000
Cash
Vouchers
5,000
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
1,137
5,017
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
|479
During field visits elsewhere, the ICRC assessed the needs of people
who had fled Syria, particularly Palestinians, and monitored their
concerns, including those connected with the principle of non-refoulement. Some of them reported the alleged arrests of their
relatives in Syria; at their request, these allegations were forwarded
to the ICRC delegation there (see Syrian Arab Republic), which
submitted representations to the parties concerned whenever
possible. However, none of the information gathered led to the
location of people being sought by enquirers in Egypt.
With a view to reducing peoples risk of becoming victims of sexual
violence, the ICRC exchanged information with the Egyptian Red
Crescent, the LAS and international organizations during workshops
and meetings. The National Society included basic care for victims
of sexual violence in training its EATs (see Wounded and sick).
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Journalists learn more about IHL and are trained in first aid
The AIPU, the LAS and the ICRC continued to work with
national IHL committees in the region to promote and monitor
IHL implementation in line with regional action plans adopted
by the AIPU/LAS. The LAS/ICRC published a report on domestic
IHL implementation.
LAS representatives and military officials from various Arab
countries learnt more about IHL, the mandate and activities of
the ICRC and the goals of the Health Care in Danger project at
a seminar in Cairo, co-organized with the LASs Military Affairs
Department. At an LAS-organized meeting, representatives
of Member States learnt more about the need to respect and
protect people providing/seeking health care. Some dissemination activities, however, were cancelled owing to partners
other priorities.
Egypt
|481
Total
UAMs/SC*
7
17
210
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Reunifications, transfers and repatriations
3
3
Women
Girls
Boys
328
10
84
6
538
40
67
62
43
108
70
66
Girls
UAM/SC cases still being handled by the ICRC/National Society at the end of the reporting period
Demobilized
children
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
1,884
10
Total
Women
Children
8,000
8,000
1,137
5,017
35%
40%
35%
99%
38%
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Vouchers
Beneficiaries
482|
CASPIAN SEA
TURKEY
East Azerbaijan
Gilan
West Azerbaijan
Mazandaran
Zanjan
TEHRAN
Kordestan
Bakhtaran
Ilam
IRAQ
Mashhad
Semnan
Tehran
Hamadan
Qom
Markazi
Lorestan
Khorasan
Esfahan
Khuzestan
Chaharmahal
va-Bakhtiyari
AFGHANISTAN
Boyerhamad
va-Kohgiluyeh
KUWAIT
Kerman
PERSIAN
GULF
Fars
The ICRC has been in the Islamic Republic of Iran, with some
interruptions, since 1977. It seeks to clarify the fate of POWs
registered during the Iran-Iraq war or identified through
RCMs. It works in partnership with the Red Crescent Society
of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the fields of tracing, physical
rehabilitation, international relief efforts and IHL promotion,
for which the national IHL committee is also an important
partner. It is engaged in a dialogue about IHL and Islam. The
ICRC supports mine-risk education and access to health care
for Afghan migrants.
PAKISTAN
Bushehr
Sistan va-Baluchestan
Hormozgan
BAHRAIN
QATAR
SAUDI ARABIA
GULF OF OMAN
UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
OMAN
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC mission
ICRC office/presence
YEARLY RESULTS
MEDIUM
PROTECTION
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
1,100
1,168
1,424
543
52
4,287
262
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
86%
Total
75
102
2
62
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
7
42
|483
CONTEXT
The ICRC continued to: help address the issue of persons missing
in connection with the 198088 Iran-Iraq war; strengthen its
partnership with the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic
of Iran; back local initiatives to mitigate risks related to peoples
health and their exposure to mines/ERW; and foster acceptance of
humanitarian principles, IHL and the ICRC.
As a neutral intermediary, the ICRC supported joint IranianIraqi efforts to clarify the fate of persons still missing in relation
to the past conflict. It chaired one meeting each of the tripartite
committee on missing persons and of the joint working group
tasked by the committee to facilitate exhumations and transfers of
human remains. These efforts resulted in the recovery and repatriation of the remains of over a thousand people; opportunities to
work towards common procedures were, however, limited. To help
advance the recovery and identification process, the ICRC enabled
Iranian forensic experts to bolster their capacities; for instance, it
organized training events with the Legal Medicine Organization
(LMO) and sponsored a study tour abroad.
Dialogue and events with/for the authorities and civil society representatives such as during the ICRC presidents visit helped to
raise awareness of humanitarian issues, encourage incorporation
of key IHL provisions into domestic law and build acceptance
of the ICRC. For example, at one event, national IHL committee
members and other decision-makers/experts discussed the IHL
framework governing the use of weapons. Progress was made in
formalizing the ICRCs legal status in the country.
Sustained support to the Centre for Comparative Studies on
Islam and IHL in Qom (hereafter Qom Centre), the national
IHL committee and the National Society notably helped promote
IHL and its compatibility with Islamic jurisprudence. Hundreds
of Islamic scholars/researchers explored the subject during a
domestic conference.
Pursuant to their 2012 partnership agreement, the National Society
and the ICRC sustained their cooperation in the provision of familylinks, mine-risk education and physical rehabilitation services, and
in promoting humanitarian principles/IHL. Cooperation in other
areas was explored for instance, through the organization of a
war-surgery seminar and a Health Emergencies in Large Populations
(HELP) course for health/humanitarian professionals, and coordination on responding to some humanitarian needs in the region.
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CIVILIANS
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Dialogue and events notably during the ICRC presidents visit
with/for the authorities and civil society representatives, including
Islamic scholars, helped build support for humanitarian principles/
IHL and the ICRC, and raised awareness of humanitarian issues
in the region, such as the protection/management of water infrastructure during emergencies.
Progress was made in formalizing the ICRCs legal status in the
country. Contact with the defence ministry was maintained (see
Civilians); a draft agreement on IHL-related initiatives awaited
approval.
Islamic scholars/researchers enriched the dialogue on Islamic jurisprudence and IHL, partly through the activities of the Qom Centre,
which was supported by the national IHL committee, the National
Society and the ICRC. For example, some 300 scholars and others
discussed the topic and the ICRCs activities at a conference and at
a workshop, held by the centre with a partner institute. An international conference on Islam/IHL was postponed to 2016 amid
administrative constraints.
The Qom Centre published a revised study on weapons of mass
destruction, translated IHL/Islamic references from Farsi into
Arabic/English, and distributed/promoted its publications among
scholars in the region. With prominent scholars/institutions, the
centre conducted research on humanitarian concerns, such as the
protection of medical services, and, through its library, supported
students/researchers work.
Iran, Islamic Republic of
|485
Total
UAMs/SC*
75
102
2
37
Women
Girls
Boys
153
5
62
1
212
14
41
48
38
43
34
38
4
508
486|
IRAQ
TURKEY
Dohuk
Dohuk
Mosul
Zummar
Ninewa
Erbil
Erbil
Sulaymaniyah
Kirkuk
Tikrit
Salaheddin
Khanakin
Al Qaim
Al-Anbar
Diyala
BAGHDAD
Ramadi
IRAQ
JORDAN
Sulaymaniyah
At-Tamim
Baghdad
Karbala
Kerbala
Najaf
Babil
TIG
R
IS Wassit
Al-Hilla
Missan
Al-Qadisiyah
EUPH
R
An-Najaf
ATES
Dhi-Qar
Basra
Nassiriyah
Al-Muthannia
The ICRC has been present in Iraq since the outbreak of the
Iran-Iraq war in 1980. Protection activities focus on monitoring
the treatment and living conditions of detainees in the country
and on helping clarify the fate/whereabouts of missing persons.
Assistance activities involve: helping IDPs and residents meet
their basic needs during emergencies and restore their livelihoods in remote and/or neglected, violence-prone areas;
supporting physical rehabilitation, primary health care and
hospital services; and repairing water, health and prison infrastructure. The ICRC promotes IHL knowledge and compliance
among weapon bearers and coordinates its work with the Iraqi
Red Crescent Society.
Al-Basrah
KUWAIT
SAUDI ARABIA
YEARLY RESULT
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
HIGH
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC office
PROTECTION
Total
Of which: Overheads
13,866
84,186
6,606
1,704
231
106,594
6,499
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
1,735
3,188
152
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
37,053
1,014
241
87
2,765
1,147
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
16,608
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
870,000
870,000
62,004
107,700
80
852,330
930,870
34,175
175,335
51,033
1,338,000
2,330,442
Structures
10
Structures
16
200
9
32,000
10
36,356
93%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Total
109
762
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
Iraq
|487
CONTEXT
The ICRC continued to adapt its response to growing humanitarian needs in Iraq. It prioritized contributing to the protection
of civilians and helping address their immediate needs. Building
on its countrywide presence and its increased capacity to follow
the evolution of the situation, the ICRC scaled up its emergency
response. This was supported by a budget extension appeal
launched in May. Towards maximizing its reach to conflict-affected
people, it opened an office in Zummar, Ninewa, in September.
Amid intensified fighting, the ICRC reinforced its dialogue
with most of the parties to the conflict, reminding them of their
obligations under IHL/other pertinent norms to respect civilians,
including patients/medical workers, and sharing with them confidential representations based on documented allegations of abuse,
whenever possible. The ICRC spread knowledge of IHL through:
dissemination sessions for front-line military/security personnel;
and support to the central/IKR armed forces IHL-training initiatives and to the national IHL committees efforts. Messages on
humanitarian principles were relayed through networking with
some armed groups and traditional/religious leaders. These
efforts helped facilitate the organizations ability to assist people
in need. Access to some of the hardest-hit communities remained
restricted, however, owing to limited contact with certain armed
groups, the central/IKR authorities security regulations and logistical challenges.
The ICRC increased its emergency distributions of food, household
essentials and cash to conflict-affected people, particularly for
people in areas accessible to few/no other humanitarian organizations and/or where needs were most acute, enabling them to ease
their situation. Water-trucking, repairs to dilapidated/damaged
488|
CIVILIANS
Contributing to the protection of civilians and helping address
their urgent needs remained the ICRCs priorities. The parties to
the conflict were urged to fulfil their obligations under IHL/other
applicable norms, especially to respect civilians, including patients/
medical workers, and ensure their access to essential services/
humanitarian aid. Whenever possible, these parties received
confidential representations on systematically documented allegations of abuse, based on the ICRCs monitoring of the situation of
IDPs, returnees, migrants/foreigners and other vulnerable people.
Contact with certain armed groups was limited.
People in areas accessible to few/no other humanitarian organizations and/or where needs were most acute, notably those near/
along front lines or recently regained by Iraqi forces such as
Anbar, Baghdad, Kirkuk and Ninewa were the focus of the
ICRCs stepped-up emergency relief distributions. Interaction
with key parties, especially in the field, helped facilitate these (see
Actors of influence). Nevertheless, access to some of the hardest-hit
communities was restricted by limited contact with some armed
groups, the central/IKR authorities security regulations and logistical challenges.
About 852,300 people (142,050 households), mostly IDPs staying
in informal shelters, eased their initial weeks of displacement with
food rations. Over 930,800 people (155,140 households) improved
their living conditions with household essentials/shelter materials;
beneficiaries in northern Iraq and parts of Anbar better endured
winter with heating stoves/other supplies. Some 141,280 people
(23,540 households) received repeat distributions and/or more
than one form of aid.
Around 138,650 people (23,100 households), grappling with
protracted displacement or with access to functioning markets,
covered their basic needs, including shelter, using cash grants;
some received three rounds of these.
Local partners could better assess the needs of/assist conflictaffected people following ICRC workshops (see also Red Cross and
Red Crescent Movement).
People, notably children, pregnant women and women of childbearing age, lowered their health risks through: vaccination
programmes by four health centres in Najaf; fumigation campaigns
by health authorities in Wassit; and training for traditional
birth attendants/midwives in Diyala all with ICRC support. In
southern Iraq, health authorities managed cholera outbreaks with
ICRC-donated sanitation/medical supplies and informational
leaflets; water systems were repaired.
People learnt more about safe behaviour in mine/ERW-contaminated
areas through ICRC educational sessions/materials.
|489
490|
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Actors involved in promoting/advancing domestic IHL incorporation drew on ICRC backing. During a seminar to support them
in enhancing their skills, members of the national IHL committee,
established in 2014, sharpened their insight into their roles/responsibilities, including how to formalize these through legislation,
and into developing an action plan. They continued deliberations
on facilitating the expansion of doctors legal protection and the
adoption of a law on the emblems protected under IHL. Committee
members, alongside central/IKR government representatives and
academics, advanced their IHL proficiency during courses abroad
(see, for example, Lebanon). Sixty government officials, including
parliamentarians and judges, and armed/security personnel
increased their IHL knowledge at information sessions co-organized
with the authorities, in line with a 2014memorandum of understanding. Lawmakers continued to be encouraged to formalize the
ICRCs legal status in Iraq.
At two round-tables held by the authorities, legal/judicial experts
discussed ways to strengthen the legal framework on detention so
as to ensure its conformity with norms and standards relevant to
Iraqs international commitments.
The higher-education ministry adopted a standard IHL curriculum
for law colleges the outcome of a workshop it held, with ICRC
input, with representatives from the national IHL committee and
eight universities. The ministry also formally agreed to ICRC
backing for its IHL research centre. A judicial institute incorporated a course on IHL and international human rights law into its
curriculum; discussions on prospective ICRC support were ongoing.
Religious leaders/scholars engaged with the ICRC on the values
shared between Islam and IHL, and on its work in Iraq.
Iraq
|491
Total
UAMs/SC*
1,735
3,188
5
684
Girls
Boys
452
127
167
71
142
127
Girls
Demobilized
children
UAM/SC cases still being handled by the ICRC/National Society at the end of the reporting period
Documents
Women
2,811
5
152
4,089
13
608
4
Women
Minors
37,053
1,225
341
Women
Girls
Boys
1,014
617
241
87
11
6
30
29
2,765
1,147
16,608
511
492|
Total
Women
Children
852,330
836,006
930,870
913,831
34,175
3,849
175,335
147,806
51,033
6,649
33%
32%
34%
35%
32%
40%
39%
41%
40%
38%
2,330,442
295,975
10
88,448
117,183
26,030
5,007
33,908
2,464
50002
Beneficiaries
34,844
Beneficiaries
9,750
38
25
2
16
200
10
36,356
1,050
3,197
744
11,377
22,720
18
10,442
1,659
492
3,994
167
414
979
1,636
1,744
15,460
53
175
8,951
18,744
2,201
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
Structures
Number of beds
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
Iraq
|493
Majdel Shams
GOLAN
Jenin
Tulkarm
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Qalqilliya
Tel Aviv
Nablus
WEST BANK
Ramallah
JERUSALEM
Gaza
GAZA STRIP
Jericho
Bethlehem
JORDAN
Hebron
Khan Yunis
OCCUPIED
PALESTINIAN
TERRITORY
ISRAEL
The ICRC has been present in Israel and the occupied territories since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. It strives to ensure
respect for IHL, in particular its provisions relating to the
protection of civilians living under occupation. It monitors
the treatment and living conditions of detainees held by the
Israeli and Palestinian authorities and provides assistance to
the Palestinian population, particularly during emergencies.
As the lead agency for the Movement in this context, the ICRC
coordinates the work of its Movement partners and supports the
activities of the Magen David Adom in Israel and the Palestine
Red Crescent Society.
EGYPT
YEARLY RESULT
SAUDI ARABIA
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC mission
HIGH
ICRC office/presence
PROTECTION
XXIsraeli
Total
Of which: Overheads
16,691
26,743
5,467
3,072
177
52,149
3,183
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
494|
681
831
103
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
22,076
4,214
670
131
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
841
795
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
4,414
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Cash
Services and training
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
7,400
54,275
275
100
27,739
35,186
4,245
500,000
1,800,000
16
2,097
2,347
1
3,070
Structures
103%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Total
76
307
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
CONTEXT
CIVILIANS
Bilateral/confidential ICRC representations to Israeli and
Palestinian authorities and weapon bearers, based on documented
allegations/first-hand accounts, sought to persuade them, particularly, to: respect/protect civilians/civilian infrastructure, including
patients and medical workers/facilities; and address the adverse
conditions of people in the occupied territories and in Israel (see
Actors of influence).
The Israeli authorities were reminded of the humanitarian consequences of their non-compliance with IHL. Oral/written representations urged them to ensure that, inter alia:
XXmilitary operations abide by IHL particularly the principles of
precaution, distinction and proportionality and other norms
applicable to the conduct of hostilities, and that law enforcement
operations respect internationally recognized standards;
XXPalestinians and their property are protected from settler violence;
XXviable solutions to enable Palestinians access to livelihood
resources, including agricultural/fishing areas, are found; and
XXthe situation of inhabitants of the Israeli-occupied Golan
complies with international law.
Israel and the Occupied Territories
|495
Dialogue with the de facto authorities and armed groups in the Gaza
Strip aimed to promote respect for humanitarian principles, as well
as IHL/other pertinent norms, especially the principle of distinction.
496|
Detainees who joined hunger strikes were followed up individually, including while hospitalized, in line with the ICRCs regular
monitoring of detainees health-care access; the detaining/medical
authorities were reminded of their responsibilities. The West Bank
authorities enhanced their ability to manage hunger strikes, such
as by drafting standard procedures, with ICRC input.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Dialogue/networking and events with/for Israeli and Palestinian
authorities and weapon bearers, and parties influential over them,
helped build acceptance of humanitarian principles/IHL, the goals
of the Health Care in Danger project (see Civilians and Wounded
and sick) and the ICRCs mandate/activities.
The ICRCs confidential/bilateral discussions with the IDF,
including senior officials/legal advisers, and with the Gaza Strip
de facto authorities supplemented by its reports encompassed
these parties 2014 conduct of hostilities, and encouraged IHL
incorporation in their decision-making (see below).
|497
Some 550 Palestinian security officers in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip strengthened their grasp of IHL and internationally
recognized standards for law enforcement, including the treatment
of detainees, during ICRC-facilitated workshops. Armed groups
furthered their understanding of humanitarian principles through
dialogue/first-aid training (see Civilians and Wounded and sick).
Gaza Strip security personnel continued incorporating pertinent
norms/standards into their training/operations through trainthe-trainer courses and revisions to training manuals, in line with
an extended agreement between the de facto interior ministry
and the ICRC.
Given its accession to/ratification of international treaties (see
Context), the PA sought ICRC advice on reviving the national
IHL committee, inactive since 2009. PA representatives,
alongside academics/specialists, attended courses abroad (see,
for example, Lebanon). Foreign-ministry officials joined the 32nd
International Conference.
498|
Total
UAMs/SC*
681
831
8
5
Women
Girls
Boys
38
1
103
1
64
14
11
1,304
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
Women
Minors
22,076
342
866
Women
Girls
Boys
4,214
2,956
670
131
65
37
13
10
365
344
841
795
4,414
6,371
1
10,906
|499
Total
Women
Children
17%
25%
26%
32%
50%
49%
Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
27,739
35,186
4,245
Beneficiaries
1,800,000
28%
43%
Beneficiaries
15,813
Beneficiaries
3,095
98
32
12
16
12
192,279
3,179
26
41,892
67,332
79,876
35,734
495,539
235,296
193,258
66,985
79,892
8
58
41
Number of beds
2,347
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
1
3,070
123
247
3
1,384
1,727
1,130
373
29
364
13
39
27
51
201
1,214
17
29
1,283
1,575
57
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
Economic security (in some cases provided within a protection programme)
Essential household items
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
Number of visits carried out by health staff
Number of places of detention visited by health staff
Number of health facilities supported in places of detention visited by health staff
WOUNDED AND SICK
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Admissions
Patients
of whom weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of whom other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and pediatric cases Patients
of whom gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and pediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
500|
JORDAN
LEBANON
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
GOLAN
Irbid
Ajloun
Jerash
Balqa
Mafraq
Al-Zaatari
Azraq
AMMAN
Madaba
Mafraq
IRAQ
Ruwayshid
Zarqa
Amman
JORDAN
Karak
ISRAEL
Tafileh
The ICRC has been present in Jordan since the 1967 Arab-Israeli
war. It visits detainees, monitoring their treatment and living
conditions, and provides tracing and RCM services to enable
civilians, including refugees, and foreign detainees to restore
contact with their family members. In cooperation with the
Jordan National Red Crescent Society, the ICRC supports
and assists refugees from across the region. It also partners
the National Society in promoting IHL throughout Jordanian
society. The delegation provides logistical support to ICRC
relief operations in the region and beyond.
SAUDI ARABIA
Maan
EGYPT
Aqaba
YEARLY RESULTS
ICRC delegation
HIGH
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC sub-delegation
ICRC presence
PROTECTION
XXAsylum
Total
Of which: Overheads
3,637
22,763
3,039
1,480
413
31,331
1,903
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
66
55
16,427
51
1
1
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
of whom unaccompanied minors/separated children
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
11,278
820
59
19
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
339
117
109
ASSISTANCE
Achieved
63,000
78,000
30,000
45,077
45,077
26,100
330,000
182,904
Structures
Structures
34
98%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Total
Hospitals
Hospitals supported
57
238
Jordan
|501
CONTEXT
502|
Jordanian authorities, who were reminded notably of their obligations regarding the principle of non-refoulement, and the need to
facilitate access to medical care. Asylum-seekers/refugees reported
abuses, and relatives arrested or who went missing in Syria; cases
were forwarded to the ICRC delegation there.
Families separated by conflict in Syria, for example detention
and other circumstances reconnected using Movement family-links
services. Refugees in camps made phone calls, and people awaiting
entry at the border had their families notified of their situation. Some
rejoined their relatives or, using ICRC-issued travel documents,
resettled in third countries. Detainees, such as those not receiving
family visits, contacted their relatives, embassies or UNHCR.
The ICRC visited detainees, including security inmates and
vulnerable people; afterwards, the authorities received confidential
feedback, helping them improve detainee treatment and living
conditions. In line with a 2014 assessment of penitentiary health
services, detaining authorities and the health ministry acted jointly
to improve these services; an agreement was reached to implement
the assessments recommendations at two places of detention.
Medical/security personnel in the region discussed medical ethics
and health care for detainees at local events.
To facilitate the work of the Movement in Jordan and the region,
the ICRC raised awareness of and support for IHL and the
Movement among actors of influence. JAF commanders and
military legal advisers, and leaders of Syrian armed groups, were
urged and helped to take IHL into account in operational decisionmaking. The JAF continued efforts to attain full autonomy in
IHL education; it trained instructors with ICRC support. The
national IHL committee promoted IHL among parties capable of
supporting/facilitating its implementation.
The delegation remained a key logistical hub for ICRC operations in the
region and beyond. Amman hosted the main training centre for staff
members working in the Middle East, the Balkans and the Caucasus.
CIVILIANS
With the National Society and in a complementary role to the
authorities and UN agencies, the ICRC worked to protect and
assist conflict-affected people from Syria. To help the authorities
meet all needs, these peoples concerns were documented and
shared with them.
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ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
504|
Total
UAMs/SC*
66
55
16,427
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Reunifications, transfers and repatriations
684
51
1,532
Women
Girls
Boys
18
33
14
17
30
59
Demobilized
children
Girls
1
1
Women
Minors
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
1,130
2
11,278
820
688
59
19
608
Women
Girls
Boys
71
64
1
1
7
7
339
117
109
6
Jordan
|505
Total
Women
Children
45,077
45,077
26,100
25%
21%
93%
55%
45%
5%
182,904
182,904
25%
50%
Patients
4
4,719
19,756
2,465
6,642
371
7,997
Beneficiaries
10,000
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
15
5
Structures
506|
Number of beds
34
LEBANON
The ICRC has been present in Lebanon since the 1967
Arab-Israeli war. With the Lebanese Red Cross, it works to
protect and assist civilians affected by armed conflict and other
situations of violence. It facilitates access to water and provides
medical care and other relief to refugees and residents wounded
in Lebanon or in the neighbouring Syrian Arab Republic. It
visits detainees; offers family-links services, notably to foreign
detainees and refugees; works with those concerned to address
the plight of the families of the missing; and promotes IHL
compliance across Lebanon.
Liban Nord
Tripoli
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
Arsal
LEBANON
Beqaa
BEYROUTH
BEIRUT
Zahle
Mont Liban
Sada
Liban
Sud
Nabatieh
Tyre
GOLAN
YEARLY RESULTS
ISRAEL
ICRC / AR_2015
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
MEDIUM
ICRC hospital
PROTECTION
Total
Of which: Overheads
5,262
30,790
1,982
3,580
144
41,758
2,549
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
84
71
29
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
7,418
976
180
31
Detainees visited
Detainees visited and monitored individually
Number of visits carried out
Number of places of detention visited
Restoring family links
259
180
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
1,250
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
25,000
25,000
500
31,000
24,074
25,710
22,650
308,900
318,062
Structures
10
Structures
23
73
3
800
2
530
93%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Total
69
225
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
Lebanon
|507
CONTEXT
The conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic (hereafter Syria) and its
spillover continued to affect Lebanon. Border entry regulations
were tightened, reducing the influx of refugees, including the
weapon-wounded. In host communities/informal settlements,
public health-care and water systems were often dilapidated or
inadequate. The authorities and humanitarian actors struggled to
meet the mounting needs of refugees and vulnerable residents.
Communal tensions often fuelled by opposing positions on the
Syrian conflict and street demonstrations continued to occur in
Tripoli and elsewhere, but less frequently than in 2014. The armed/
security forces conducted security operations, including in Arsal.
Fighting between Hezbollah and armed groups continued near the
Lebanon-Syria border. Hundreds of arrests took place across the
country, contributing to overcrowding in prisons.
People in Ein El-Helweh and other Palestinian refugee camps,
including Palestinians from Syria, faced difficult living conditions
and persistent unrest.
The country remained without a president as a parliamentary
deadlock continued.
Thousands of cases of people missing in relation to past conflicts in
Lebanon remained unresolved.
In 2015, the ICRC continued adapting its response to humanitarian needs arising from the Syrian conflict and the situation
in Lebanon. Given the state of public services, it expanded its
medium- to longer-term support for health-care and water
systems, while responding to emergencies. Owing to stricter
border entry policies and the budget constraints faced by other
organizations, the ICRC adapted/curtailed certain activities,
focusing on particularly vulnerable groups. It maintained a
complementary role to the authorities, UN and other actors, and
helped liaise the Movements response.
The Lebanese Red Cross, the ICRCs main partner, received
comprehensive support for its emergency medical services (EMS),
facilitating the treatment/evacuation of the wounded. First-aid
training for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and other weapon
bearers in volatile areas and supplies for medical facilities in
Palestinian camps helped enhance emergency-preparedness/
response capacities.
People underwent surgery and received post-operative care at an
ICRC-run weapon traumatology centre, which was fully operational by January. They also obtained treatment, including physical
rehabilitation, at ICRC-supplied facilities. After stricter border
policies and fewer internal clashes reduced the number of weaponwounded patients, the ICRC financed fewer surgeries in other
hospitals and expanded its assistance to other patients. Increased
ICRC support for primary-health-care facilities made preventive/
curative care available to more people, and ICRC-funded vaccination campaigns helped to protect children from diseases.
In October, the ICRC-run centre began accepting non-weapon-wounded people without health coverage.
In host communities, Palestinian camps and informal settlements,
people had better access to water, electricity and shelter after the
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CIVILIANS
In cooperation with the authorities, Movement components, UN
agencies and local organizations, the ICRC assisted people affected
by the conflict in Syria and by violent incidents in Lebanon. Owing
to stricter border policies and the budgetary constraints of other
organizations, the ICRC adapted/curtailed some activities and
focused on particularly vulnerable groups.
With ICRC support, the media and civil society groups highlighted
the plight of families of the missing; thousands of these families
remained without news of relatives who had gone missing in
connection with past conflicts in Lebanon (see Actors of influence).
Dialogue with the authorities on their needs continued; a draft
law protecting their rights, prepared with the ICRCs help, awaited
parliamentary approval. Families with specific needs were referred
to NGOs for assistance; some 30 families coped with their situation
with the help of an ICRC-facilitated psychosocial support group.
Two families learnt of their missing relatives fate after their
remains were identified by the authorities with ICRC support.
Efforts to facilitate future identification of human remains
continued, including interviews with the families and a gravesitemapping project; the collection of biological samples for possible
DNA profiling commenced following a formal agreement with the
authorities. Government and National Society personnel expanded
their forensic capacities through ICRC training, including on
managing human remains during emergencies. Improvements to
the morgues in Tripoli and Baabda increased their storage capacity.
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510|
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Regular interaction with various actors and with beneficiaries
helped secure acceptance for the Movement and facilitate its work
in Lebanon. Dialogue with the authorities and community leaders
focused on operational and IHL-related concerns.
Discussions with security forces continued, regarding internationally recognized standards applicable to law enforcement and
detention; some of them learnt more about the topic at ICRC
seminars. Support for integrating IHL in the LAFs doctrine,
Lebanon
|511
Total
UAMs/SC*
84
71
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Reunifications, transfers and repatriations
5
5
People transferred/repatriated
Human remains transferred/repatriated
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
People for whom a tracing request was newly registered
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
Women
Girls
Boys
884
3
29
3
2,520
15
25
13
33
235
411
83
Minors
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
34
1
Women
7,418
686
212
Women
Girls
Boys
976
643
180
31
59
53
5
5
30
20
512|
259
180
1,250
34
Total
Women
Children
24,074
25,710
22,650
4,637
25%
17%
25%
50%
48%
50%
318,062
318,062
20%
60%
10
348,084
263,518
9,728
61
97,745
6,920
78,062
4,300
51
2,222
64
59
8
9
15
17
29
142
3
4
47
72
47
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs1 Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
5,774
Beneficiaries
3,145
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
33
4
2
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Patients whose hospital treatment has been paid for by the ICRC
Admissions
Patients
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
23
22
219
9,821
1,155
18
1,308
5,897
1,461
2,952
238,583
27,446
200,139
10,998
First aid
First-aid posts supported
Structures
of which provided data Structures
2
2
Number of beds
73
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
2
530
64
74
2
114
152
277
42
26
1. Owing to operational and management constraints, figures presented in this table and in the narrative part of this report may not reflect the extent of the activities carried out during the reporting period.
Lebanon
|513
TURKEY
Aleppo (Halab)
Al Hassakeh
Aleppo
Ar Raqqah
Idlib
Lattakia
(Al Ladhiqiyah
Hamah
Tartus Tartus
HOMS
Deir Ez Zor
LEBANON
DAMASCUS
IRAQ
Dimashq
GOLAN
Dara'a
As Suwayda
Kuneitra
(El Qunaytirah)
JORDAN
YEARLY RESULTS
SAUDI ARABIA
ICRC delegation
ICRC office
PROTECTION
Total
Of which: Overheads
3,132
126,647
2,180
5,325
171
137,454
8,364
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
Total
16
7
230
3
RCMs distributed
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
People reunited with their families
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
15,297
164
10
10
60
29
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
235
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
9,900,000
2,700,000
10,000
12,000
8,809,191
2,099,692
20,000,000
15,700,000
Structures
16
16
Structures
28
600
3,307
2
150
2
1,190
84%
PERSONNEL
514|
MEDIUM
ICRC / AR_2015
65
273
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
CONTEXT
In partnership with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, and in coordination with Movement partners and other organizations, the ICRC
continued to develop, and adjust when necessary, its response to
the immense humanitarian needs in Syria.
The security situation, government consent and acceptance by
the parties involved in the conflict largely determined the ICRCs
access to people in need. Impediments to impartial humanitarian action were most severe in areas held by armed groups
and in besieged areas. Between March 2011 and December 2015,
50Syrian Arab Red Crescent workers and 8 from the Palestine
Red Crescent Society were killed. The case of the three ICRC staff
members kidnapped in October 2013 remained unresolved.
In this complex and challenging environment, contact and coordination with government authorities, community leaders and
members of armed groups helped facilitate humanitarian activities. The ICRC sought to develop its limited dialogue with the
parties to the conflict; it emphasized their obligations under IHL
and other applicable norms to respect and protect civilians/civilian
objects and to ensure peoples unimpeded access to health care and
humanitarian aid. Discussions with government authorities also
covered the reactivation of the national IHL committee, but direct
interaction with the armed/security forces remained minimal. The
ICRC discussed IHL with members of some armed groups.
National Society/ICRC teams managed to conduct more field
visits and cross-line operations compared with previous years.
They assisted millions of people, including those in besieged or
otherwise hard-to-reach locations, but many more people in need
of aid remained inaccessible.
Relief distributions were carried out mainly by National Society
teams, with the ICRC facilitating their access to the field. Over
CIVILIANS
|515
Over 8.8 million people (some 1.76 million households) supplemented their daily diet with ICRC food assistance, mainly in
the form of parcels provided directly to beneficiaries or meals
prepared by collective kitchens that received bulk rations every
month. Some 190,500 people in Aleppo, Damascus and Homs
received bread packs daily through a project begun in May. Over
1.57 million people (more than 300,000 households) eased their
living conditions using ICRC-donated hygiene items and other
household essentials; some 120,000 people received school kits and
410,000 people, clothes for enduring the winter.
Relief distributions covered both government-controlled areas
and those held by armed groups. These were carried out mainly
by Syrian Arab Red Crescent teams; as necessary, the ICRC facilitated access for them by obtaining the required permits and
talking to the pertinent parties. To overcome security/access-related constraints, supplies were airlifted to certain hard-to-reach
areas, with the agreement of all parties concerned.
Projects to help people regain some self-sufficiency were developed
with National Society branches in three governorates; these
included income-generating activities for households who had
returned to Homs Old City.
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People in Syria and those who had sought refuge abroad opened
tracing requests for their relatives in Syria. In all, 230 tracing
cases were closed positively, but thousands of families remained
without news of the whereabouts of their relatives, including those
allegedly arrested/detained (see People deprived of their freedom).
Families in Syria sent RCMs and/or oral messages to their relatives
within the country or elsewhere. Fifteen people resettled abroad
using ICRC-issued travel documents. People in the Israelioccupied Golan exchanged official documents with their relatives
in Syria via the ICRC, but travel for humanitarian reasons between
the Golan and Syria could not be facilitated owing to tensions/
clashes along the demarcation line.
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
|517
518|
Total
UAMs/SC*
16
7
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Reunifications, transfers and repatriations
3
126
1,921
1,187
230
78
5,720
3,872
Women
Girls
Boys
145
72
91
349
185
328
Women
Minors
Documents
People to whom travel documents were issued
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
15
20
15,297
164
118
10
10
778
414
Women
Girls
Boys
31
16
3
1
22
20
60
29
235
4
|519
Total
Women
Children
8,809,191
8,809,191
2,099,692
2,099,692
30%
40%
30%
40%
15,700,000
1,256,000
30%
40%
53,894
72,195
265
20
53
198
17
36
6
13
143
2
16
116
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Health
Health centres supported
Structures
Patients
16
500,000
172,331
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
25,518
17,008
Beneficiaries
10,100
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
4
5
1
Structures
28
3,307
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
2
1,190
99
278
12
14
45
648
84
8
Prostheses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
520|
YEMEN
SAUDI ARABIA
OMAN*
Seyoun
Salala
Sa'ada
Sa'ada
Hajjah
Amran
SANA'A
Al Mahwit
Raymah Sana'a
Al Hudaydah
Dhamar
Hodeida
Ibb
Ibb
RED SEA
ERITREA
YEMEN
Marib
Mukalla
Shabwah
DahmarAl Bayda
Al Dhale'e
Taiz
Taiz
Al Maharah
Hadramaut
Al Jawf
The ICRC has been working in Yemen since the civil war in
1962. It responds to the humanitarian consequences of armed
conflicts and other situations of violence in the country by:
helping secure the water supply; providing emergency relief,
livelihood support and medical assistance to those in need;
monitoring the treatment and living conditions of people held
in relation to the situation; and enabling them, other nationals
and refugees to restore contact with their relatives, including
those abroad. The ICRC promotes respect for humanitarian
principles and IHL, primarily among weapon bearers. The
ICRC works with the Yemen Red Crescent Society.
Abyan
Lahj
Lahj
Aden Aden
GULF OF ADEN
DJIBOUTI*
YEARLY RESULTS
SOMALIA
ICRC delegation
ICRC sub-delegation
PROTECTION
Total
Of which: Overheads
4,495
39,132
3,366
2,294
146
49,434
2,978
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
Total
4,122
2,137
174
109
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
PEOPLE DEPRIVED OF THEIR FREEDOM (All categories/all statuses)
ICRC visits
Detainees visited
4,344
129
20
17
12
10
RCMs distributed
Phone calls made to families to inform them of the whereabouts
of a detained relative
ASSISTANCE
465
Achieved
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
28,000
28,000
70,000
31,200
178,725
109,774
6,090
37,261
327
1,054,000
2,543,867
Structures
13
22
88%
Hospitals supported
Physical rehabilitation
Structures
66
59
225
Projects supported
Structures
Patients receiving services Patients
4
60,000
4
67,423
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
MEDIUM
ICRC / AR_2015
Yemen
|521
CONTEXT
522|
CIVILIANS
Amid increasingly dire conditions (see Context), dialogue with
actors who could influence the situation in Yemen was reinforced.
Parties to the conflict received oral and written representations
highlighting issues linked to the conduct of hostilities and the
limitations on the means and methods of warfare. They were
urged to address the concerns of civilians with regard to: arrests/
capture and detention; safe and timely access to health/medical
care; management of human remains; and weapon contamination. These concerns were based on the ICRCs monitoring of
the situation and on its documentation of reported IHL violations.
Such dialogue enabled the ICRC to overcome some restrictions
on the movement of its staff and aid into and within the country
(see Actors of influence). Pauses in the fighting, brokered by the
Yemeni Red Crescent and the ICRC, allowed civilians to seek
health/medical care (see Wounded and sick) and replenish their
basic supplies; these also enabled National Society/ICRC teams to
deliver relief items, evacuate the wounded and retrieve/transfer
human remains.
Beneficiaries shared their concerns/needs through a communication programme that enabled the ICRC to adapt its response.
Yemenis learnt more about weapon-related risks and the
Movements activities relevant to them through ICRC updates on
various platforms, including social media.
Over 2.5 million people in urban areas, mainly Aden and Taiz,
retained some access to water, following the repair/maintenance of
pipelines by the water authorities/ICRC, and the ICRCs provision of
fuel, water treatment chemicals/equipment and financial incentives
for staff. Nearly 15,000 residents had water trucked in by the ICRC
to their communities. Activities in rural areas were discontinued in
April when the security situation worsened; before that, some 23,000
people had been able to meet their water needs as a result of infrastructure repairs and water-saving schemes implemented by the ICRC.
|523
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Discussions with national and tribal/community leaders, representatives of armed groups, the media and civil society figures
emphasized the necessity for neutral, impartial and independent
524|
The Yemen Red Crescent Society and the ICRC worked together
to expand the coverage of their emergency response activities. With ICRC support, the National Society formed more
emergency response teams, expanded its ambulance fleet, and
conducted training sessions on basic lifesaving skills. Through
ICRC risk-awareness sessions and advice on safety measures in
weapon-contaminated areas, the National Societys 17 branches
received support for managing the dangers they faced when
carrying out first-aid activities, evacuating the wounded and
managing human remains.
The National Society and the ICRC agreed on a joint action
plan for their communication activities, including skills training
for National Society staff and donations of equipment, such as
computers and other electronic devices.
Movement components supporting operations in Yemen coordinated their activities closely, notably through a Movement Task
Force.
Total
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
UAMs/SC*
4,122
2,137
174
149
Women
Girls
Boys
822
14
109
1
822
18
32
40
28
32
87
94
Minors
Documents
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
Women
4,344
100
165
Women
Girls
Boys
129
114
20
17
13
12
12
10
465
14
1
Yemen
|525
Total
Women
Children
Beneficiaries
178,725
94,626
109,774
86,583
6,090
37,261
16,671
327
26%
25%
25%
24%
25%
54%
54%
53%
46%
53%
Beneficiaries
2,543,867
29%
42%
22
270,204
194,251
32,881
855
54,462
6,608
84,369
66
37
71
48,083
28,565
812
9,674
6,294
3,550
16,600
177,056
15,246
153,509
8,301
6,982
216
3,958
247
4
67,423
452
694
8,449
19,328
1
28,889
1,359
425
17,735
95
162
2,058
4,851
7,436
27,958
144
231
3,704
8,660
13,328
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Productive inputs
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
of whom IDPs Beneficiaries
Structures
Patients
of which curative Patients
of which ante/post-natal Patients
Immunizations
Doses
Patients
Beneficiaries
Cash
Beneficiaries
1,053
3
Beneficiaries
2,500
Water and habitat (in some cases provided within a protection or cooperation programme)
Water and habitat activities
Health
2
2
1
Structures
of which provided data Structures
Patients whose hospital treatment has been paid for by the ICRC
Admissions
Patients
Patients
of which weapon-wounded Patients
(including by mines or explosive remnants of war) Patients
of which other surgical cases Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric cases Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric cases Patients
Operations performed
Outpatient consultations
Patients
of which surgical Patients
of which internal medicine and paediatric Patients
of which gynaecological/obstetric Patients
Physical rehabilitation
Projects supported
Structures
Patients
Patients
Prostheses delivered
Units
Patients
Orthoses delivered
Units
of which for victims of mines or explosive remnants of war Units
Patients
Crutches delivered
Units
Wheelchairs delivered
Units
526|
KUWAIT (regional)
COVERING: the member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
SYRIAN ARAB
REPUBLIC
LEBANON
ISRAEL
IRAQ
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
JORDAN
Rafha
KUWAIT
AL KUWAYT
BAHRAIN
MANAMA
QATARABU
RIYADH
EGYPT
DOHA DHABI
SAUDI ARABIA
RED SEA
UNITED MUSCAT
ARAB
EMIRATES
OMAN
SALALA *
SUDAN
YEMEN
ERITREA
ICRC / AR_2015
GULF
OF OMAN
The ICRC has been in Kuwait since the 199091 Gulf War. It
focuses on humanitarian needs remaining from that war or
arising from current armed conflicts and other situations of
violence in the wider region. Its work includes activities for
people deprived of their freedom in the countries covered and
the promotion of IHL and its own role as a neutral, impartial and
independent humanitarian organization, among governments
and other influential circles. Strengthening partnerships with
the Red Crescent Societies of the region is another priority, along
with resource mobilization and coordination with other actors.
ETHIOPIA
DJIBOUTI
ICRC office
SOMALIA
YEARLY RESULTS
MEDIUM
PROTECTION
Total
17
32
101
13
RCMs distributed
EXPENDITURE IN KCHF
Protection
Assistance
Prevention
Cooperation with National Societies
General
Total
Of which: Overheads
2,107
241
1,848
523
27
4,746
290
IMPLEMENTATION RATE
Expenditure/yearly budget
98%
PERSONNEL
Mobile staff
Resident staff (daily workers not included)
12,110
151
52
23
231
164
RCMs distributed
12
30
Kuwait (regional)
220
|527
CONTEXT
528|
CIVILIANS
In Bahrain, dialogue with the authorities on protection concerns
relating to people arrested during demonstrations continued. The
Interior Ministry, with ICRC support, trained security/penitentiary officials in norms applicable to their work (see People deprived
of their freedom).
Bahrain
Kuwait
Qatar
3,587
148
14
3
14
3
6
3
5,697
894
5
126
75
3
2
111
62
3
2
42
16
2,826
339
11
1
8
8
4
4
231
164
220
3,327
Kuwait (regional)
|529
ACTORS OF INFLUENCE
Governments, civil society international/intergovernmental
organizations, Islamic charities and UN agencies and others
learnt more about humanitarian issues in the region and IHL at
events organized with/for them by the ICRC.
530|
Total
UAMs/SC*
17
32
101
RCMs collected
RCMs distributed
Phone calls facilitated between family members
Tracing requests, including cases of missing persons
People for whom a tracing request was newly registered
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
People located (tracing cases closed positively)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
Tracing cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period (people)
including people for whom tracing requests were registered by another delegation
28
1
13
2
1,505
1,392
Women
Girls
Boys
13
44
Women
Minors
Documents
Official documents relayed between family members across borders/front lines
12
12,110
151
133
52
23
1,233
153
Women
Girls
Boys
76
70
3
3
5
5
Total
Women
Children
231
164
220
3,327
19
5
Kuwait (regional)
|531
532|
MAIN FIGURES
AND INDICATORS
|533
RCMs distributed
of which to detainees
of which to unaccompanied minors/separated children
of which to civilians
534|
WORLD
AFRICA
AMERICAS
928,812
25,734
16,660
17,926
73
4,725
1,596
96
11,501
293,276
10,686
7,669
2,157
51
1,839
583
39
129
186,817
930
245
152
52,998
951
704
278
119
NEAR AND
MIDDLE EAST
439
162
13
182
272,809
5,232
2,592
1,121
5
741
367
13
4,128
66,334
1,418
885
369
2
474
166
21
691
109,576
7,468
5,269
14,127
15
1,232
318
10
6,371
11,495
287
223
76
14,301
44
10
1
16
19,363
206
143
52
53
2,867
101
82
28
23
4,972
313
246
121
27
17,927
1,306
1,172
1,173
211
6,053
631
565
121
5,639
41
38
4
3,710
115
94
39
19
366
22
18
11
2
2,159
497
457
998
190
26
2
1
1
27
9
24
2
2
1
1
19
6
8
3
2,587
1,607
12,207
367
41
2,587
1,607
12,207
367
41
129,778
20,558
4,156
105,064
106,108
10,685
2,289
93,134
12,367
102,441
5,130
4,116
93,195
84,607
3,037
2,277
79,293
10,396
1,571
1,485
31
55
1,079
992
7
80
28
13,510
9,055
7
4,448
10,773
3,980
1
6,792
688
946
381
2
563
763
230
1
532
49
11,310
4,507
479,358
416,591
35,918
9,221
714
16,914
33,405
5,559
49
4,075
421
23,301
11,186
46,979
9,843
34,132
1,343
4,063
8,784
1,074
1,007
2,436
41
731
1,049
28
17,847
2,683
8,353
1,499
6,803
8,886
2,446
3
6,437
1,206
21
11
3
2
2,260
2
18
826
16
4
130
149
14
731
479
93
1,330
196
1,242
143
6,443
752
25
UAMs/SCs cases still being handled at the end of the reporting period
of whom girls
Documents issued
People to whom travel documents were issued
People to whom a detention attestation was issued
Other attestations issued
Documents transmitted/transferred
People soliciting ICRC offices in the field
People who visited or telephoned ICRC offices
WORLD
AFRICA
AMERICAS
5,151
4,798
5,042
63,110
6,135
8,904
3,842
2,273
2,169
13,643
2,088
4,726
125
133
177
833
112
163
3,816
3,809
1,348
1,984
968
256
3,219
1,126
3,809
3,803
1,348
1,976
964
256
3,195
1,116
450
450
50
556
479
29
450
450
50
552
479
29
196
196
37
37
4,741
15,923
257
1,775
270
246
16
59
1
8
15
2
1,041,893
21,353
6,608
NEAR AND
MIDDLE EAST
81
974
382
18,841
2,097
732
774
741
1,649
11,638
795
1,334
6
6
7
3
1
1
20
7
3
3
687
235
58
27
101
137
105
333
3,682
15,297
63
1,354
93,255
16,946
903,731
1. Figures for unaccompanied minors and separated children and unaccompanied demobilized child soldiers reunited with their families are included in the figure People reunited
with their families above.
2. Figures for unaccompanied demobilized child soldiers are included in the figures for unaccompanied minors and separated children above.
|535
WORLD1
AFRICA
AMERICAS
898,753
1,588,644
428,985
2,716,053
86,614
1,523,731
264,559
841,466
179,316
2,535,006
57,988
1,269,337
20,719
15,772
7,034
22,714
11
2,274
107,328
221,199
138,805
83,512
11,383
207,197
367,391
340,633
6,216
3,219
12,215
212
138,756
169,574
97,614
71,602
5,017
44,711
4,323,906
11,412,717
359,506
564,489
1,249
98,935
889,009
1,358,832
51,785
543,581
3,231
2,524
85,202
5,114
8
76,466
291,053
251,185
36,660
11,945
1,241
6
40,507
52,353
16,745
3,100,106
9,747,823
169,114
3,849
385,776
96,502
5,164
23,401
12,483
132,860
53,564
4,190
23,401
3,639
6,851
16
137,425
296
864
24,148
17,124
91
84,492
25,518
3
8,821
23
5,608,435
13,097,863
793,655
3,303,943
87,863
1,635,149
1,286,428
2,253,862
235,291
3,101,988
57,988
1,288,790
30,801
18,296
92,252
27,828
19
87,561
535,806
472,680
176,329
95,457
12,624
207,226
432,046
410,110
23,052
3,219
12,215
212
3,323,354
9,942,915
266,731
75,451
5,017
51,360
28,620,688
2,886,501
90,229
692,691
2,075,992
22,875,275
2,405,900
282,826
2,187
67,333
613
2,052,941
353,242
163,154
39,017
113,382
9,099
28,590
14,627
3,422
99
1,552
3,593
5,961
31,379,830
14,627
3,332,481
3,422
131,433
99
873,406
1,552
2,085,704
3,593
24,956,806
5,961
286
189
4,667,904
105
78
1,589,298
16
12
90,746
96
62
1,713,334
7
2
63,072
62
35
1,211,454
232,752
1,130,479
240,181
240,181
2,879,051
688,196
660,677
1,530,178
138,633
529,138
150,887
150,887
791,697
211,999
183,906
395,792
201
1,181
142
142
27,679
2,385
2,515
22,779
77,535
526,760
2,361
2,361
1,253,054
336,980
307,829
608,245
20
4,761
3,116
3,116
55,965
2,797
7,837
45,331
16,363
68,639
83,675
83,675
750,656
134,035
158,590
458,031
956,599
305,342
5,127
383,252
16,227
246,651
Age 15
956,599
305,342
5,127
383,252
16,227
246,651
29,626
8,391
207
12,611
29
8,388
3,032
1,178
10
738
536|
15,814
6,649
1,106
WORLD1
Hospital support
Hopitals supported
Number of supported hospitals that provided statistics
166
Number of supported hospitals that did not provide statistics
310
Monthly average of supported hospitals that provided statistics
168
Monthly average of supported hospitals that did not provide statistics
57
Activities
Number of patients whose treatment was paid for by the ICRC (new patients only)
Women
6,923
Men
1,504
Girls 5< Age <15
150
Boys 5< Age <15
201
Girls 5 years
92
Boys 5 years
122
Inpatient surgical activities
Number of weapon-wounded patients admitted (total)
48,115
Women
2,260
Men
44,374
Girls < 15 years
539
Boys < 15 years
942
AFRICA
68
59
28
10
6,227
527
22
40
8
10
AMERICAS
16
60
60
13
604
538
100
98
61
69
73
196
23
41
23
42
17
11,323
1,364
9,292
287
380
2,618
224
1,932
143
319
11
96
2
21
71
78
78
12
19
243
5
22
1
1,275
397
878
32,899
275
32,272
109
243
2,475
349
1,270
856
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
233
1,825
161
256
50
220
40
39
153
832
92
193
30
773
29
24
98,491
11,130
34,487
52,874
13,892
72,967
5,323
6,309
132,312
2,995
5,639
1,134
1,362
37,772
8,894
17,538
3,758
4,297
39,254
2,003
49,790
431
650
55,286
197,502
39,005
104,686
12,637
12,129
13,788
15,257
28,193
6,321
5,382
3,464
3,652
4,429
4,945
89,786
28,608
28,595
8,355
7,666
7,800
8,762
79,523
4,076
70,709
818
811
1,559
1,550
153,622
151,592
2,030
23,779
23,745
34
44,956
43,027
1,929
84,887
84,820
67
540,275
77,514
378,966
22,793
29,466
13,585
17,951
1,067,064
305,646
480,878
64,052
60,983
75,034
80,471
256,724
249,350
7,374
50,973
11,849
26,628
4,060
4,388
2,007
2,041
155,788
46,897
44,175
14,502
14,789
17,128
18,297
32,452
32,072
380
211,314
57,720
90,791
16,620
22,306
10,386
13,491
296,192
106,943
102,310
19,278
17,345
24,777
25,539
137,988
131,073
6,915
277,988
7,945
261,547
2,113
2,772
1,192
2,419
546,906
109,978
308,043
30,272
28,849
33,129
36,635
86,284
86,205
79
68,178
41,828
26,350
|537
AFRICA
19
129
2
13
11,285
3,854
6,206
624
601
13
29
2
3
2,563
5
2,556
1
1
129
41
16
53
19
371,884
73,097
167,411
51,859
78,707
82,199
10,614
65,305
3,063
3,217
32,815
5,276
6,819
6,656
14,064
8,024
1,575
5,897
212
340
23,452
7,681
11,737
1,913
2,121
2,887
760
1,988
62
77
207,048
38,533
107,675
24,308
36,532
49,450
4,569
42,729
727
1,425
108,569
22,417
41,180
18,982
25,990
21,838
3,710
14,691
2,062
1,375
9,155
1,807
464
5,096
1,788
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
Number of prostheses delivered (total)
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
Of which: number of prostheses delivered to mine victims (total)
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
1,399
6,888
291
550
20,872
2,916
16,231
610
115
5,841
342
5,368
22
109
345
1,314
56
92
4,103
767
3,028
123
185
501
45
440
3
13
100
320
16
28
922
197
644
31
50
107
12
90
1
4
651
4,003
129
286
11,357
1,275
9,221
270
591
4,472
257
4,110
17
88
303
1,251
90
144
4,490
677
3,338
186
289
761
28
728
1
4
289,685
24,791
20,565
157,598
86,731
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
64,704
109,384
48,095
67,529
5,096
8,173
5,067
6,482
6,921
9,750
1,850
2,044
33,980
64,972
23,570
35,076
18,707
26,489
17,608
23,927
44,226
2,541
4,661
15,636
21,388
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
Number of orthoses delivered (total)
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
7,071
11,336
11,120
14,649
88,856
13,898
20,922
22,341
31,695
453
726
551
811
5,018
884
1,280
1,145
1,709
863
1,045
1,272
1,481
6,880
1,512
1,597
1,733
2,038
2,670
5,299
2,909
4,758
32,986
4,934
9,708
6,598
11,746
3,085
4,266
6,388
7,599
43,972
6,568
8,337
12,865
16,202
First-aid activities
First-aid posts supported
Number of supported first-aid posts that provided statistics
Number of supported first-aid posts that did not provide statistics
Monthly average of supported first-aid posts that provided statistics
Monthly average of supported first-aid posts that did not provide statistics
Number of wounded treated in the first-aid posts (total)
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
AMERICAS
WORLD1
4
46
4
8,722
3,849
3,650
623
600
52
2
1
Physical rehabilitation
Number of physical rehabilitation projects supported (total)
Activities
Number of patients receiving services from the projects (total)
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
Number of amputees receiving services from the projects (total)
Women
Men
Girls < 15 years
Boys < 15 years
538|
WORLD1
AFRICA
AMERICAS
|539
540|
FINANCE AND
ADMINISTRATION
|541
BALANCE SHEET
EMERGENCY APPEALS
The pension plan risk exposure for the ICRC as expressed in these
IFRS-compliant financial statements was reduced mainly by the
restructuring of the ICRC Pension Plan in 2014, the revaluation of
its direct investments in properties to fair value and an exceptional
contribution paid to the ICRC Pension Plan following the liquidation of the Capital Avenir Foundation in 2015.
HEADQUARTERS APPEAL
The final headquarters budget was KCHF 200,825. The actual
operating expenditure was KCHF 202,199, which corresponds
to an implementation rate of 101%. The strong growth of field
activities, and ongoing changes in relation to human-resources
reorganization, required additional support at headquarters.
NON-OPERATING RESULT
The second driver of this years deficit has been the unexpected
decision by the Swiss National Bank in January 2015 to suspend
the euro peg and introduce negative interest rates on holdings,
with a significant impact on foreign exchange exposure.
FIGURES ARE IN CHF MILLION AND ROUNDING RULES ARE PRESENTED IN NOTE [1B ]
542 |
Significant drivers in the balance sheet are the use of the short-term
cash and cash equivalents to fund field activities, the increase in
long-term donor commitments and the decrease in human-resources liabilities.
546
546
547
547
547
2. Funding
2A. Contributions
2B. Accounts receivable
2C. Deferred income
2D. Reserves
548
548
548
549
549
3. Operations
3A. Operating expenses
3B. Staff costs
3C. Related parties and management compensation
3D. Rentals
3E. Overheads and administrative costs
3F. Inventories
3G. Tangible and intangible assets
3H. Commitments
551
551
551
552
552
552
553
553
554
4. Management of funds
4A. Cash and cash equivalents
4B. Loans and borrowings
4C. Investments
4D. Financial risk management objectives and policies
4E. Fair value
4F. Employee benefit liabilities
555
555
555
555
556
558
559
546
|543
Note
[2A]
2015
1,502
2014
1,343
Staff costs
Purchase of goods and materials
Rentals
Other expenses
Operating expenditure
Net surplus of operating activities
[3B]
[3A]
[3D]
[3A]
-587
-372
-164
-365
-1,488
14
-560
-297
-134
-321
-1,312
31
-9
-1
-6
-16
-2
2
14
-1
15
46
Note
2015
-2
2014
46
[4F]
-7
-9
-194
-148
(CHF million)
Note
2015
2014
[4A]
[4C]
[2B]
[3F]
157
196
184
58
19
614
225
219
162
47
17
670
Investments
Accounts receivable
Tangible assets
Intangible assets
Total Non-current assets
Total Assets
[4C]
[2B]
[3G]
[3G]
105
84
203
51
443
1,057
110
54
196
40
400
1,070
60
7
2
56
125
250
54
3
2
53
144
256
[4B]
[3B]
[2C]
[4B]
[4F]
[2C]
19
369
92
480
730
19
396
63
478
734
Unrestricted reserves
Restricted reserves
Total Reserves
Total Liabilities and reserves
[2D]
[2D]
302
25
327
1,057
277
59
336
1,070
544|
Note
Balance at 1 January 2015
Net deficit for the year
Other comprehensive loss
Allocation to restricted reserves
Balance at 31 December 2015
Balance at 1 January 2014
Net surplus for the year
Other comprehensive loss
Balance at 31 December 2014
[2Da]
277
57
-7
-25
302
Funding
of operations
[2Db]
21
-58
25
-12
Restricted reserves
Funds
and foundations
[2Dc]
38
-1
37
410
61
-194
277
37
-16
21
37
1
38
Total
Unrestricted
reserves
(CHF million)
[4F]
[4F]
Total
Total
Reserves
59
-59
25
25
336
-2
-7
327
74
-15
59
484
46
-194
336
2014
46
-1
11
-40
-32
11
-25
35
67
-34
7
-19
-81
64
30
3
-30
-40
4
-17
-88
96
-20
4
-61
-1
-1
-1
-1
-63
224
-5
-63
156
217
2
5
224
(CHF million)
(Deficit)/surplus for the year
Note
[3G]
[4B]
[3G]
[4A]
AT 31 DECEMBER 2015
FIGURES ARE IN CHF MILLION AND ROUNDING RULES ARE PRESENTED IN NOTE [ 1B ]
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1.
1A. Activities
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.
It directs and coordinates the international relief activities conducted by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
(hereafter the Movement) in situations of conflict. It also endeavours to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles.
Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Movement. The Movement is made up of the following components: the International
Committee of the Red Cross, the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies. The ICRC is formally recognized in the 1949 Geneva Conventions and by the International Conference of the Red
Cross and Red Crescent. As a humanitarian non-profit organization domiciled in Switzerland, it was granted United Nations observer
status in October 1990. Under Article 60 of the Swiss Civil Code, it has the legal form of an association. Its registered office is at 19, Avenue
de la Paix, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland. The ICRC Assembly is the supreme governing body of the ICRC.
The ICRCs principal tasks are to:
XX visit prisoners of war and civilian detainees;
XX search for missing persons;
XX transmit messages between family members separated by conflict;
XX reunite dispersed families;
XX provide food, water and medical assistance to civilians without access to these basic necessities;
XX spread knowledge of international humanitarian law (IHL);
XX monitor compliance with IHL;
XX draw attention to violations and contribute to the development of IHL; and
XX enhance the capacity of National Societies to fulfil their responsibilities as Red Cross and Red Crescent institutions providing
humanitarian services in their respective countries.
The ICRC (but not its staff) is exempt from taxes in Switzerland and most countries in which its delegations are based.
This note contains the ICRCs significant accounting policies that relate to the consolidated financial statements as a whole. Accounting
policies specific to one note are included in that note.
Statement of compliance
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as
adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
The IFRS do not contain specific guidelines for non-profit and non-governmental organizations concerning the accounting treatment and
presentation of consolidated financial statements. Where the IFRS are silent or do not give guidance on how to treat transactions specific
to the not-for-profit sector, accounting policies have been based on the general IFRS principles, as detailed in the basis of measurement of
the IASB Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the historical
cost convention, except when otherwise indicated.
The consolidated financial statements were authorized for issue by the Assembly on 20 April 2016.
Functional and presentation currency
The ICRCs functional and presentation currency is the Swiss franc (CHF). All financial information presented has been rounded to the
nearest CHF million, except when otherwise indicated. The financial information in the following notes is presented in CHF million with
one decimal place and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
Transactions in currencies other than the Swiss franc are converted into Swiss francs at rates which approximate the actual rates at the
transaction date. At the reporting date, monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency are converted into Swiss francs
at the rate of exchange at that date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currency that are stated at historical cost are translated
at the foreign exchange rate at the date of the transaction. Realized and unrealized exchange differences are reported in the consolidated
statement of income.
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USD
EUR
GBP
AUD
Closing rate
2015
0.9893
1.0843
1.4700
0.7196
2014
0.9891
1.2028
1.5375
0.8084
Average rate
2015
0.9638
1.0745
1.4756
0.7250
2014
0.9112
1.2147
1.5042
0.8225
Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements of the ICRC cover the activities of the Geneva headquarters, all ICRC delegations, seven funds and
two foundations. The general purpose of the funds and foundations is to help finance the ICRCs humanitarian work. The following seven
funds are separate reporting entities:
XX Clare Benedict Fund
XX Omar El Mukhtar Fund
XX Augusta Fund
XX Florence Nightingale Medal Fund
XX French Fund Maurice de Madre
XX Paul Reuter Fund
XX Jean Pictet Fund
And the two foundations below are separate entities:
XX Foundation for the International Committee of the Red Cross
XX ICRC Special Fund for the Disabled
The ICRC applied IFRS 10 and assessed its relationships with these funds and foundations. Control exists when the investor is exposed,
or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with its investees and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over
the investees. Taking into consideration the activities, decision-making processes, benefits and related risks associated with the entities,
the ICRC concluded that, in substance, the funds and foundations listed above are controlled by the ICRC and should be consolidated
into the ICRC financial statements.
The ICRC reviews its significant judgments and assumptions made in determining that it has control of other entities on an annual basis.
Intragroup balances and transactions, and any unrealized gains from such transactions, are eliminated when the consolidated financial
statements are prepared. The financial statements of the funds and foundations are prepared for the same reporting period as the ICRC,
using consistent accounting policies.
All significant accounting judgments, estimates and assumptions specific to one note are described in that note. In particular, the ICRC
has applied judgment in developing its accounting policies with respect to contributions (refer to Note [2A]). Estimates and assumptions
are particularly relevant for the determination of the non-current employee benefit liabilities (refer to Note [4F]).
The ICRC is subject to risks and uncertainties which may lead to actual results differing from these estimates, both positively and
negatively. Specific financial risks for the ICRC are discussed in Note [4D] on Financial risk management objectives and policies.
The ICRC has adopted all new or amended standards (IFRS) and interpretations (IFRS IC) which are effective for the financial year 2015.
The implementation of the new or amended standards has not had any material impact on the ICRCs consolidated financial statements.
The ICRC has made important changes to the way it has organized and presented its financial statements and especially to the explanatory notes. Comparative figures have been re-presented accordingly. These changes were motivated by the IASBs technical work on the
Disclosure Initiative.
The IASB has issued a number of new IFRS standards, amended standards and IFRS IC, which are not yet effective for the financial year
ended 31 December 2015. The ICRC is currently assessing the effect of implementing IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, IFRS 15 Revenue
from Contracts with Customers and IFRS 6 Leases, which are not yet adopted, all effective for annual periods beginning on or after
1January 2018.
All other new or amended standards and interpretations not yet effective are currently not expected to have any material impact on the
ICRCs consolidated financial statements.
FIGURES ARE IN CHF MILLION AND ROUNDING RULES ARE PRESENTED IN NOTE [ 1B ]
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2.
FUNDING
2A. Contributions
XX Contributions,
designated for general use by the ICRC, are recognized as revenue upon receipt of a written confirmation from the
donor.
XX Contributions received from private sources are recognized as revenue upon receipt of unrestricted cash.
XX Contributions received after the reporting date, but designated for use in the reporting period, are recognized as revenue in the
reporting period.
XX Contributions designated for use after the reporting date are reported as deferred income in the consolidated statement of financial
position and recognized as revenue in the year designated by the donor.
XX Contributions that are based on contracts for specific projects are reported as deferred income and recognized as revenue as the
associated expense is incurred.
XX Contributions that will fall due after five years or are estimated as unlikely to be paid are not accounted for and are disclosed
as contingent assets owing to uncertainties associated with their receipt. In 2015, contributions amounting to CHF4.1 million
(2014:CHF1.2 million) were considered as contingent assets.
XX Contributions are mainly received in cash but may be received in kind (goods or fixed assets) or in services (staff, means of
transport or rent).
XX Contributions in kind and in services are recognized as revenue at their estimated fair value on the date of receipt of the goods or
services or the date the donated fixed assets are available for use.
XX Contributions in cash for direct funding of the costs of purchasing or constructing specific fixed assets are fully recognized under
operating income upon receipt of the cash.
Range of donors
Contributions and joint appeals are received from a wide range of donors:
(CHF million)
Governments
European Commission
Private sources
National Societies and International Federation
Public sources
International and supranational organizations
Total Contributions
2015
1,266.9
123.7
66.2
34.7
8.0
2.8
1,502.0
2014
1,116.7
126.4
45.8
45.6
7.6
1.4
1,343.0
Public sources are defined as cantons and municipalities, whereas private sources are defined as individuals, foundations, legacies, private
companies and associations. International and supranational organizations include UN agencies and non-governmental organizations.
Earmarking
XX Contributions restricted to no other purpose than to general ICRC field operations are considered as non-earmarked.
XX Contributions restricted to a given region, country or programme (worldwide) are considered as loosely earmarked.
XX Contributions restricted to a country and project or sub-programme are tightly earmarked.
The table below shows the overall framework for the earmarking of contributions.
(CHF million)
Non-earmarked contributions
Loosely earmarked contributions
Tightly earmarked contributions
Total Contributions
2015
391.4
932.3
178.6
1,502.0
2014
367.6
773.3
202.5
1,343.0
receivable are amounts due from donors and recognized upon receipt of a written agreement. The accounts receivable
are stated at nominal value, net of an allowance to cover the risk of non-payment.
XX Management specifically analyses contributions receivable, historical trends and current economic trends when assessing the
adequacy of the allowance. The allowance is made on the basis of a specific individual review of all significant open positions.
For those positions not specifically reviewed, the allowance is made using different rates based on the ageing of the receivables
and in light of past experience. The amount of impairment loss is recognized in the consolidated statement of income. When a
contribution receivable is uncollectible, it is derecognized.
XX Contributions receivable due more than 12 months and less than five years after the reporting date are recorded as long-term
receivables and discounted to their present value. The carrying value of long-term receivables and deferred income is based on
the estimated expected future cash-flows, discounted using the rate at the reporting date. The long-term receivables and deferred
income were not discounted at 31 December 2014 and 2015, as the discount rate to be used was negative.
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(CHF million)
Contributions receivable in less than 12 months
Other receivables
Sub-total Current accounts receivable
Contributions receivable in more than 12 months
Total Accounts receivable
2014
152.4
9.5
162.0
54.0
216.0
There are no standard payment terms for contributions, as the timing of payments is usually specified in each donor contract.
Revenue relating to future years is recorded as deferred income. Revenue deferred for more than 12 months after the reporting date is
recorded as non-current and discounted to its present value at the reporting date.
(CHF million)
Deferred income related to contributions in less than 12 months
Deferred income related to contributions in more than 12 months
Deferred income related to government loans
Sub-total Non-current deferred income
Total Deferred income
2015
125.0
80.9
11.0
92.0
217.0
Note
[4B]
2014
144.0
52.1
11.1
63.0
207.0
2D. Reserves
Reserves are composed of the surplus or deficit from operating and non-operating activities. Accumulated reserves are classified as either
restricted (permanently or temporarily) or unrestricted reserves.
a.
Unrestricted reserves
Unrestricted reserves designated by the Assembly are not subject to any legal or third-party restrictions and can be allocated as the ICRC
Assembly sees fit. Unrestricted reserves may be designated for specific purposes to meet future obligations or risks.
(CHF million)
Future operations
Assets replacement
Operational risks
Financial risks
Specific projects
Human resources
General reserve
Total Unrestricted reserves
Use/release
during 2015
Allocation 2015
At 31 December
2015
At 1 January
2014
Use/release
during 2014
Allocation 2014
At 31 December
2014
-25.0
-1.0
-5.3
-0.3
-3.1
-14.4
-49.0
10.4
16.9
2.3
7.2
0.1
37.5
74.0
250.8
231.9
21.8
29.5
0.9
-233.0
302.0
236.3
209.0
24.9
18.6
1.2
-94.5
14.4
410.0
-6.9
-3.9
-0.4
-175.5
-187.0
29.1
13.9
3.8
4.0
2.7
54.0
265.4
216.0
24.8
22.6
0.8
-267.3
14.4
277.0
FIGURES ARE IN CHF MILLION AND ROUNDING RULES ARE PRESENTED IN NOTE [ 1B ]
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b.
c.
Increase/ (decrease)
during 2015
10.4
0.4
10.8
-44.4
-33.0
At 31 December
2015
39.4
0.7
40.1
-52.3
-12.0
Increase/ (decrease)
during 2014
52.1
-23.1
0.5
-0.2
52.6
-23.3
-15.4
7.5
37.0
-16.0
At 1 January 2014
At 31 December
2014
29.0
0.3
29.3
-7.9
21.0
The reserves relating to the seven funds and two foundations controlled by the ICRC are permanently restricted for the ICRC, as the use
and allocation of these reserves are decided by the respective boards of the funds and foundations.
The permanently restricted reserves are summarized as follows:
(CHF million)
Foundation for the International Committee of the Red Cross
French Fund Maurice de Madre
ICRC Special Fund for the Disabled
Clare Benedict Fund
Omar El Mukhtar Fund
Paul Reuter Fund
Jean Pictet Fund
Florence Nightingale Medal Fund
Augusta Fund
Total Reserves for the funds and foundations
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2015
24.2
4.7
3.2
2.2
1.0
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.1
37.0
2014
24.9
4.8
3.1
2.2
1.0
0.6
0.7
0.6
0.1
38.0
3.
OPERATIONS
Operating expenses are defined as direct programme-oriented expenses incurred in order to carry out the ICRCs humanitarian mission.
By opposition, non-operating expenses are defined as not directly related to the ICRCs mission and/or incurred in the management of
cash and investments.
For management reporting purposes, costs are analysed as relating to field, headquarters or funds and foundations, and the effect of
IAS 19 on staff costs is shown separately. The breakdown of operating expenses for the past two years is as follows:
2015 (CHF million)
Staff costs
Purchase of goods and materials
Rentals
Other Expenses
- Financial assistance
- General expenditure
- Mission costs
- Sub-contracted maintenance
- Depreciation
Sub-total Other expenses
Total 2015 Operating expenditure
2014 (CHF million)
Staff costs
Purchase of goods and materials
Rentals
Other Expenses
- Financial assistance
- General expenditure
- Mission costs
- Sub-contracted maintenance
- Depreciation
Sub-total Other expenses
Total 2014 Operating expenditure
Field
Headquarters
487.0
368.5
160.9
142.5
3.5
3.1
Funds and
Foundations
2.3
0.1
0.1
93.2
70.5
66.3
57.5
21.8
309.3
1,325.7
2.2
31.7
5.3
3.3
10.6
53.1
202.2
1.4
0.3
0.3
0.1
2.2
4.6
Field
Headquarters
442.0
294.1
130.3
141.3
3.1
3.3
Funds and
Foundations
2.4
0.2
0.2
76.4
61.3
58.7
54.1
19.2
269.6
1,136.0
0.9
30.1
5.2
3.9
9.4
49.5
197.1
1.1
0.3
0.4
0.1
1.9
4.8
IAS 19 effect
Total 2015
-44.8
-
587.0
372.0
164.0
-44.8
96.8
102.5
71.9
60.9
32.4
365.0
1,488.0
IAS 19 effect
Total 2014
-25.3
-
560.0
297.0
134.0
-25.3
78.3
91.7
64.3
58.1
28.6
321.0
1,312.0
Operating expenses are mostly in cash but can take the form of goods (in kind) or services. Operating expenses in kind and in services
amounted to CHF4.9 million and CHF8.0 million respectively (2014: CHF3.1 million and CHF9.7 million).
Note
[4F]
2015
498.1
28.3
4.9
5.0
50.7
587.0
2014
450.9
62.0
6.3
3.9
37.3
560.0
The ICRC has a defined contribution plan for its employees: the Contribution Suppletive Plan. The expected contributions for this plan
in 2016 amount to CHF10.8 million. At 31 December 2015, the ICRC recognized a liability of CHF30.4 million (2014: CHF25.5 million)
with respect to this plan within non-current employee liabilities (see Note [4F]). Expenses for defined contribution post-employment
benefit plan are recognized in the period in which the related services are provided by the staff.
The ICRC has three defined benefit plans for its employees. For post-employment defined benefit plans, the total pension cost and the
defined benefit liability are determined by applying the projected unit credit method using actuarial assumptions. The components of the
defined benefit cost are recognized and presented as follows:
XX Within other non-operating expenses/(income): net interest on the net defined benefit liability/(asset) comprising the interest income
on plan assets (measured using the same discount rate as that applied for the defined benefit obligation) and the interest expense
(increase in present value of the defined benefit obligation as the date of settlement moves one period closer).
XX In other comprehensive income: all re-measurement gains and losses on defined benefit plans are immediately recognized as other
comprehensive income in the period they occur.
Further details of the ICRCs defined benefit plans and the related liabilities can be found in Note [4F].
FIGURES ARE IN CHF MILLION AND ROUNDING RULES ARE PRESENTED IN NOTE [ 1B ]
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2015
17.3
13.1
25.9
56.0
2014
16.5
11.8
25.1
53.0
2015
2014
2,004
103
11,430
13,537
1,777
103
10,481
12,361
969
14,506
948
13,309
The average number of employees during these financial years was as follows:
In the field
Mobile staff hired by ICRC
Mobile staff seconded by National Societies
Resident staff under ICRC contract
At headquarters
Staff hired by ICRC
Total Average number of employees
The 2014 staff figures have been reclassified according to the 2015 methodology
The ICRC defines related parties as key management personnel or persons with authority and responsibility for planning, directing and
controlling the ICRCs activities. Related parties are the ICRC directors and senior management, and close members of their families or
households. The members of the Assembly the supreme governing body of the ICRC are also identified as related parties.
There were no transactions with key management personnel except those described below. With the exception of the president and the
permanent vice-president, none of the other members of the Assembly, or any person related to them, received any remuneration from
the ICRC during the year. Neither the non-permanent members of the Assembly, nor persons related to or having business ties with them,
received remuneration from the ICRC during the year.
The salaries and benefits of the ICRCs president, permanent vice-president, six directors and head of Internal Audit are set by the
Remuneration Commission. Their total remuneration below includes employer expenses for social insurance and social benefits. They
received no other salaries or benefits (e.g. fringe benefits, loans, etc.).
(CHF million)
Short-term employee benefits
Post-employment benefits and other long-term benefits
Total Remuneration of related parties
2015
2.9
0.8
3.7
2014
3.0
0.8
3.8
3D. Rentals
Lease incentives received are recognized in the consolidated statement of income as an integral part of the total lease expense.
(CHF million)
Premises and equipment
Transport
Sub-total Operating leases
Rentals as contributed services
Total Rentals
2015
53.8
107.3
161.1
3.0
164.0
2014
48.0
82.5
130.5
3.2
134.0
2015
9.1
11.3
2.4
22.8
2014
11.5
12.0
2.8
26.3
The ICRC committed to pay the following non-cancellable rentals in the coming years:
(CHF million)
Due within 12 months
Due within 2 to 5 years
Due in over 5 years
Total Non-cancellable lease payable
For internal reporting purposes, an additional 6.5% is added to the budget of each operation for cash and service movements as a contribution provided to headquarters. Headquarters support includes services essential to an operations success, such as human resources,
finance, logistics and IT. In internal and donor reporting, the re-measurement of pension gains and losses (IAS 19 effect on pension plans)
is presented separately.
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a.
Overheads
The following analysis reconciles these audited financial statements with the emergency appeals for the past two years:
2015 (CHF million)
Consolidated contributions
Less funds and foundations
Internal allocation from field budget
Income as per emergency appeals
Consolidated operating expenditure
Less funds and foundations
Less IAS 19 effect on pension plans
Internal allocation to headquarters budget
Expenditure as per emergency appeals
2014 (CHF million)
Consolidated contributions
Less funds and foundations
Internal allocation from field budget
Income as per emergency appeals
Consolidated operating expenditure
Less funds and foundations
Less IAS 19 effect on pension plans
Internal allocation to headquarters budget
Expenditure as per emergency appeals
b.
Field
Headquarters
1,351.2
1,351.2
-1,326.7
-85.9
-1,412.6
147.1
85.9
233.0
-201.2
-201.2
Field
Headquarters
1,189.2
1,189.2
-1,136.0
-73.6
-1,209.6
151.6
73.6
225.2
-197.1
-197.1
Funds and
Foundations
3.9
-3.9
-4.6
4.6
Funds and
Foundations
2.6
-2.6
-4.8
4.8
-
IAS 19 effect
Total 2015
44.8
-44.8
-
1,502.0
-3.9
85.9
1,584.2
-1,488.0
4.6
-44.8
-85.9
-1,613.8
IAS 19 effect
Total 2014
25.3
-25.3
-
1,343.0
-2.6
73.6
1,414.4
-1,312.0
4.8
-25.3
-73.6
-1,406.7
Administrative costs
The following cost centres at headquarters are classified as administrative rather than direct programme-oriented expenses:
XX The presidents office, the directorate and management
XX Finance and administration
XX Human resources
XX Fundraising
XX Information systems and archives
Their total administrative cost in 2015 amounts to CHF135.5 million, which represents 8.9% of the ICRCs operating expenses (2014:
CHF130.3 million or 9.8%).
3F. Inventories
XX Inventories
held at headquarters, at the principal regional distribution centres in Nairobi (Kenya), Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and
Amman (Jordan) and in the main warehouses in the Democratic Republic of Congo are considered as uncommitted inventories at
31December2015. The expense is recognized at the moment such inventories are delivered or consumed.
XX Inventories are recorded at cost and include expenses incurred in acquiring the inventories and bringing them to their present
location and condition. The ICRC periodically reviews its inventory for excess, obsolescence and declines in market value below
cost, and records an allowance against the inventory balance for any such declines. Obsolete inventories are written off.
XX In various delegations, certain inventories are held on behalf of beneficiaries for operational reasons. These are considered as
committed and are included in expenses owing to the nature of ICRC operations. Committed goods in the field are not recorded in
inventory unless they have not yet been designated.
2015
17.3
25.5
7.0
8.2
58.0
(CHF million)
Relief
Medical and physical rehabilitation
Water and habitat
Other inventories, net of allowances for obsolete inventories
Total Inventories
2014
12.5
20.2
4.7
10.0
47.0
The allowance for obsolete inventories at 31 December 2015 was CHF2.5 million (2014: CHF1.3 million).
FIGURES ARE IN CHF MILLION AND ROUNDING RULES ARE PRESENTED IN NOTE [ 1B ]
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XX Intangible
Tangible assets
Buildings and land improvements Switzerland
Buildings other countries
Fixed installations
Equipment and vehicles
Hardware (IT equipment)
Land
Intangible assets
Software
Useful life
20 to 70 years
3 to 20 years
10 years
5 to 8 years
3 years
Not depreciated
5 years
XX Tangible
and intangible assets with finite useful lives are assessed for impairment whenever there is an indication that the asset may
be impaired. The amortization period and method are reviewed at least at each financial year-end.
XX Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are tested for impairment annually. Such intangibles are not amortized. The useful life
of an intangible asset with an indefinite life is reviewed annually to determine whether indefinite life assessment continues to be
supportable. If not, the change in the useful life assessment from indefinite to finite is made on a prospective basis.
2015 (CHF million)
Net carrying value 1 January 2015
Additions
Disposals
Depreciation charge for the year
Net carrying value 31 December 2015
Gross value
Accumulated depreciation
Net carrying value 31 December 2015
2014 (CHF million)
Net carrying value 1 January 2014
Additions
Disposals
Depreciation charge for the year
Net carrying value 31 December 2014
Gross value
Accumulated depreciation
Net carrying value 31 December 2014
Equipment
Vehicles
7.3
4.7
-0.1
-2.6
9.2
33.6
-24.4
9.2
40.8
21.5
-2.5
-13.8
46.2
109.3
-63.1
46.2
Equipment
Vehicles
6.7
3.5
-2.9
7.3
30.0
-22.7
7.3
33.2
20.6
-0.8
-12.2
40.8
107.0
-66.2
40.8
Total
Tangible assets
196.0
34.3
-2.7
-24.8
203.0
364.5
-161.3
203.0
Total
Intangible assets
40.0
19.1
-7.9
51.0
93.2
-42.0
51.0
Total
Tangible assets
179.5
40.2
-0.9
-22.6
196.0
350.6
-154.4
196.0
Total
Intangible assets
28.7
17.3
-6.1
40.0
74.2
-34.2
40.0
A majority of the land, buildings and fixed installations are located in Switzerland, with a gross value of CHF190.2 million (2014:
CHF184.7 million).
At 31 December 2015, tangible assets included work in progress for CHF2.4 million, for construction and renovation of buildings (2014:
CHF3.0 million).
Intangible assets included CHF20.4 million for software in development acquired externally (2014: CHF12.0 million). The ICRC still
uses some fully amortized software with a gross value of CHF 26.5 million.
3H. Commitments
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2015
7.2
4.7
11.9
38.1
38.1
2014
7.3
2.2
9.5
6.7
6.7
4.
MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS
ICRC considers cash on hand, cash at banks and short-term deposits with an original maturity of three months or less to
be Cash and cash equivalents. Term deposits with an original maturity of over three months are classified as current and/or noncurrent investments (refer to Note [4C]).
XX Cash at banks earns interest at floating rates based on daily bank rates.
XX Short-term deposits are made for varying periods of between one day and three months depending on the immediate cash
requirements of the ICRC and earn interest at the applicable short-term deposit rates.
XX Bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the ICRCs cash management are included as a
component of cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated statement of cash-flows.
(CHF million)
Cash at banks and on hand
Short-term deposits
Total Cash and cash equivalents
Bank overdrafts used for cash management purposes
Total Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows
Note
[4B]
2015
151.9
5.0
157.0
-1.0
156.0
2014
152.8
71.9
225.0
-1.2
224.0
A portion of the cash at banks, amounting to CHF24.1 million, was restricted until March 2015 by a specific donor for a three-year
retention period, after which the funds would be non-earmarked and assigned to field operations. Until then, the funds received were to
be kept at two banks specified by the donor. However, the donor agreed to lift the restriction twice: for CHF10.0 million in April 2013,
assigned to the field operations in the Philippines, and CHF10.0 million in May 2014, assigned to the field operations in South Sudan.
The remaining contribution of CHF24.1 million is recognized as operating income in 2015.
At 31 December 2015, the ICRC could draw on CHF90.0 million (2014: CHF90.0 million) of undrawn committed borrowing facilities
in respect of which all prior conditions had been met.
Note
[4A]
2015
1.0
19.2
20.0
2014
1.2
19.8
21.0
Interest-free loans are recorded at fair value at initial recognition, which is the present value of expected future cash-flows, discounted
using a market interest rate. The difference between the cost and the fair value at initial recognition is recognized as deferred income in
Note [2C]. The deferred income is subsequently recognized over the loan period.
At 31 December 2015, there are two interest-free loans related to buildings, both granted by a governmental body. The nominal values of
these unsecured loans are:
XX CHF9.8 million (2014: CHF9.8 million) for the training centre in Ecogia, Geneva (final repayment in 2049); and
XX CHF26.0 million (2014: CHF26.0 million) for the logistics building in Geneva (final repayment in 2060).
The terms of loan repayment are as follows:
(CHF million)
Due within 12 months
Due within 2 to 5 years
Due in over 5 years
Total Unsecured interest-free loans
2015
0.6
2.3
16.3
19.2
2014
0.6
2.4
16.8
19.8
4C. Investments
In accordance with its documented investment management policy, the ICRC classifies its investments in two categories:
a.
XX Financial
assets at fair value through profit or loss are financial assets held-for-trading. A financial asset is classified in this category
if acquired principally for the purpose of selling in the short term and presented within current assets.
XX Held-for-trading investments are recognized and derecognized on the trade date that the ICRC, or the portfolio manager acting on
behalf of the ICRC, commits to purchasing or selling them.
XX The financial assets held-for-trading are measured at fair value through profit or loss (Refer to Note [4E]).
XX Fair value gains or losses, which take into account any dividend income, are recognized in the consolidated statement of income.
Transaction costs are also recognized in the consolidated statement of income as incurred.
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b.
Held-to-maturity
XX When
the ICRC has the positive intent and ability to hold debt securities to maturity, such financial assets are classified as held-tomaturity. Bonds in this category are classified as current investments if expected to be settled within 12 months; otherwise, they are
classified as non-current assets.
XX Held-to-maturity investments are recognized initially at fair value plus any directly attributable transaction costs. Subsequent
to initial recognition, held-to-maturity investments are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate, less any
impairment losses.
XX At the end of each reporting period, the ICRC assesses whether there is objective evidence that a debt security measured at
amortized cost is impaired. If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on financial assets measured at amortized cost has
been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the assets carrying amount and the present value of
estimated future cash-flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred), discounted at the financial assets original
effective interest rate.
XX If, in a subsequent year, the amount of the estimated impairment loss increases or decreases because of an event occurring after the
impairment was recognized, the previously recognized impairment loss is increased or reduced by adjusting the bonds carrying
amount. Any reversal is limited to the extent that the new carrying amount does not exceed the amortized cost that would have
been reached in the absence of impairment.
(CHF million)
Investments at fair value through profit or loss
Quoted equity securities
Quoted debt securities
Short-term deposits with an original maturity over three months
Investments held-to-maturity
Quoted debt securities with a maturity below 12 months
Sub-total Current investments
Investments held-to-maturity
Quoted debt securities with a maturity over 12 months, net
Sub-total Non-current investments
Total Investments
Note
2015
2014
[4A]
87.2
73.3
3.0
90.0
70.1
32.0
32.4
196.0
26.5
219.0
105.0
105.0
301.0
110.0
110.0
329.0
The ICRC has various financial assets, such as cash and cash equivalents, investments, other financial assets and accounts receivable. The
main financial liabilities comprise loans, bank overdrafts, accounts payable and accrued expenses.
The main risks arising from these financial assets and liabilities are market risk and its subsets (foreign currency and interest rate risks, as
well as equity price risk), credit/counterparty risk and liquidity risk, which are summarized below.
These risks are managed through several treasury policies. Compliance with these policies is monitored by the Treasury Committee,
which is composed of the director of financial resources and logistics, the head of finance, the head of accounting and the treasurer. These
financial risk management policies in force have been approved by the Assembly Council. These various policies are submitted by the
Treasury Committee to the Assembly Council for adoption.
a.
The foreign currency risk is the risk that the financial statements for a particular period or as at a certain date may be affected by changes
in the value of transactions executed in foreign currencies owing to fluctuations.
Exposure to fluctuations in foreign exchange (FX) rates arises from transactions denominated in currencies other than the Swiss franc.
For instance, the ICRC is exposed to currency risk through contributions pledged in foreign currencies.
In addition, exchange rate fluctuations can have a significant impact on the consolidated statement of income. The currencies giving rise
to this risk are primarily the euro, the pound sterling and the US, Australian and Canadian dollars. The FX exposure on the long-term
receivables in foreign currencies is offset by the FX exposure on the related deferred income liability. No hedge accounting is applied.
Forward foreign currency contracts
At year-end, the following positions of forward foreign currency contracts were open:
(CHF million)
Purchase of foreign currencies
Sale of foreign currencies
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2015
6.0
-37.0
2014
92.3
-63.0
Exposure management
The ICRC uses derivative financial instruments spots, forward contracts and swaps to hedge its exposure to foreign currency risks.
The forward foreign currency contracts have maturities of less than 12 months after the reporting date. Where necessary, the contracts
are swapped at maturity. In accordance with its treasury policies, the ICRC uses derivative instruments exclusively for hedging purposes.
Such derivative financial instruments are recognized at fair value, initially on the date on which a derivative contract is entered into and
subsequently at each reporting date. Derivatives are carried as assets when the fair value is positive and as liabilities when the fair value is
negative. Any gains or losses arising from changes in fair value on derivatives during the year are recognized immediately.
With respect to other monetary assets and liabilities held in foreign currencies in the field, the ICRC ensures that its exposure is kept to
an acceptable level, buying or selling foreign currencies at spot rates where necessary to address short-term needs.
To limit exposure over investments, the ICRCs investment management policy defines which currencies may be used for investments. At
31 December 2015, all investments are denominated in Swiss francs, with the exception of CHF88.8 million (2014:CHF93.3 million).
Exposure measurement
The ICRC uses a value at risk (VaR) computation to estimate the potential annual loss in the fair value of its financial assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currency.
The VaR estimates are made assuming normal market conditions, using a 95% confidence interval over a 15 day period. The ICRC cannot
predict actual future movements of exchange rates. Therefore, the VaR numbers below do not represent actual losses or consider the
effects of favourable movements in underlying variables. Accordingly, these VaR numbers are only indicative of future movements over
a one-year time horizon, to the extent that historical market patterns are repeated in the future.
The estimated potential annual loss from the ICRCs foreign currency exposure is as follows:
(CHF million)
On income
On expenses
On investment portfolios
Value at Risk Potential loss on foreign currencies
b.
2015
-9.5
-16.0
-11.8
-37.3
2014
-2.6
-4.9
-4.5
-12.0
Sensitivity analysis for quoted debt securities at fair value through profit or loss
A change of 100 basis points in interest rates at the end of the year assuming that all other variables, particularly foreign currency rates,
remain constant would not have a material impact on ICRCs surplus/(deficit).
To limit this market exposure, the ICRCs Investment and Treasury Committees have clarified the organizations tolerance for risk and
volatility in investment guidelines based on investment management policy. Portfolio managers are required to trade all investments at
stock exchanges handling large volumes and with market makers. All selected financial assets must meet specific criteria defined in the
policy, such as quality and negotiability of securities, minimum counterparty ratings, maximum percentages of total invested fund, etc.
The Investment Committee which consists of the director of financial resources and logistics, the head of finance and two external
members manages the market and interest rate risks.
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The ICRC has also allowed portfolio managers to use futures contracts to hedge exposure to market risk. The futures contracts have
maturities of less than 12 months after the reporting date.
c.
Credit/counterparty risk
The ICRCs treasury policies focus on security of cash and cash equivalents. At headquarters, these positions are held in banks regulated
by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) or by the central banks of any EU member states with a long-term rating of at least A-/A3 (Standard
& Poors and Moodys). In 2015, the number of bank counterparties did not change. For field positions, there is no significant exposure
to banks in risky countries.
ICRC receivables are mostly with governments and government agencies, where credit risk is considered to be low. In addition, the ICRC
has a relatively broad government donor base. The largest donor contributed 28% of overall income (2014: 23%) and the top five donors
contributed 64% (2014: 60%).
Investments are allowed only in liquid securities and only with counterparties that have a high credit rating. The ICRCs investment policy
defines the maximum exposure to a single counterparty in order to ensure diversification of investments.
Accounts receivable are only offset against accounts payable if the offsetting criteria are met. At the reporting date, there were no significant
concentrations of credit risk. The maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying amount of each financial asset in the
consolidated statement of financial position.
d.
Liquidity risk
The ICRC maintains a secure level of working capital at all times. This is reassessed and quantified periodically, based on cash-flow
forecasts. The ICRCs objective is to strike a balance between funding continuity and flexibility by maintaining sufficient funds in the form
of cash in hand, cash at banks or deposits with initial maturities of three months or less, to meet short-term liabilities. Interest-bearing
loans and borrowings, which are debt requiring servicing costs, are kept to a minimum.
In addition, the ICRC has liquidity risk associated with forward foreign currency cover. Funds in the appropriate foreign currency are
retained to settle forward contracts when they become due, or the contract is swapped forward until sufficient foreign currency is available.
The table below summarizes the maturity profile of the ICRCs financial liabilities.
2015 (CHF million)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Loans and borrowings
Derivative financial instruments
Total financial liabilities
2014 (CHF million)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Loans and borrowings
Derivative financial instruments
Total financial liabilities
e.
Note
[4B]
Note
[4B]
Total
2015
60.0
20.0
43.0
123.0
Total
2014
54.0
21.0
155.0
230.0
Undiscounted amounts
< 1 year
2 5 years
60.0
1.6
2.3
43.0
104.6
2.3
> 5 years
16.3
16.3
Undiscounted amounts
< 1 year
2 5 years
54.0
1.9
2.4
155.0
210.9
2.4
> 5 years
16.8
16.8
Capital management
By its nature, the ICRC does not have capital. Rather, it views the reserves as a proxy for capital in terms of IAS 1. The target and position
of the various reserves are indicated in Note [2D]. There were no changes in the organizations approach to reserves management during
the year under review. The Assembly policy is to maintain a strong level of reserves so as to maintain stakeholder and donor confidence
and to sustain future development of operations.
A number of the ICRCs accounting policies and disclosures require the determination of fair value, both for financial and non-financial
assets and liabilities. Fair value has been determined for measurement and/or disclosure purposes based on the methods outlined below.
a.
XX Fair
value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on market conditions and information about the financial
instruments concerned. These estimates are subjective in nature and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and
therefore cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect estimates.
XX The fair values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, bank overdrafts, accounts payable and accrued expenses are not
materially different from the carrying amounts.
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XX The
fair value of equity and debt securities is determined by reference to their quoted closing price at the reporting date, or, if
unquoted, using a valuation technique. The valuation techniques employed include market multiple and discounted cash-flow
analysis using expected future cash-flows and a market interest rate.
XX In accordance with the ICRCs investment strategy, investments held-for-trading are measured at fair value through profit or loss,
because their performance is actively monitored and they are managed on a fair value basis. The debt securities held-to-maturity are
measured at amortized cost. Their fair value is determined for impairment testing and disclosed in the table below.
XX Interest-free loans are recorded at fair value on initial recognition, which is the present value of the expected future cash-flows,
discounted using a market interest rate.
XX Derivative financial instruments are stated at fair value. The net result of marking derivative financial instruments at the reporting
date was a charge of CHF 0.2 million (2014: CHF0.6 million). The fair value of forward currency contracts is calculated by
reference to current forward foreign currency rates for contracts with similar maturity profiles. The fair value of futures exchange
contracts is their market price at the reporting date.
b.
Set out below is a comparison by class of the carrying amounts and fair values of the ICRCs financial assets and liabilities and their corresponding fair value measurement levels. The ICRC determines the fair value of financial instruments on the basis of the following hierarchy:
XX Level 1: The fair value of financial instruments quoted in active markets is based on their quoted closing price at the reporting date.
XX Level 2: The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market is determined by using valuation techniques
based on observable market data.
XX Level 3: This level includes instruments where one or more of the significant inputs are not based on observable market data.
There was no transfer between the fair value measurement levels during the reporting periods ended 31 December 2014 and 2015.
2015 (CHF million)
Financial assets
Investments at fair value through profit or loss
Investments held-to-maturity
Financial liabilities
Unsecured interest-free loans
2014 (CHF million)
Financial assets
Investments at fair value through profit or loss
Investments held-to-maturity
Financial liabilities
Unsecured interest-free loans
Note
Carrying value
Fair value
[4C]
[4C]
163.5
137.4
163.5
139.4
163.5
139.4
[4B]
-19.2
-26.1
-26.1
Note
Carrying value
Fair value
[4C]
[4C]
192.1
136.3
192.1
138.2
192.1
138.2
[4B]
-19.8
-26.1
-26.1
Level 1
Level 1
Level 3
Level 3
The ICRC operates three post-employment plans which are treated as defined benefit plans for IAS 19 purposes. All plans are administered separately.
Pension plan
XX The pension plan is an independent pension foundation called the ICRC Pension Fund. This separate legal entity is registered with
the Swiss supervisory authority in the canton of Geneva. As such, it must comply with the compulsory insurance requirements
set out in the Swiss Federal Law on Occupational Retirement, Survivors and Disability Pension Funds (LPP/BVG in the French/
German acronym). The fund undertakes to respect at least the minimum requirements imposed by the LPP/BVG and its
ordinances.
XX The pension plan covers all staff working at headquarters or in the field and hired in Geneva (mobile staff); it is the ICRCs most
important plan.
XX The pension plan is a funded plan providing retirement benefits as well as benefits on death and disability.
XX The ICRC Pension Fund Board is responsible for the funds management. The board consists of six representatives appointed by the
ICRC and six representatives elected by the pension plan participants.
XX In general, the ICRC must make contributions to the ICRC Pension Fund for each plan participant covered and as defined in the
funds regulations, i.e. it must contribute 2% of pensionable salary up to 1January following a participants 24th birthday and 17% of
pensionable salary thereafter. Should the ICRC Pension Fund become underfunded (from a Swiss legal funding perspective), then
the ICRC could be required to make additional contributions. While the ICRC has the option to contribute in excess of the amounts
specified in the funds regulations, it usually makes contributions as per the regulations.
XX The ICRC Pension Fund Board decided to switch from a defined benefit plan to a defined contribution scheme in accordance with
Swiss law starting on 1 January 2014. However, under IFRS the plan remains classified as a defined benefit plan.
FIGURES ARE IN CHF MILLION AND ROUNDING RULES ARE PRESENTED IN NOTE [ 1B ]
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b.
XX The
net obligation in respect of defined benefit plans is calculated separately for each plan by estimating the amount of future
benefits that employees have earned in return for their services in the current and prior periods. That benefit is discounted to
determine its present value. The fair value of the pension plan assets is deducted.
XX When the calculation results in a benefit to the organization, the recognized asset is limited to benefits available in the form of
refunds from the plan or reductions in future contributions to the plan.
The ICRCs total non-current employee benefit liabilities at the reporting date are as follows:
(CHF million)
Pension plan
Present value of defined benefit obligation
Fair value of plan assets
Under-coverage of pension plan
Early retirement plan
End-of-service plan
Sub-total Unfunded plans
Defined contribution plans
Total Non-current employee benefit liabilities
Note
[3B]
2015
2014
1,458.2
-1,220.0
238.2
36.5
64.0
100.5
30.4
369.0
1,431.5
-1,161.2
270.3
35.8
63.7
99.5
25.8
396.0
The following tables summarize the components of net benefit expense recognized in the consolidated statement of income:
Components of defined benefit expense
(CHF million)
Interest expense on defined benefit obligation
Interest income on plan assets
Sub-total Net interest on net defined benefit obligation
Total service cost
Administration costs, excluding costs for managing plan assets
Sub-total Expense recognized within staff costs
Total Defined benefit expense
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Note
[3B]
2015
19.1
-13.3
5.8
49.3
1.4
50.7
56.5
2014
30.4
-25.4
5.1
35.9
1.5
37.3
42.4
2015
2014
-39.3
31.4
-3.6
-11.5
6.9
-2.1
-7.0
-223.9
-35.7
-259.6
-2.3
67.8
-194.0
2015 Total
1,531.0
49.3
19.1
21.4
-66.8
11.6
-6.9
1,558.7
Pension plan
1,133.2
25.1
27.2
20.0
-25.4
251.4
1,431.5
Unfunded plans
84.3
10.8
3.3
-9.3
8.1
2.3
99.5
Total 2014
1,217.5
35.9
30.4
20.0
-34.7
259.6
2.3
1,531.0
Changes in the fair value of the assets owned by the ICRC Pension Fund
(CHF million)
Fair value of pension plan assets at 1 January
Employer contributions
Employee contributions
Net benefits paid
Actual administration costs paid, excluding costs for managing plan assets
Interest income on plan assets
Excess return on plan assets
Fair value of pension plan assets at 31 December
2015
1,161.2
83.0
21.4
-55.4
-1.4
13.3
-2.1
1,220.0
2014
1,032.1
42.8
20.0
-25.4
-1.5
25.4
67.8
1,161.2
Following its liquidation in 2015, the Avenir Foundation paid the ICRCs share to the ICRC Pension Fund for CHF 37.5 million as an
additional employer contribution.
Fair values of pension plan assets by asset category
(CHF million)
Cash and cash equivalents
Gold
Equities:
- Domestic (Swiss) equities
- Foreign equities
Bonds:
- Domestic (Swiss) bonds
- Foreign bonds
Properties:
-Domestic (Swiss) direct investments in properties
- Foreign direct investments in properties
- Domestic (Swiss) property funds
- Foreign property funds
Total Pension plan assets at 31 December
2015
80.7
9.8
2014
68.5
3.3
197.1
286.1
183.5
267.8
329.6
93.4
203.8
228.0
141.3
3.1
35.9
43.0
1,220.0
127.7
2.6
35.5
40.5
1,161.2
All plan assets, except direct investments in properties and cash and cash equivalents, are listed. The assessment of the market values of
the direct investments in properties led to a revaluation of the related plan assets by + CHF28.3 million in December2015 (+ CHF14.9
million in December 2012). The next appraisal by an independent real estate appraiser will be carried out in 2018, unless significant
market changes occur before then.
FIGURES ARE IN CHF MILLION AND ROUNDING RULES ARE PRESENTED IN NOTE [ 1B ]
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XX Discount
Unfunded plans
Pension plan
2015
0.83%
1.75%
18.40%
2014
1.15%
2.00%
18.70%
Early retirement
2015
0.83%
1.75%
-
2014
1.15%
2.00%
-
End-of-service
2015
5.00%
5.00%
-
2014
5.00%
5.00%
-
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Pension plan
45.6
21.1
-100.4
13.6 years
Unfunded plans
Early retirement End-of-service
3.6
8.3
-3.6
-8.3
6.2 years
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Opinion
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015 give a true
and fair view of the financial position, the results of operations and the cash flows in accordance with
IFRS and comply with Swiss law.
Laurent Bludzien
Thomas Madoery
Enclosures
Consolidated financial statements (consolidated statement of income, consolidated statement of
other comprehensive income, consolidated statement of financial position, consolidated statement of
cash flows, consolidated statement of changes in reserves and notes)
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A. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE RELATED TO THE 2015 EMERGENCY AND HEADQUARTERS APPEALS (in KCHF)
Total Emergency
Appeals (field)
552,960
82,442
216,911
112,537
414,421
1,379,271
2. Headquarters Appeal
Headquarters General
Governing and Controlling Bodies
Office of the Director-General
Operations
International Law and Policy
Communication and Information
Management
Human Resources
Financial Resources and Logistics
Total headquarters
668,103
82,442
216,911
144,620
477,535
85,247
22,977
38,484
21,832
50,857
405,458
24,520
127,566
65,673
335,052
51,882
17,582
31,767
15,863
26,963
35,237
6,851
14,335
8,400
19,285
2,280
792
1,825
468
1,420
580,105
72,723
213,977
112,236
433,577
35,211
4,438
13,039
6,849
26,383
210,340 1,589,611
219,397
958,270
144,057
84,108
6,785 1,412,618
85,919
115,144
32,083
63,114
6,430
10,403
46,500
15,121
3,307
2,145
316
637
9,737
12,548
46,816
15,758
6,044
11,738
46,607
14,833
36,619
128
36,747
37,149
29,469
49,734
194,276
40
-23
6,549
29,509
49,711
200,825
28,267
57,561
202,199
5,283
4. O
perating activities-related contributions and expenditure
(according to consolidated profit and loss statement)
Total income and expenditure
1,620,100
Deduction of
field non-operating income
Deduction of headquarters
non-operating income
Deduction of overheads
Deduction of cross-charging
(foundations and funds)
Reconciliation with IFRS
requirements (IAS 19)
Total operating activities related
contributions and expenditure
-85,919
-640
-44,830
1,488,710
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
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General
Cooperation with
National Societies
Assistance
Protection
Amendments
Prevention
EXPENDITURE
(Cash, kind and services)
BUDGET
542,312
57,736
194,194
103,109
442,852
- 24
2,048
75
1,276
71
1,829
3,562
317
35
1,321
- 260
2,034
117
1,156
336
1,318
549,956
57,928
196,943
103,551
447,320
- 284
11,657
1,340,178
5,299
4,975
4,962 1,355,414
28,979
139,335
350
107
915
1,631
1,244
0
10
22
500
1,227
144,066
2,716
153
-
229,215
350
107
1,078
1,653
53
53
4
1,334
35
162
3,066
535
1,393
234,384
85,919
85,919
4,584
1,488,828
- 3,924
- 886
- 1,895
- 1,162
16,403
920
- 7,867
10,000
10,000
5,000
- 1,496
25,000
6,205
42
32,858
636
- 29,517
- 5,790
- 9,300
- 4,938
- 2,783
39,741
- 52,328
129
272
44
96
169
316
393
29,295
- 7,867
- 1,496
25,000
40,134
- 52,328
29,295
-7,867
-1,496
25,000
40,134
-52,328
4,584
6,633
85,919
4,975
8,027 1,594,383
- 4,206
- 4,206
- 1,264
- 1,264
- 85,919
- 85,919
- 640
- 640
1,488,188
FUNDING OF OPERATIONS
(Balances brought forward)
Services contributions
Kind contributions
Overheads
Cash contributions
INCOME
(Cash, kind and services)
1,163
4,975
8,027 1,502,354
|567
B. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE BY DELEGATION RELATED TO THE 2015 EMERGENCY APPEALS (in KCHF)
General
Prevention
Assistance
Protection
Amendments
EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAMME
(Cash, kind and services)
BUDGET
AFRICA
Algeria
2,973
2,973
939
186
772
351
25
2,273
139
Burundi
4,592
4,592
1,904
1,774
563
678
21
4,940
302
46,906
46,906
4,184
27,657
2,880
1,353
66
36,139
2,198
6,398
364
6,761
1,508
2,083
1,062
836
24
5,513
336
63,407
63,407
15,454
38,203
4,726
2,168
215
60,766
3,658
Eritrea
4,198
4,198
858
2,936
354
88
18
4,254
260
Ethiopia
20,863
20,863
4,577
10,911
2,492
1,723
97
19,799
1,208
Guinea
7,350
7,350
1,783
2,439
968
964
40
6,194
378
Liberia
17,466
17,466
995
8,847
963
1,101
33
11,941
729
Libya
9,360
6,658
16,018
1,800
6,834
2,298
1,647
89
12,667
763
Mali
47,632
47,632
4,050
29,190
2,496
1,552
175
37,465
2,287
Mauritania
4,633
4,633
1,018
1,549
679
483
26
3,756
229
Morocco
1,789
1,789
690
346
587
1,623
99
Niger
14,975
7,255
22,230
2,690
16,986
1,480
882
42
22,079
1,301
Nigeria
23,325
44,359
67,685
4,582
48,362
3,937
2,389
37
59,306
3,619
Rwanda
6,253
6,253
3,014
1,655
807
398
45
5,920
361
Somalia
73,746
73,746
4,073
53,381
3,368
2,143
213
63,179
3,817
22,670 153,867
11,440
113,433
6,478
5,771
288
137,411
8,346
South Sudan
131,196
Sudan
4,958
25,208
30,166
2,895
15,655
3,187
1,881
155
23,773
1,451
Uganda
4,242
4,242
2,146
744
534
33
3,458
211
12,806
12,806
2,383
4,856
1,850
1,538
55
10,683
652
Antananarivo (regional)
3,997
3,997
1,124
1,800
403
365
15
3,707
226
Dakar (regional)
8,921
8,921
1,370
2,990
1,919
990
128
7,397
451
Harare (regional)
8,275
8,275
1,736
3,503
1,250
927
33
7,448
455
Nairobi (regional)
8,081
8,081
2,901
605
2,059
1,652
340
7,558
461
Pretoria (regional)
2,596
2,596
635
698
420
24
1,778
108
Tunis (regional)
5,459
5,459
1,648
2,009
864
207
25
4,754
290
Yaound (regional)
6,562
8,629
15,192
2,851
7,613
2,237
1,608
15
14,324
874
85,247
405,458
51,882
35,237
2,280
580,105
35,211
Abidjan (regional)
TOTAL AFRICA
AMERICAS
33,324
33,324
8,487
13,880
3,094
1,408
571
27,441
1,675
Haiti
4,898
4,898
749
1,675
369
845
15
3,653
223
Brasilia (regional)
7,521
7,521
2,223
551
2,693
1,283
72
6,823
416
Caracas (regional)
3,070
3,070
527
882
685
2,094
128
Lima (regional)
6,257
6,257
2,195
948
2,265
825
15
6,248
381
17,879
17,879
6,001
7,280
2,541
1,249
45
17,116
1,045
Washington (regional)
6,719
6,719
2,795
186
3,055
556
59
6,650
406
New York
2,774
2,774
2,682
15
2,697
165
82,442
82,442
22,977
24,520
17,582
6,851
792
72,723
4,438
Colombia
TOTAL AMERICAS
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
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Services contributions
Kind contributions
Cash contributions
INCOME
(Cash, kind, services and assets)
AFRICA
2,273
2,273
2,598
2,600
30,963
119
119
230
31,431
5,513
5,513
57,205
28
1,544
223
59,000
Algeria
- 15
8,812
17
1,797
- 32
- 2,355
4,121
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1,994
2,000
17,785
42
61
17,888
6,191
6,194
11,568
14
45
11,626
15,293
164
15,465
- 439
- 275
33,563
61
45
33,668
- 867
45
3,755
3,756
Mauritania
1,622
1,623
Morocco
17,663
758
18,426
- 699
56,617
52
98
56,770
- 655
5,912
5,920
60,461
393
18
60,877
130,167
1,052
574
21,242
409
64
21,715
3,457
3,458
- 1,264
10,704
3,706
3,707
7,401
7,405
- 2,281
Eritrea
-1
- 3,177
Ethiopia
Guinea
914
- 599
Liberia
2,084
Libya
- 4,618
-9
Mali
- 4,361
Niger
- 3,192
Nigeria
Rwanda
133
1,240 133,033
10,695
- 26
- 2,168
Somalia
27
- 4,351
South Sudan
- 2,058
Sudan
Uganda
- 21
Abidjan (regional)
Antananarivo (regional)
-8
Dakar (regional)
Nairobi (regional)
7,440
7,448
7,340
201
7,556
1,775
1,778
4,751
4,754
13,364
13,368
542,312
2,048
3,562
24,367
14
117
24,498
3,661
3,669
- 16
Haiti
6,790
33
6,823
-0
Brasilia (regional)
2,094
2,094
6,237
11
6,248
10,241
10,247
1,648
1,650
2,697
2,697
57,736
75
117
57,928
2,034 549,956
Harare (regional)
Pretoria (regional)
Tunis (regional)
11,657
- 3,924
- 896
- 886
-0
- 956
Yaound (regional)
6,205 - 29,517
TOTAL AFRICA
AMERICAS
42
- 3,871
Colombia
Caracas (regional)
Lima (regional)
- 51
5,000
- 1,919
5,000
Washington (regional)
-0
-
- 886
- 67
10,000
42 - 5,790
TOTAL AMERICAS
|569
B. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE BY DELEGATION RELATED TO THE 2015 EMERGENCY APPEALS (CONT.) (in KCHF)
80,104
12,236
61,841
4,479
1,881
560
80,996
8,153
1,707
3,816
1,319
604
87
7,533
460
28,765
28,765
4,773
17,429
2,308
1,707
179
26,398
1,610
3,252
3,252
1,031
1,999
487
407
51
3,975
242
General
Assistance
8,153
Prevention
Protection
80,104
Amendments
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAMME
(Cash, kind and services)
BUDGET
Myanmar
Nepal
4,928
Pakistan
16,289
16,289
1,012
9,308
3,453
2,118
117
16,008
973
Philippines
18,328
18,328
3,314
13,005
2,158
1,496
135
20,107
1,227
7,756
7,756
3,593
2,844
604
330
63
7,433
454
Bangkok (regional)
13,906
13,906
3,628
4,789
3,242
1,016
243
12,918
788
Beijing (regional)
12,069
12,069
747
5,066
4,818
1,266
87
11,984
731
Jakarta (regional)
4,325
4,325
773
157
2,224
742
39
3,935
240
5,885
5,885
1,506
719
2,284
660
51
5,219
319
11,214
11,214
2,308
5,028
2,532
880
141
10,889
665
6,867
6,867
1,855
1,566
1,858
1,229
75
6,583
402
- 216,911
38,484
127,566
31,767
14,335
1,825
213,977
13,039
Sri Lanka
216,911
2,650
2,650
312
1,297
392
213
27
2,242
137
Azerbaijan
8,207
8,207
1,688
4,116
560
333
40
6,735
411
Georgia
10,893
10,893
2,040
5,332
946
451
67
8,836
539
Ukraine
46,877
25,787
72,664
5,874
39,570
2,592
1,636
52
49,723
3,033
Moscow (regional)
12,242
6,296
18,537
2,774
7,250
2,751
2,604
68
15,448
943
5,126
5,126
2,059
282
2,004
504
27
4,876
298
Paris (regional)
15,576
15,576
2,594
7,664
2,488
1,630
94
14,470
883
3,866
3,866
2,307
162
341
452
67
3,329
203
Brussels
3,136
3,136
43
2,561
197
12
2,813
172
3,965
2,141
1,230
381
12
3,764
230
32,083 144,620
21,832
65,673
15,863
8,400
468
112,236
6,849
Tashkent (regional)
3,965
London
TOTAL EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
112,537
5,961
5,961
567
3,381
1,052
765
59
5,824
355
4,987
4,987
1,100
1,168
1,424
543
52
4,287
262
36,007 114,078
13,866
84,186
6,606
1,704
231
106,594
6,499
50,494
16,691
26,743
5,467
3,072
177
52,149
3,183
31,825
31,825
3,637
22,763
3,039
1,480
413
31,331
1,903
45,067
45,067
5,262
30,790
1,982
3,580
144
41,758
2,549
- 164,253
3,132
126,647
2,180
5,325
171
137,454
8,364
2,978
Iraq
78,071
50,494
Jordan
Lebanon
Syrian Arab Republic
Yemen
Kuwait (regional)
TOTAL NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST
164,253
28,898
27,107
56,005
4,495
39,132
3,366
2,294
146
49,434
4,866
4,866
2,107
241
1,848
523
27
4,746
290
63,114 477,535
50,857
335,052
26,963
19,285
1,420
433,577
26,383
219,397
958,270
144,057
84,108
6,785 1,412,618
85,919
414,421
STOCK IN KIND
TOTAL FIELD
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
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Services contributions
Kind contributions
Cash contributions
INCOME
(Cash, kind, services and assets)
101
248
391
78,463
7,527
7,533
23,739
12
12
518
2,145
859
14,024
28
20,385
117
7,387
7,916
6,918
- 145
- 3,342
24,282
- 62
- 2,178
Myanmar
3,017
- 12
- 970
Nepal
49
14,101
81
20,583
41
7,433
7,923
20
46
6,984
3,933
3,935
Jakarta (regional)
5,109
110
5,219
10,877
11
10,889
6,511
70
6,583
194,194
1,276
317
2,241
2,242
Armenia
6,671
63
6,735
Azerbaijan
8,812
13
8,825
48,455
15
21
207
48,698
12,780
14
12,798
4,846
-1
30
4,876
9,432
20
18
9,470
3,296
15
18
3,329
2,813
2,813
Brussels
3,764
1,156 196,943
- 664
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
- 1,231
- 148
- 1,907
Pakistan
- 904
Philippines
Sri Lanka
-4
5,000
Bangkok (regional)
5,000
Beijing (regional)
Suva (regional)
-
- 1,895
- 371
10,000
- 9,300
11
- 1,162
- 102
Ukraine
- 3,913
Moscow (regional)
Paris (regional)
5,000
3,763
103,109
71
35
5,185
5,191
4,267
18
4,287
106,432
369
104
49,752
242
35,732
17
44,246
14
139,165
1,072
414
53,326
106
638
4,745
442,852
1,829
1,321
1,318 447,320
16,403
- 260
- 284
920
4,975
4,962 1,355,414
28,979
336 103,551
Georgia
- 1,025
Tashkent (regional)
London
-
- 1,162
- 91
5,000
- 4,938
- 24
1,340,178
5,299
397 107,302
- 633
Egypt
Iran, Islamic Republic of
6,085
- 235
6,558
- 71
41
-4
4,671
Jordan
14
4,073
Lebanon
9,045
235
12,581
234
- 10
4,934
117
50,111
166
91
36,006
517
44,778
1,039
104 140,755
74
54,144
4,746
Iraq
- 2,150
Yemen
Kuwait (regional)
- 71
32,858
- 2,783
636
- 7,867
- 1,496
25,000
39,741 - 52,328
TOTAL FIELD
|571
C. CONTRIBUTIONS IN 2015
SUMMARY OF ALL CONTRIBUTIONS (in CHF)
Headquarters
Appeal
1. Governments
2. European Commission (1)
3. International organizations
4. Supranational organizations
5. National Societies
6. Public sources
7. Private sources
Grand total
Emergency
Appeals
135,526,932 1,125,283,985
123,683,945
Adjustments
on previous
years
Total cash
Total kind
252,262 1,261,063,179
123,683,945
1,881,840
4,134,470
4,144,953
143,806,354 1,340,163,461
6,989
10,370
4,599
241,389
28,399,772
5,265,828
65,589,922
274,220 1,484,244,035
Grand total
653,377
387,000 1,263,332,019
123,683,945
2,056,706
241,389
4,885,367
33,668,066
2,565,389
7,831,218
189,509
66,432,808
4,974,850
8,027,265 1,497,246,151
2,056,706
234,400
24,254,933
5,265,828
61,440,370
Total services
382,927
Reconciliation between the 2015 consolidated contributions and the summary of all contributions to the ICRC (see above)
Total consolidated contributions to the ICRC
Contributions received from funds and foundations consolidated in ICRC accounts:
ICRC Special Fund for the Disabled
Adjustment of the contributions provided by funds and foundations to the ICRC actions
Joint appeal income together with other organizations
1,497,246,151
4,584,419
-640,200
1,163,319
1,502,353,689
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
1.
Afghanistan
Algeria
Andorra
Argentina
Armenia
Australia (1)
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Belgium (1)
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Canada (1)
Chile
China
Costa Rica
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark (1)
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Estonia
Finland (1)
France (1)
Georgia
Germany (1)
Greece
Guyana
Holy See
Hungary
Iceland
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Ireland (1)
Israel
572|
9,970
37,526
12,016
148,635
13,599
3,080,950
629,460
20,000
33,027
802,275
91,310
23,313
2,310,660
39,376
650,000
32,155
21,490
749,905
2,874,440
61,357
260,330
36,048
250,128
13,599
1,427,814
54,365
1,210
2,798
Emergency
Appeals
Adjustments
on previous
years
7,692
36,048
32,681,698
2,375,829
19,746,338
13,147
54,921,710
147,660
117,254
19,805,910
166,005
10,306,910
20,125,516
44,195,895
21,104
11,192
156,876
76,324
46,500
Total cash
17,663
37,526
48,064
148,635
13,599
35,762,648
3,005,289
20,000
33,027
20,548,613
91,310
36,460
57,232,370
187,036
650,000
32,155
21,490
867,159
22,680,350
61,357
260,330
202,053
10,306,910
20,375,644
13,599
45,623,709
75,469
1,210
13,991
156,876
76,324
46,500
Total kind
Total services
Grand total
166,908
184,571
37,526
48,064
148,635
13,599
35,762,648
3,005,289
20,000
33,027
20,548,613
91,310
36,460
57,232,370
187,036
650,000
32,155
21,490
867,159
22,680,350
61,357
260,330
202,053
12,167,818
20,375,644
13,599
45,623,709
75,469
1,210
13,991
156,876
76,324
46,500
178,362
12,458,564
107,426
1,860,908
178,362
136,214
107,426
12,322,350
12,458,564
107,426
1.
Italy (1)
Japan (1)
Kazakhstan
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait (1)
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Morocco
Myanmar
Namibia
Netherlands (1)
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway (1)
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South African
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (1)
Tajikistan
Thailand
Togo
Tunisia
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1)
United States of America (1)
Uruguay
Total from governments
Headquarters
Appeal
Emergency
Appeals
2,502,240
9,324,530
30,839,276
28,708
2,121,340
21,522,330
600,000
54,675
7,510,000
15,578
Adjustments
on previous
years
Total cash
5,904
11,826,770
30,839,276
28,708
2,414,580
21,719,210
800,000
63,068
8,339,760
15,578
14,980
657,516
147,127
118,879
19,428
14,945
56,832,361
741,500
4,915
45,118,925
961,000
4,086
23,022
438,610
9,678
200,858
100,529
20,000
190,720
10,000
56,680
66,317
62,778
203,911
6,326,525
17,422
55,136,880
160,367,866
3,348
95,969
2,853
5,904
92,530
191,593
19,867,020
101,024
207,842,455
397,732,722
92,530
208,034,048
417,599,742
101,024
135,526,932 1,125,283,985
252,262 1,261,063,179
293,240
196,880
200,000
8,393
829,760
14,980
480,500
92,907
118,879
19,428
14,945
6,899,000
4,915
2,369,020
177,016
54,220
49,933,361
741,500
42,749,905
961,000
4,086
23,022
438,610
9,678
200,858
100,529
20,000
190,720
10,000
56,680
35,000
31,317
62,778
203,911
6,326,525
17,422
5,880,850
80,107,438
3,348
95,969
49,256,030
80,260,428
2,853
Total kind
Total services
41,730
20,932
1,881,840
Grand total
11,826,770
30,839,276
28,708
2,414,580
21,719,210
800,000
63,068
8,339,760
15,578
14,980
657,516
147,127
118,879
19,428
14,945
56,832,361
741,500
4,915
45,118,925
961,000
4,086
23,022
438,610
9,678
200,858
100,529
20,000
190,720
10,000
56,680
66,317
62,778
203,911
6,326,525
17,422
55,136,880
160,409,596
3,348
95,969
2,853
5,904
20,932
92,530
208,034,048
417,599,742
101,024
387,000 1,263,332,019
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
2.
Emergency
Appeals
1,201,600
Adjustments
on previous
years
Total cash
1,201,600
Total kind
Total services
Grand total
1,201,600
122,482,345
122,482,345
122,482,345
123,683,945
123,683,945
123,683,945
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
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3.
Emergency
Appeals
Adjustments
on previous
years
Total cash
Total kind
Total services
Grand total
WFP
2,056,706
2,056,706
2,056,706
2,056,706
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
4.
Emergency
Appeals
234,400
5.
Adjustments
on previous
years
Total cash
Total kind
Total services
Grand total
6,989
234,400
6,989
234,400
6,989
234,400
6,989
241,389
241,389
Emergency
Appeals
Adjustments
on previous
years
Total cash
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Canada
China
China/Hong Kong
Cook Islands
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Micronesia, Federated States of
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
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1,070
10,000
4,352
2,703
179,145
746,620
3,178
2,700
3,596
2,282
112,950
358,342
7,192
633,308
50,021
272
797
12,053
113,418
136
7,344
196,918
324,840
835,218
523
15,775
15,000
18,709
128,053
7,386
69,674
28,668
1,070
179,145
756,620
4,352
2,703
3,178
2,700
10,788
2,282
746,258
358,342
50,021
272
797
30,761
241,471
136
14,730
266,592
324,840
835,218
523
15,775
43,668
Total kind
Total services
255,386
8,111
6,720
634,334
103,515
124,387
541,246
431,014
256,568
4,244
132,968
886,157
337,399
890,903
9,735
2,901
1,496
5,600
13,871
156,946
15,848
21,361
136
3,808
1,065
1,492
952
270,082
79,556
41,756
10,279,892
61,071
6,664,362
132,968
1,777,060
337,399
9,735
2,901
158,442
21,448
13,871
21,361
136
45,564
1,065
1,492
952
10,549,974
140,627
6,664,362
408,714
12,000
137,660
300,294
444,199
241,923
8,580
Grand total
1,070
434,531
764,731
4,352
2,703
9,898
2,700
10,788
2,282
1,380,592
358,342
50,021
272
797
134,277
907,104
136
14,730
697,606
324,840
835,218
523
272,343
43,668
4,244
132,968
2,185,774
337,399
9,735
2,901
158,442
21,448
13,871
21,361
136
45,564
1,065
1,492
12,952
10,850,269
584,827
7,043,945
8,580
5.
Romania
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies
Total from National Societies
Emergency
Appeals
Adjustments
on previous
years
20,133
1,378
1,000
261
19,583
100,000
33,318
5,984
190,000
Total cash
Total kind
Total services
20,133
1,378
1,000
261
19,583
1,814,077
150,000
11,682
863,496
4,565
1,914,077
150,000
33,318
5,984
2,477,397
2,287,397
281
4,760
455,481
8,811
281
4,760
Grand total
20,133
1,378
1,000
261
19,583
11,682
2,777,572
154,565
33,318
5,984
2,932,878
8,811
281
4,760
5,365
4,134,470
24,254,933
10,370
28,399,772
382,927
5,365
4,885,367
33,668,066
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
6.
Emergency
Appeals
Adjustments
on previous
years
Total cash
Avenches
Beaumont-Hague
Bellinzona, City of
Bogis-Bossey
Blach, City of
Chavannes-le-Chne
Choulex
Comano
Corseaux
Cudrefin
Cugy
Dardagny
Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens
Fribourg, Canton of
Geneva, Canton of
Geneva, City of
Gilly
Grand-Saconnex, City of
La Tour-de-Peilz
Laconnex
Lufingen
Lussy-sur-Morges
Meinier
Mies
Moudon
Romanshorn, City of
St. Moritz
Ticino, Canton of
Tremblay-en-France, City of
Valeyres-sous-Ursins
Versoix, City of
Zurich, Canton of
200
692
5,000
200
20,000
200
500
50
500
100
100
250
10,871
30,000
4,700,250
51,500
100
20,000
500
1,000
50
300
500
200
100
1,500
10,000
300
10,815
50
200
692
5,000
200
20,000
200
500
50
500
100
100
250
10,871
30,000
4,700,250
51,500
100
20,000
500
1,000
50
300
500
200
100
1,500
10,000
300
10,815
50
400,000
400,000
5,265,828
5,265,828
Total kind
Total services
2,200,493
364,896
2,565,389
Grand total
200
692
5,000
200
20,000
200
500
50
500
100
100
250
10,871
30,000
6,900,743
51,500
100
20,000
500
1,000
50
300
500
200
100
1,500
10,000
300
10,815
50
364,896
400,000
7,831,218
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
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7.
Adjustments
on previous
years
10,206,579
Total cash
Total kind
Total services
Grand total
10,206,579
10,206,579
810,497
810,497
2,600
25,000
100,000
30,000
53,860
8,635,293
25,000
100,000
30,000
53,860
8,637,893
38,705
25,000
100,000
30,000
53,860
8,676,597
2,600
8,844,152
8,846,752
38,705
8,885,457
250,000
500,000
100,000
500,000
250,000
650,000
100,000
Online donations
Spontaneous donations from private individuals
Diethelm, Robert
Ghandchi, Iraj
Schapira, Allan
Strm, Peter
Other private individuals
Emergency
Appeals
810,507
- 10
500,000
150,000
500,000
250,000
650,000
100,000
117,492
300,000
200,000
10,000
50,000
500,000
10,000
50,000
500,000
10,000
50,000
577,353
577,353
15,000
34,325
800,000
100,000
500,000
405,120
6,693,081
9,657,525
15,000
34,325
800,000
100,000
1,000,000
405,120
8,308,081
13,299,879
15,000
34,325
800,000
100,000
1,000,000
405,120
8,381,005
13,490,295
25,086,480
25,086,480
25,086,480
500,000
500,000
500,000
500,000
500,000
729,050
555,100
1,299,926
4,584,076
500,000
500,000
500,000
500,000
729,050
555,100
1,913,691
5,197,841
577,353
500,000
1,615,000
3,642,353
117,492
72,924
72,924
117,492
Legacies
Donations from private companies
ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (1)
Crdit Suisse Group (1)
F. Hoffmann La Roche Ltd (1)
LafargeHolcim Ltd
Novartis International AG (1)
Zurich Insurance Group (1)
Other private companies
Total donations from private companies
500,000
500,000
4,144,953
500,000
500,000
729,050
555,100
1,295,317
4,079,467
4,609
4,609
580,453
580,453
33,312
33,312
140,000
41,292
105,610
268,257
140,000
41,292
105,610
268,257
140,000
41,292
105,610
268,257
555,159
555,159
555,159
2,200,500
2,200,500
2,200,500
61,440,370
4,599
65,589,922
653,377
189,509
66,432,808
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
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D. CONTRIBUTIONS IN KIND, IN SERVICES AND TO INTEGRATED PROJECTS (IPs) 2015 (in CHF)
National societies
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Israel
Japan
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
209,013
8,111
6,720
634,334
103,515
124,387
161,565
Governments
Afghanistan
Finland
Iraq
Switzerland1
Ukraine
Subtotal
International organizations
WFP
Subtotal
137,660
46,373
541,246
431,014
256,568
4,244
408,714
1,745
1,356
778
15
1,414
300,294
444,199
241,923
8,580
11,682
863,496
4,565
961
1,433
651
34
57
3,036
15
146,208
455,481
455,481
1,650
8,811
8,811
31
382,927 4,885,367
15,991
300,294
444,199
59,483
8,580
11,682
797,445
4,565
103,515
124,387
7,323
7,323
978,570
978,570
66,051
137,660
949,150 1,015,201
5,365
307,773 4,421,615
166,908
1,860,908
166,908
1,860,908
178,362
41,730
20,932
1,881,840
41,730
345,270
2,056,706
2,056,706
Public sources
Geneva, Canton of
Versoix, City of
Subtotal
Total
services
842
29
31
1,913
5,365
382,927
Total kind
Total IPs
Cash
Services
Kind
255,386
8,111
6,720
634,334
541,246
269,449
249,245
4,244
408,714
46,373
Number
of days of
employee
service
12,000
Subtotal
Grand total
12,000
Field
Donations in services
(excluding IPs)
Headquarters
Field
Headquarters
Donations in kind
(excluding IPs)
20,932
1,881,840
178,362
41,730
184
387,000
184
2,056,706
2,056,706
2,200,493
364,896
2,565,389
2,200,493
364,896
2,565,389
Private sources
Spontaneous donations from
private individuals
38,705
38,705
117,492
72,924
580,453
653,377
33,312
150,804
117,492
38,705
72,924
580,453
653,377
33,312
189,509
16,175
N.B. Figures in these tables are rounded off, may vary slightly from the amounts presented in other documents and may result in rounding-off addition differences.
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E. COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET AND STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS (in KCHF)
Balance Sheet
Current assets
Non-current assets
Total Assets
Liabilities
Total Net Assets
Restricted reserves for the funds and foundations
Restricted reserves for the funding of current operations
Unrestricted reserves designated by the Assembly
Total Reserves
Statement of Income
Contributions
Operating expenditure
Net result of operating activities
Net result of non-operating activities
Net result for the year
Administrative costs
Ratios
Reserves in % of assets
Assets-to-reserves ratio
Administrative costs in % of operating expenditure
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
614,203
669,667
750,097
597,259
637,030
442,810
400,481
451,768
538,993
351,690
1,057,013
1,070,148
1,201,865
1,136,252
988,720
-730,077
-733,988
-717,891
-811,353
-657,594
326,936
336,160
483,974
324,899
331,126
35,397
37,183
38,029
36,946
36,200
-12,194
21,428
37,191
3,922
54,604
301,947
276,703
409,837
284,777
241,125
326,936
336,160
483,974
324,899
331,126
1,502,354
1,343,455
1,223,635
1,013,359
1,160,299
-1,488,711
-1,312,674
-1,143,430
-1,048,461
-1,054,189
13,643
-16,082
30,781
15,422
80,205
12,755
-35,102
13,539
106,110
5,963
-2,438
46,202
92,960
-21,563
112,073
135,529
130,322
120,881
116,574
119,183
30.9%
3.2
9.1%
31.4%
3.2
9.9%
40.3%
2.5
10.6%
28.6%
3.5
11.1%
33.5%
3.0
11.3%
RECEIPT OF ASSISTANCE ITEMS BY CONTRIBUTIONS IN KIND, CASH FOR KIND AND PURCHASES IN 2015
All assistance items received as contributions in kind or purchased by the ICRC and inventoried in the context of reception between
1 January and 31 December 2015. The figures for contributions in kind cover all material support received as a gift but do not include any
services received, such as the provision of human resources and/or logistical means. The figures for assistance item purchases comprise
all procurements carried out both with non-earmarked and with earmarked financial contributions (cash for kind). The grand total is
CHF 305,726,004.
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Food
Relief kits
Blanket
Economic
security*
Medical
Physical
rehabilitation
Water and
habitat
Grand total
(Kg)
(each)
(each)
(CHF)
(CHF)
(CHF)
(CHF)
(CHF)
3,450
3,450
4,000
377,562
103,515
124,387
12,000
137,660
377,562
103,515
124,387
12,000
137,660
2,066,810
2,045,878
20,932
2,066,810
2,045,878
20,932
National societies
Czech Republic
Denmark
Myanmar
Norway
4,000
Governments
Finland
Ukraine
1,613,000
1,613,000
Various donors
F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
2,448,846
14,400
14,400
140,560
136,000
4,560
2,064,720
2,715,458
575,010
5,365
72,924
2,448,846
4,061,846
17,850
144,560
4,509,092
119,499
23,906
2,291
10,157
189
11,269
40,041
1,474,976
119,599
621,200
4,923
729,254
Governments
Austria
France
2,804
5,365
National societies
Australia
Austria
Czech Republic
Netherlands
Sweden
647,934
575,010
119,499
2,649
2,056,706
40,041
647,934
2,804
72,924
5,453
2,056,706
2,804
5,159,830
81,679
81,679
3,796,402
496,392
3,300,010
Various donors
The OPEC Fund for International Development
42,025
42,025
1,556,655
119,599
621,200
4,923
729,254
81,679
3,469,411
554,047
2,915,364
3,469,411
554,047
2,915,364
202,771
202,771
4,874
4,874
16,789
16,789
202,771
202,771
3,915,901
70,805
56,830
5,147,159
ICRC
ICRC purchases
96,460,188
4,633,423
3,039,432 203,327,466
42,085,120
6,413,997
43,510,754 295,337,337
Total ICRC
96,460,188
4,633,423
3,039,432 203,327,466
42,085,120
6,413,997
43,510,754 295,337,337
104,437,934
4,722,078
3,240,822 212,983,716
42,733,054
6,416,801
43,592,433 305,726,004
Grand total
81,679
5,228,837
* Economic security includes food and essential household items (sometimes provided in kits), seed, agricultural and veterinary inputs and other micro-economic inputs.
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Economic
Security*
AFRICA
4,374,787
Medical
Physical
Rehabilitation
Water Economic
and Security*
Habitat
Medical
Physical
Rehabilitation
Total received
Water Economic
and Security*
Habitat
13,728
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Medical
Physical
Rehabilitation
Water
and
Habitat
13,728
6,655
7,732
Total
13,728
12,578
6,655
7,732
12,578
26,965
Cameroon
290,667
3,614,622
759
150,235
200,968
3,905,290
759
150,235
200,968
4,257,252
Central African
Republic
526,760
1,177,457
16,465
1,667
1,383,813
1,704,217
16,465
1,667
1,383,813
3,106,162
131,505
8,160
1,647
131,505
8,160
1,647
141,311
3,289,245
278,836
493,728
3,553,283
278,836
493,728
4,405,945
10,428,271
16
27,186 10,428,271
16
Chad
Congo, Democratic
Republic of the
264,038
Cte d'Ivoire
80,098
24,648
Eritrea
190,880
Ethiopia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Liberia
164,327
Libya
64,536
7,221
2,000
10
259
16,018,263
1,886,708
4,992
1,833,992
9,698
492
44
4,769,712
91,568
91,139
366
1,221,327
4,382,030
16,155
271,503
382,300
18,513,637
89,038
Rwanda
31,250
Senegal
98,260
Nigeria
Somalia
393,081
South Sudan
669,904
31,149
24,648
459,084
1,013,687
74,787
44,397
64,536
7,221
4,740
2,000
10
259
1,036,548 16,018,263
1,886,708
4,992
9,698
492
121,054
153,534
459,084
1,578,708
44,397
116,154
4,740
7,008
1,036,548 18,946,511
121,054
1,965,236
3,827
158,882
5,425,286
19,466
3,827
155,010
44
24,504
157,203
5,152,012
91,568
24,504
157,203
686
22,341
91,139
366
686
22,341
114,532
1,971
53,725
5,603,357
16,155
1,971
53,725
5,675,209
95,970 18,785,140
89,038
929
371,154
31,250
929
371,154
403,342
38
290,972
98,260
38
290,972
389,270
9,256
491,596
1,737,464
1,876,448
183,355
98,515
81,679
1,833,992
31,149
128,886
19,466
155,010
Mauritania
Niger
74,787
27,186 10,455,473
128,886
-144,860
Madagascar
Mali
822,806
80,098
95,970 18,970,149
500,852
1,819,142
3,882,552
2,987,656
183,355
Sudan
2,891,471
9,229
86,956
2,891,471
9,229
86,956
Tunisia
345,058
1,938
15,117
345,058
1,938
15,117
362,112
Uganda
6,889,673
389
32,834
6,889,673
389
32,834
6,922,899
Zimbabwe
361,406
1,332
205,913
361,406
1,332
205,913
568,652
AMERICAS
956,580
38,134
2,526
791,608
956,580
38,134
2,526
791,608 1,788,848
Colombia
791,224
19,655
1,587
710,636
791,224
19,655
1,587
710,636
1,523,102
24,416
1,327
940
10,486
24,416
1,327
940
10,486
37,168
Mexico
140,940
Peru
ASIA AND
THE PACIFIC
265,453
Afghanistan
248,088
72,924
2,804
2,804
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
India
Korea, Democratic
People's Republic of
17,103
69,594
48
892
Nepal
69,594
86,697
48
892
141,881
3,023,245
413,991
202,605
2,456,793
3,271,333
413,991
202,605
2,456,793
6,344,722
46,493
20,523
17
169,256
46,493
20,523
2,821
169,256
239,092
55,760
85,869
65,769
55,798
55,760
85,869
65,769
55,798
263,196
376,372
3,332
11,599
300,818
376,372
3,332
11,599
300,818
692,120
5,774
97,522
11,787
110,386
5,774
97,522
11,787
110,386
225,469
698
513,418
12,990
698
513,418
527,106
5,988
5,988
327,128
1,243,940
5,988
12,000
778,353
78,634
5,365
17,235
13,681
3,358,526
1,350,305
10,827
83
1,203,135
24,069
Sri Lanka
40,179
30,106
Thailand
18,967
106
580|
17,103
12,990
72,924
Pakistan
8,947,857 2,118,221
Lao People's
Democratic Republic
Myanmar
140,940
3,607
9,256
1,206,544
Haiti
3,607
47,825
327,128
790,353
78,634
2,887
22,600
13,681
205,917
82,002
3,358,526
1,423,229
54,014
10,827
83
1,539
495,395
1,203,135
24,069
10,125
40,179
30,106
51,273
18,967
106
12,977
47,825
2,887
39,168
205,917
82,002
5,069,674
54,014
64,925
1,539
495,395
1,724,138
10,125
80,410
51,273
83,323
12,977
EUROPE AND
CENTRAL ASIA
Economic
Security*
Medical
Physical
Rehabilitation
20,932
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kyrgyzstan
Russian Federation
Tajikistan
NEAR AND
MIDDLE EAST
Water Economic
and Security*
Habitat
Medical
23,392,124 2,381,442
Armenia
Ukraine
20,932
3,625,302
Physical
Rehabilitation
Total received
Water Economic
and Security*
Habitat
294
53,764
12,329
294
53,764
66,387
617
34,190
200,795
1,268
617
34,190
236,869
180,819
68,417
638
4,352
107,413
68,417
638
4,352
107,413
148,702
137,671
72
44,816
148,702
137,671
72
44,816
331,262
3,534,426
58,968
1,330
39,637
3,534,426
58,968
1,330
39,637
3,634,362
7,826
31,555
32,002
7,826
71,383
3,431,266 19,416,833
2,150,600
31,555
32,002
19,395,900
2,150,600
1,546
1,418,961
26,008
8,571,223
2,993
12,299,525
129,828
12,347
506,026
835,652
130,096
1,157,801
340,615
5,934,694
13,942,889
2,200,080
119,599
936,610
603,174
Syrian Arab
Republic
1,766,363
52,530,117
492,525
Yemen
1,260,472
1,418,654
392,909
Jordan
Lebanon
3,431,266 25,000,244
26,008
8,571,223
2,993
764,693 12,778,393
129,828
12,347
506,026
835,652
130,096
1,157,801
726,994 13,942,889
2,200,080
340,615
5,934,694
28,456
1,056,209
603,174
492,525
1,137
1,546
1,418,961
2,070,541
1,097,579
Oman
1,268
Iran, Islamic
Republic of
478,868
Total
Water
and
Habitat
12,329
92,721,584 4,683,169
Physical
Rehabilitation
200,795
Egypt
Iraq
Medical
2,679,127
392,909
1,444,969
28,456
8,602,672
764,693 13,685,260
2,629,574
726,994 16,869,962
7,934,691
1,097,579
2,070,541
5,143,714
1,097,579
Neutral stocks
1,369,776
575,010
Geneva neutral
stock
1,369,776
575,010
192,749 30,180,338
Grand total
9,656,250
647,934
2,804
4,999,287
6,176,299
1,562,525 30,755,348
4,999,287
6,176,299 43,493,460
81,679 203,327,466 42,085,120 6,413,997 43,510,754 212,983,716 42,733,054 6,416,801 43,592,433 305,726,004
* Economic security includes food and essential household items (sometimes provided in kits), seed, agricultural and veterinary inputs and other micro-economic inputs.
** UN Security Council Resolution 1244
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Economic Security*
AFRICA
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Cte d'Ivoire
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Senegal
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zimbabwe
AMERICAS
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Brazil
Colombia
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Peru
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
582|
(CHF)
73,189,262
16,828
13,818
44,545
1,331
3,937,222
2,149,267
362,686
3,531,135
138,959
252,504
1,644,983
109,343
4,920
18,436
2,616,571
1,570,916
157,755
6,429,096
131,153
2,935
5,565,863
21,394,756
50,744
116,338
8,386,434
10,376,680
3,599,575
(Kg)
92,722,428
633
37,259
29,187
8
3,829,100
1,206,157
99,302
2,071,902
74,618
157,929
681,441
22,603
97
15
500,286
651,057
65,269
10,237,915
14,267
250
8,820,240
20,697,653
8,581
33,639
5,943,303
32,752,311
3,627,659
18,447
59,780
451
485,792
1,555,852
28,923
2,316
1,047,257
10,085
250
5,597
3,207
103,939
943
140,975
210,699
1,662
12,525
1
1,147,222
175,576
12
154,110
0
1,479
18,844
829
253
48
Medical
Physical
Rehabilitation
Water
and Habitat
(CHF)
9,718,684
(CHF)
1,319,334
(CHF)
9,184,989
38,823
45
5,970
1,071,518
72,393
740,985
113,706
209
122,968
43,442
3,275
2,430
1,216,490
559,371
13,317
691,592
10,153
20,876
150,235
63,946
91,144
686
43,415
1,815,008
10,879
485,963
23,091
232,023
536,958
129,598
5,322
5,340
567,704
56,788
3,827
374,803
14,755
62,785
671
875
38
909
168,768
213,411
66,077
138,336
398,375
360,710
686,176
2,261,811
717,518
314,886
820,250
731
9,608
2,268,600
1,288,775
273,163
3,064
7,148
10,820
14,950
236,225
4,823
98,307
150,202
369,451
34,363
611
224,631
7,670
14,387
18,635
1,906
194,706
988,519
892
112,007
749,344
11,235
1,455
87,935
28,082
39,171
100
5,889
76,873
76,046
1,263
159,432
87
Total
(CHF)
93,412,269
16,828
13,818
104,248
1,376
4,136,842
5,099,740
445,958
4,908,284
275,756
484,736
2,674,359
282,383
47,879
26,207
4,401,376
2,187,075
174,900
7,586,636
156,746
2,935
6,009,610
22,354,014
450,724
486,694
11,342,119
14,096,034
4,803,667
3,064
32,833
85,563
24,413
695,448
3,005,227
37,485
7,140
2,006,915
10,085
1,706
5,597
3,207
296,001
2,205
416,450
210,886
7,551
Economic Security*
(CHF)
9,263,713
6,012,043
118,714
124,041
38,678
4,382
69,614
9,116
5,732
113,620
389
801
853,836
28,960
235,314
55,484
1,470,380
93,279
28,824
506
19,662,824
17,793
234,749
109,708
333,799
1,877,482
50,083
17,019,326
19,883
95,554,054
1,423,410
6,021
23,209,488
1,638,258
3,063,126
28,437
718,159
61,860,844
3,606,311
(Kg)
5,419,532
4,089,791
13,011
13,253
60
15,024
250
13
1,332
1
6
326,711
546
7,372
5,978
931,019
5,255
9,905
6
5,200,707
558
116,193
70,278
63,560
48
5,246
4,940,128
4,696
59,852,699
15,762,255
175,655
287,570
800
397,886
41,535,122
1,693,412
199,225,705
163,370,942
Medical
(CHF)
6,548,426
4,889,669
56,571
87,752
Physical
Rehabilitation
Water
and Habitat
(CHF)
2,996,345
1,545,977
113,752
94,857
31,672
(CHF)
5,416,017
3,138,384
203,733
65,285
Total
423,993
161,491
784,185
1,932,771
148,111
1,347,820
3,065,222
2,148,946
10,162
310,301
145,437
366,956
14,666,698
2,329,781
(CHF)
24,224,500
15,586,072
492,770
371,934
70,350
11,992
309,854
11,808
11,802
1,390,983
6,377
801
1,573,268
118,007
1,474,970
126,183
2,439,801
138,972
77,198
11,359
24,688,099
82,409
279,975
365,098
535,350
1,964,925
99,259
21,249,294
111,790
126,271,707
1,442,487
9,015
25,626,613
5,139,123
3,449,398
28,437
2,443,096
79,903,065
8,230,474
27,778,293
5,599,611
38,998,193
271,601,802
7,003
98,383
49
5,950
384,539
306,046
25,126
262,058
15,219
370,249
39,560
254
1,837,190
10,851
10,419
13,998
154,030
50,295
41,249
1,469,832
86,517
9,437,768
19,077
2,993
1,208,947
1,406,603
238,161
94,308
49
78,876
99,580
40,866
884,628
922
5
10,853
7,917
617
5,682
72
1,546
1,051,384
607
47,548
2,643
71
813,948
5,988
313,806
23,055
92,970
55,480
598,250
6,128
48,121
3,180,167
53,764
34,190
235,710
47,448
37,148
7,927
2,758,590
5,390
20,228,501
* Economic security includes food and essential household items (sometimes provided in kits), seed, agricultural and veterinary inputs and other micro-economic inputs.
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584|
Augusta Fund
Clare Benedict Fund
Maurice De Madre French Fund
Omar El Mukhtar Fund
Florence Nightingale Medal Fund
Jean Pictet Fund
Paul Reuter Fund
STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ICRC SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DISABLED
STATEMENT OF INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER
(in KCHF)
Contributions
Staff costs
Mission costs
Rentals
Sub-contracted maintenance
Purchase of goods and materials
Financial assistance
General expenditure
Depreciation
Operating expenses
Net surplus/(deficit) of operating activities
Note
2015
2014
[7]
4,584
4,140
-2,265
-282
-103
-138
-113
-1,282
-273
-41
-4,497
88
-2,441
-403
-151
-74
-312
-994
-301
-35
-4,711
-570
-4
-10
-14
54
137
192
73
-379
[8]
[9]
Unrestricted reserves
Total
Reserves
Permanently
restricted
Temporarily
restricted
Designated
by the Board
Other
reserves
[6]
-491
87
-404
2,798
-14
2,784
829
-43
786
3,136
73
-43
3,166
72
-563
-491
2,613
184
2,798
628
201
829
3,313
-379
201
3,136
Note
STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ICRC SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DISABLED
|585
Note
[5]
[10]
[10]
[6]
2015
2014
235
3,205
2,119
5,559
1,683
1,683
7,242
106
4,133
2,459
6,698
2,967
2,967
9,665
3
2,390
2,392
1,683
1,683
4,076
-404
-404
2,784
786
3,570
3,166
7,242
1,129
2,433
3,562
2,967
2,967
6,529
-491
-491
2,798
829
3,627
3,136
9,665
ACTIVITIES
The year 1981 was declared by the United Nations to be the International Year for Disabled Persons. In the same year, when it was
convened in Manila, Philippines, the 24th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent adopted a resolution recommending that a special fund be formed for the benefit of the disabled and to promote the implementation of durable projects to aid
disabled persons. Pursuant to the ICRC Assemblys decision No. 2 of 1920 October 1983, the Special Fund for the Disabled (SFD) was
subsequently established. Its objectives were twofold:
XX to help finance long-term projects for disabled persons, in particular, the creation of workshops for the production of artificial limbs
and orthotic appliances, and centres for rehabilitation and occupational retraining
XX to participate not only in ICRC and National Society projects, but also in those of other humanitarian bodies working in accordance
with ICRC criteria
In January 2001, the ICRC Assembly converted the SFD into an independent foundation based in Geneva, Switzerland, under Swiss
law. The primary objective of the ICRC Special Fund for the Disabled remained, to a large extent, unchanged, i.e. to support physical
rehabilitation services in low-income countries, with priority given to former projects of the ICRC. Although the SFD had become a
more independent body, its projects continued to be drawn up in accordance with ICRC operational policies in the countries concerned.
However, the statutes of the new foundation also allowed the opening of its board to members of other organizations, and the SFD
developed its own independent fundraising and financial management structure.
In 1983, the ICRC donated an initial 1 million Swiss francs to set up the SFD. Since then, the SFD has received various forms of support
from certain governments, National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, foundations and public sources.
The Board is composed of 11 people, at least six of whom are ICRC representatives.
The SFD is controlled by the ICRC and therefore is consolidated into the ICRCs consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS.
2.
BASIS OF PREPARATION
The statutory financial statements were prepared in compliance with Swiss law and are presented in accordance with the SFDs Statutes.
They were prepared in conformity with regulations of the Swiss law on commercial accounting and financial reporting (Swiss Code of
Obligations Art. 957963).
The financial statements were prepared using the historical cost convention, except for the investments at fair value.
All financial information presented in Swiss francs has been rounded to the nearest (in KCHF), except when otherwise indicated.
STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ICRC SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DISABLED
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3.
Receivables are stated at their cost net of an allowance on outstanding amounts to cover the risk of non-payment. The main pledge
receivables positions are recognized at the moment of a written confirmation, except for pledges falling due after five years, which are
considered as contingent assets only and are not recognized owing to uncertainties associated with their receipt; the organization recognizes this revenue when the written confirmation includes a clear and firm commitment from the donor and the realization of the income
is virtually certain.
The organization maintains allowances for doubtful accounts in respect of estimated losses resulting from the inability of donors to make
the required payments.
3.2 Reserves
4.
The SFD has adopted the provisions of the new regulations of Swiss law on commercial accounting and financial reporting (Swiss Code
of Obligations Art. 957963) which are effective for the financial year 2015. The implementation of the new law has not had any material
impact on the SFDs statutory financial statements. The SFD has made important changes to the way it organizes and presents its financial
statements, particularly the explanatory notes. Comparative figures are represented accordingly.
5.
INVESTMENTS
In accordance with its documented investment management policy, the organization recognizes its investments at fair value. Financial
assets at fair value are held-for-trading. A financial asset is classified under this category if acquired principally for the purpose of
selling in the short term. All assets in this category are classified as current assets, as they are expected to be settled within 12 months.
(in KCHF)
Investments at fair value
Quoted equity securities
Quoted debt securities
Total Current investments
6.
2015
2014
976
2,229
3,205
1,019
3,114
4,133
At 31
December 2015
-404
-404
Increase/
At 31
(decrease) December 2014
87
87
-491
-491
Increase/
At 31
(decrease) December 2013
-372
-191
-563
372
-300
72
STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ICRC SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DISABLED
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7.
Latin America
(incl. Haiti)
Tajkistan
General
Total
78
-78
-
372
-372
-
-300
148
-152
-58
-210
-50
-50
-300
-340
148
-491
-108
196
-404
Africa
Asia
43
-43
-
200
-200
-
51
-51
-135
-135
61
-74
-205
-205
135
-70
CONTRIBUTIONS
XX Contributions
in cash are recognized on receipt of a written confirmation of donation from the donors, except for revenue relating
to future years.
XX The contributions from private sources are recognized upon receipt of unrestricted cash.
XX Contributions restricted to no other purpose than to general field operations are considered as non-earmarked.
XX Contributions to a given region, country or programme (worldwide) are regarded as loosely earmarked.
XX Contributions to a country and to a project or sub-programme are tightly earmarked.
The contributions are either earmarked by region or not earmarked, as follows:
Africa
Asia
Latin America
(incl. Haiti)
Tajkistan
Non-earmarked
Total 2015
Monaco
Norway
United States
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Italy
21
158
838
2,238
50
300
-
21
838
2,238
50
300
158
Governments
179
3,426
3,605
488
238
150
876
1,055
90
90
90
5
6
12
1
1
3,439
5
6
90
102
488
238
150
1
877
4,584
Monaco
Canada
Norway
National Societies
OPEC Fund for International Development
Fondation Pro Vicitimis
Public sources
Various donors
Foundations/Private sources
Total 2015 Contributions
STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ICRC SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DISABLED
588|
Africa
Asia
Latin America
(incl. Haiti)
Tajkistan
Non-earmarked
Total 2014
Monaco
Australia
Norway
Geneva, City of
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
P. Leahy War Victims Fund/USAID
Governments
Monaco
New Zealand
Norway
National Societies
OPEC Fund for International Development
V. Lyapchuk Initiative
Swiss Red Cross Humanitarian Foundation
Various donors
Foundations/Private sources
Total 2014 Contributions
25
345
50
100
1,020
1,540
135
300
435
1,975
260
100
100
460
-3
-3
457
538
482
1
100
1,121
12
90
102
1
1
2
1,225
151
325
476
476
8
8
8
25
798
1,078
1
50
300
1,353
3,605
12
-3
90
99
135
1
300
1
437
4,140
8.
OPERATING EXPENSES
Africa
Asia
Latin America
(incl. Haiti)
Tajkistan
Non-earmarked
Total 2015
Staff costs
Mission costs
Rentals
Sub-contracted maintenance
Purchase of goods and materials
Financial assistance
General expenditure
Depreciation
Total 2015 Operating expenses
1,268
159
38
122
43
773
156
15
2,573
334
44
21
1
20
211
22
653
302
54
32
3
31
297
86
13
818
361
24
12
12
20
1
9
13
453
2,265
282
103
138
113
1,282
273
41
4,497
Africa
Asia
Latin America
(incl. Haiti)
Tajkistan
Non-earmarked
Total 2014
Staff costs
Mission costs
Rentals
Sub-contracted maintenance
Purchase of goods and materials
Financial assistance
General expenditure
Depreciation
Total 2014 Operating expenses
1,087
211
36
64
66
526
151
13
2,154
482
59
40
1
26
226
29
862
503
101
56
8
150
210
87
12
1,126
308
26
19
1
68
32
11
10
476
62
6
2
23
93
2,441
403
151
74
312
994
301
35
4,711
There are no staff in this foundation. Staff costs are charged by the ICRC to the SFD.
STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ICRC SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DISABLED
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9.
(in KCHF)
Investments at fair value
Net fair value result
Net income
Total Financial income, net
2015
2014
-45
35
-10
81
57
138
The ICRC has been providing support to the SFD over the years, both at headquarters and in the field. This support includes logistical services, such as supply chain and transport, and administrative services, including bookkeeping, treasury, human resources and
management. These pro bono services are estimated as follows:
2015
2014
603
681
(in KCHF)
2015
2014
-756
-
1,126
(in KCHF)
Estimated value of the pro bono services provided to SFD
STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ICRC SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DISABLED
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Note
Contributions
Mission costs
Purchase of goods and materials
Legal and external counsel
Operating expenses
Net deficit of operating activities
Foreign exchange result, net
Financial income, net
Other income and expenses, net
Net surplus of non-operating activities
[7]
2015
2014
-7
-7
-7
-9
-2
-7
-18
-18
-2
248
246
122
647
-1
768
239
750
-578
-339
-1,500
-750
Restricted reserves
Unrestricted reserves
Permanently
Temporarily restricted
restricted
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Designated
by the Board
20,433
239
-578
20,094
21,183
750
-1,500
20,433
Other reserves
Total
Reserves
3,469
-401
3,068
24,902
239
-578
-401
24,162
2,117
1,352
3,469
24,301
750
-1,500
1,352
24,902
Note
[5]
[8]
2015
343
24,240
164
24,747
24,747
2014
1,163
23,620
137
24,920
24,920
585
585
585
18
18
18
1,000
1,000
20,094
3,068
23,162
24,162
24,747
1,000
1,000
20,433
3,469
23,902
24,902
24,920
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ACTIVITIES
The Foundation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (FICRC) was created on 1 May 1931 in Geneva, Switzerland. Its
statutes and objectives were revised on 25 October 2012.
The Foundation strives to secure long-term support for the ICRC by establishing a substantial endowment fund income, most of which
will be freely available to the organization.
The Foundation Board is made up of representatives of business and political circles and the ICRC:
XX 1 representative of the Swiss Confederation; and
XX 3 members appointed by the ICRC.
FICRC is controlled by the ICRC and therefore is consolidated into the ICRCs consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS.
2.
BASIS OF PREPARATION
The statutory financial statements were prepared in compliance with Swiss law and are presented in accordance with the FICRCs Statutes.
They were prepared in conformity with regulations of the Swiss law on commercial accounting and financial reporting (Swiss Code of
Obligations Art. 957963).
The financial statements were prepared using the historical cost convention, except for the investments at fair value.
All financial information presented in Swiss francs has been rounded to the nearest (in KCHF), except when otherwise indicated.
3.
Receivables are stated at their cost net of an allowance on outstanding amounts to cover the risk on non-payment. The main pledge
receivables positions are recognized at the moment of a written confirmation, except for pledges falling due after five years, which
are considered as contingent assets only and are not recognized owing to uncertainties associated with their receipts; the organization
recognizes this revenue when the written confirmation includes a clear and firm commitment from the donor, and the realization of the
income is virtually certain.
The organization maintains allowances for doubtful accounts in respect of estimated losses resulting from the inability of donors to make
the required payments.
3.2 Reserves
in cash are recognized on receipt of a written confirmation of donation from the donors, except for revenue relating
to future years.
XX The contributions from private sources are recognized upon receipt of unrestricted cash.
XX Contributions restricted to no other purpose than general field operations are considered as non-earmarked.
XX Contributions to a given region, country or programme (worldwide) are regarded as loosely earmarked.
XX Contributions to a country and to a project or sub-programme are tightly earmarked.
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4.
The FICRC has adopted the provisions of the new regulations of Swiss law on commercial accounting and financial reporting (Swiss Code
of Obligations Art. 957963) which are effective for the financial year 2015. The implementation of the new law has not had any material
impact on the FICRCs statutory financial statements. The FICRC has made important changes to the way it organizes and presents its
financial statements, particularly the explanatory notes. Comparative figures are represented accordingly.
5.
INVESTMENTS
In accordance with its documented investment management policy, the organization recognizes its investments at fair value. Financial
assets at fair value are held-for-trading. A financial asset is classified under this category if acquired principally for the purpose of
selling in the short term. All assets in this category are classified as current assets, as they are expected to be settled within 12 months.
(in KCHF)
Investments at fair value
Quoted equity securities
Quoted debt securities
Total Current investments
6.
2015
2014
6,910
17,330
24,240
6,772
16,848
23,620
2015
2014
-130
378
248
263
384
647
2015
585
2014
18
STAFF COSTS
7.
(in KCHF)
Investments at fair value
Net fair value result
Net income
Total Financial income, net
8.
RELATED PARTIES
9.
SUBSEQUENT EVENT
The Foundation Board committed to pay contributions to the ICRC for a total of KCHF 538 in 2016.
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CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SEVEN FUNDS MANAGED BY THE ICRC
The investments of these seven
funds are managed in two global
portfolios by external asset managers
in order to optimize returns, risk
management and bank charges.
The portfolios are held jointly by the
seven funds. Each fund holds a share
of these portfolios proportional to its
initial investment and subsequent
inflows/outflows.
The income of the Omar El Mukhtar
Fund (est. 1980) is made up of one
or more donations by the authorities of
Libya and is used to finance the ICRCs
general assistance activities.
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
2015
Jean
Pictet
Fund
Paul
Reuter
Fund
Total
Seven
funds
2014
Total
Seven
funds
-1.0
-1.0
-9.0
-1.0
-1.0
-11.0
-20.0
-1.0
-21.0
-1.0
-1.0
-9.0
-121.0
-7.0
-1.0
-138.0
-83.0
-7.0
-1.0
-91.0
-102.0
-1.0
-11.0
-21.0
-1.0
-138.0
-91.0
27.0
27.0
67.0
67.0
12.0
12.0
4.0
4.0
10.0
10.0
5.0
5.0
126.0
126.0
215.0
215.0
26.0
-35.0
11.0
-7.0
-11.0
4.0
-12.0
124.0
-43.0
-20.0
-63.0
-39.1
-17.0
-35.0
-9.0
-7.0
-11.0
4.0
-75.0
84.9
Augusta
Fund
Clare
Benedict
Fund
Maurice
De Madre
French
Fund
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-101.0
-1.0
-102.0
-1.0
-1.0
1.0
1.0
(in KCHF)
Contributions
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SEVEN FUNDS MANAGED BY THE ICRC
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Omar El
Florence
Mukhtar Nightingale
Fund
Medal
Fund
Clare
Benedict
Fund
Maurice
De Madre
French
Fund
145
-1
144
2,186
26
-43
-13
2,156
4,796
-35
-35
4,726
1,015
11
-20
-5
1,001
134
2
9
145
2,046
43
-28
125
2,186
4,472
42
282
4,796
949
20
-11
57
1,015
(in KCHF)
Jean
Pictet
Fund
Paul
Reuter
Fund
Total
Seven
funds
552
-7
-1
544
661
-11
-6
644
636
4
-1
639
9,991
-12
-63
-62
9,855
513
9
30
552
630
-5
36
661
588
13
37
636
9,332
123
-39
575
9,991
Omar El
Florence
Mukhtar Nightingale
Fund Medal Fund
(in KCHF)
5,000
4,573
4,498
4,214
4,000
3,268
2,993
2,993
3,000
2,425
2,363
1,849
2,000
1,000
31 Dec 2013
31 Dec 2014
31 Dec 2015
Augusta
2%
Clare Benedict
21%
Omar El Mukhtar
10%
Maurice de Madre
49%
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SEVEN FUNDS MANAGED BY THE ICRC
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Paul
Reuter
Fund
Total
Seven
funds
2014
Total
Seven
funds
511
35
546
546
665
665
665
640
640
640
10,061
35
10,096
10,096
10,210
44
10,254
10,254
1
1
1
761
761
2
2
2
-
21
21
21
500
500
1
1
1
-
241
241
241
2,993
2,993
263
263
263
2,993
2,993
3,565
424
-12
489
4,498
4,573
1,160
4,725
4,726
4,940
235
240
1,001
1,002
120
544
544
546
156
144
644
665
150
639
639
640
2,363
6,861
9,855
10,096
2,425
6,998
9,991
10,254
Augusta
Fund
Clare
Benedict
Fund
Maurice
De Madre
French
Fund
Investments
Inventories
Current assets
Assets
145
145
145
2,157
2,157
2,157
4,940
4,940
4,940
1,002
1,002
1,002
1
1
1
100
100
1
1
1
1,633
1,633
214
214
214
-
10
16
34
44
144
145
507
523
2,156
2,157
(in KCHF)
Omar El
Florence
Mukhtar Nightingale
Fund
Medal
Fund
The statutory financial statements of these seven funds are available upon request through the accounting department of the ICRC.
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SEVEN FUNDS MANAGED BY THE ICRC
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CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SEVEN FUNDS MANAGED BY THE ICRC
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ANNEXES
ANNEXES
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ASSEMBLY
Audit Commission
PRESIDENCY
Internal Audit
OFFICE OF THE
DIRECTOR GENERAL
Ombuds Office
Assembly Council
INTERNATIONAL LAW
AND POLICY
COMMUNICATION
AND INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS
FINANCIAL
RESOURCES
AND LOGISTICS
HUMAN RESOURCES
Legal
Public Communication
Global Affairs
and Networking
External Resources
Human Resources
Operations
Policy
Corporate Communication
Multilateral Organizations
and Humanitarian Action
Information and
Communication
Technologies
Logistics
Prevention
Private Fundraising
Relations with
Arms Carriers
People Management
Programme
Human Resources
Centers of Expertise
AFRICA
AMERICAS
ASIA AND
THE PACIFIC
Assistance
EUROPE AND
CENTRAL ASIA
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NEAR AND
MIDDLE EAST
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ASSEMBLY COUNCIL
The Assembly Council is a subsidiary body of the Assembly and
comprises the president, the vice-president and three members
elected by the Assembly. The Assembly Council oversees the
functioning of the organization, ensuring that institutional risks
and finances are properly managed and monitoring the development of key institutional projects. It facilitates the Assemblys
work by holding initial discussions of key topics and adopting
budget extensions when needed. Its members are in regular contact
with the members of the Directorate.
XX MrPeter
Maurer, president
Beerli, vice-president
XX MrRolf Soiron, member of the Committee
XX MrBruno Staffelbach, member of the Committee
XX MsHeidi Tagliavini, member of the Committee (returned
from temporary leave on 1 July 2015)
XX MsChristine
PRESIDENCY
The Presidency is composed of the president and the vice-president. The president of the ICRC has primary responsibility for the
organizations external relations. As president of the Assembly and
of the Assembly Council, he ensures that the spheres of competence of these two bodies are safeguarded and leads their work.
The president engages in ongoing dialogue with the Directorate
on all activities conducted by the ICRC and can take appropriate
measures in cases of extreme urgency.
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OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS
Audit Commission
Internal Audit
External audit
DIRECTORATE
The Directorate is the executive body of the ICRC and is in charge
of ensuring that the general objectives and institutional strategy
established by the Assembly or the Assembly Council are fulfilled
and implemented. The Directorate is also responsible for the smooth
running of the ICRC and for the efficiency of its staff as a whole.
The director-general sets the administrations general priorities,
directs the decision-making process and supervises implementation of the decisions taken. The director-general is accountable
to the Presidency and the Assembly as regards the Directorates
objectives and activities, and the results achieved.
XX MrYves
Daccord, director-general
Alderson, director of financial resources and
XX MsHelen
logistics
XX MrDominik
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606|
XX Strengthen
XX Strengthen
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Finally, the ICRC may act as the lead agency, or support the
National Society of the affected country in its responsibility as the
lead agency, in coordinating the international relief operations
conducted by the Movement. These operations may be carried
out in response to the direct consequences of armed conflicts and
other situations of violence, or of situations of armed conflict that
coincide with natural or technological disasters. The ICRC also
coordinates activities to restore family links in all situations that
require an international response.
LEGAL BASES
The work of the ICRC is based on the 1949 Geneva Conventions,
the 1977 Additional Protocols, Additional Protocol III, the Statutes
of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and
the resolutions of the International Conferences of the Red Cross
and Red Crescent. The ICRCs mission is to provide the victims
of armed conflict with protection and assistance. To that end, the
ICRC takes direct and immediate action in response to emergency
situations, while at the same time promoting preventive measures,
such as the dissemination and national implementation of IHL.
It was on the ICRCs initiative that States adopted the original
Geneva Convention of 1864. Since then, the ICRC, with the
support of the entire Movement, has put constant pressure
on governments to adapt IHL to changing circumstances, in
particular, to modern developments in the means and methods of
warfare, so as to provide more effective protection and assistance
for conflict victims.
Today, all States are bound by the 1949 Geneva Conventions, which,
in times of armed conflict, protect wounded, sick and shipwrecked
members of the armed forces, prisoners of war and civilians.
UNIVERSAL ACCEPTANCE
OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS AND
THEIR ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS
Legal bases
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196
174
168
168
72
68
76
610|
1
2
3
56
State *
7 8
9 10
11
1 Netherlands*
2 Luxembourg*
3 Switzerland*
4 Liechtenstein*
5 Slovenia*
6 Croatia*
9 Montenegro*
10 FYR Macedonia*
11 Palestine*
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ABBREVIATIONS
NAMES OF COUNTRIES
R/A/S =
The names of countries given in the following list may differ from
the official names of States.
DATES
The dates indicated are those on which the Swiss Federal
Department of Foreign Affairs received the official instrument
from the State that was ratifying, acceding to or succeeding to
the Conventions or Protocols or accepting the competence of the
Commission provided for under Article 90 of Protocol I. They
thus represent neither the date on which ratification, accession,
succession or acceptance of the Commission was decided upon
by the State concerned nor that on which the corresponding
instrument was sent.
N.B.: The dates given for succession to the Geneva Conventions
by Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jamaica,
Madagascar, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, and
Sierra Leone used to be those on which the corresponding instruments had been officially adopted. They have now been replaced
by the dates on which the depositary received those instruments.
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XX Luxembourg 27.01.2015
XX Palestine 04.01.2015
XX Romania 15.05.2015
TOTALS:
Number of States Parties to the 1949 Geneva Conventions: 196
Number of States Parties to Additional Protocol I: 174
Number of States having made the declaration under Article 90: 76
Number of States Parties to Additional Protocol II: 168
Number of States Parties to Additional Protocol III: 72
Number of States Members of the United Nations: 193
States Parties to the Geneva Conventions but not members of the
United Nations: Cook Islands, Holy See and Palestine
R/A/S
R/D
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
26.09.1956
27.05.1957
20.06.1960
03.07.1962
R
R
A
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
17.09.1993
20.09.1984
06.10.1986
18.09.1956
07.06.1993
14.10.1958
27.08.1953
01.06.1993
11.07.1975
30.11.1971
04.04.1972
10.09.1968
03.08.1954
03.09.1952
29.06.1984
14.12.1961
10.01.1991
10.12.1976
31.12.1992
29.03.1968
29.06.1957
14.10.1991
22.07.1954
07.11.1961
27.12.1971
11.05.1984
08.12.1958
16.09.1963
14.05.1965
01.08.1966
05.08.1970
12.10.1950
28.12.1956
08.11.1961
21.11.1985
04.02.1967
24.02.1961
07.05.2002
15.10.1969
28.12.1961
11.05.1992
15.04.1954
23.05.1962
05.02.1993
27.06.1951
06.03.1978
28.09.1981
22.01.1958
11.08.1954
10.11.1952
17.06.1953
24.07.1986
14.08.2000
18.01.1993
02.10.1969
09.08.1971
22.02.1955
A
A
S
R
A
R
R
A
S
A
S
S
R
R
A
S
A
R
S
A
R
A
R
S
S
A
A
S
R
S
A
R
R
R
A
S
S
S
A
S
S
R
A
S
R
S
S
A
R
R
R
A
A
A
R
S
R
X
X
PROTOCOL
R/A/S
R/D
10.11.2009
16.07.1993
16.08.1989
16.08.1989
A
A
A
20.09.1984
06.10.1986
26.11.1986
07.06.1993
21.06.1991
13.08.1982
A
A
A
A
R
R
10.04.1980
30.10.1986
08.09.1980
19.02.1990
23.10.1989
20.05.1986
29.06.1984
28.05.1986
A
A
A
A
R
R
A
A
08.12.1983
31.12.1992
23.05.1979
05.05.1992
14.10.1991
26.09.1989
20.10.1987
10.06.1993
16.03.1995
14.01.1998
16.03.1984
20.11.1990
17.07.1984
17.01.1997
24.04.1991
14.09.1983
01.09.1993
21.11.1985
10.11.1983
03.06.1982
07.05.2002
15.12.1983
20.09.1989
11.05.1992
25.11.1982
01.06.1979
05.02.1993
17.06.1982
08.04.1991
25.04.1996
26.05.1994
10.04.1979
09.10.1992
23.11.1978
24.07.1986
A
S
A
A
A
R
R
A
A
A
A
R
A
A
R
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
R
S
A
R
S
R
A
A
A
R
R
R
A
18.01.1993
08.04.1994
30.07.2008
07.08.1980
A
A
A
R
PROTOCOL II
D90
R/A/S
16.08.1989
16.08.1989
10.11.2009
16.07.1993
16.08.1989
16.08.1989
A
A
A
A
06.10.1986
26.11.1986
07.06.1993
21.06.1991
13.08.1982
A
A
A
R
R
10.04.1980
30.10.1986
08.09.1980
19.02.1990
23.10.1989
20.05.1986
29.06.1984
28.05.1986
A
A
A
A
R
R
A
A
08.12.1983
31.12.1992
23.05.1979
05.05.1992
14.10.1991
26.09.1989
20.10.1987
10.06.1993
16.03.1995
14.01.1998
16.03.1984
20.11.1990
17.07.1984
17.01.1997
24.04.1991
14.09.1983
14.08.1995
21.11.1985
10.11.1983
12.12.2002
07.05.2002
15.12.1983
20.09.1989
11.05.1992
23.06.1999
18.03.1996
05.02.1993
17.06.1982
08.04.1991
25.04.1996
26.05.1994
10.04.1979
09.10.1992
23.11.1978
24.07.1986
A
S
A
A
A
R
R
A
A
A
A
R
A
A
R
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
R
S
A
A
S
R
A
A
A
R
R
R
A
18.01.1993
08.04.1994
30.07.2008
07.08.1980
A
A
A
R
PROTOCOL III
R/D
R/A/S
R/D
06.02.2008
16.03.2011
12.08.2011
15.07.2009
03.06.2009
R
A
R
R
31.03.2011
12.05.2015
03.04.2007
A
R
A
28.08.2009
13.09.2006
26.11.2007
06.07.2009
07.09.2011
30.06.2008
A
R
13.06.2007
27.11.2007
23.05.2007
25.05.2007
R
R
R
01.04.2009
12.09.2007
28.02.2008
30.07.2008
14.01.2009
A
R
X
X
11.10.1996
X
X
23.09.1992
13.08.1982
23.10.1989
27.03.1987
10.08.1992
31.12.1992
23.11.1993
09.05.1994
24.05.2004
16.03.1995
20.11.1990
24.04.1991
X
17.04.1996
12.12.2002
07.05.2002
09.12.1999
11.05.1992
14.10.2002
02.05.1995
17.06.1982
20.02.2009
07.08.1980
States PARTY
STATES
party TO
to THE
the GENEVA
Geneva CONVENTIONS
Conventions AND
and THEIR
their ADDITIONAL
Additional PROTOCOLS
Protocols
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STATES PARTY TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS AND THEIR ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS (cont.)
GENEVA CONVENTIONS
COUNTRY
R/A/S
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
28.06.1951
26.02.1965
20.10.1966
14.09.1993
03.09.1954
02.08.1958
05.06.1956
13.04.1981
14.05.1952
11.07.1984
21.02.1974
22.07.1968
11.04.1957
22.02.1951
31.12.1965
03.08.1954
10.08.1965
09.11.1950
30.09.1958
20.02.1957
14.02.1956
27.09.1962
06.07.1951
17.12.1951
20.07.1964
21.04.1953
29.05.1951
05.05.1992
20.09.1966
05.01.1989
27.08.1957
16.08.1966
02.09.1967
18.09.1992
29.10.1956
24.12.1991
10.04.1951
20.05.1968
29.03.1954
22.05.1956
21.09.1950
03.10.1996
01.07.1953
01.09.1993
18.07.1963
05.01.1968
24.08.1962
18.06.1991
24.05.1965
22.08.1968
01.06.2004
30.10.1962
18.08.1970
29.10.1952
19.09.1995
24.05.1993
05.07.1950
20.12.1958
02.08.2006
26.07.1956
14.03.1983
25.08.1992
614|
R/D
R
S
S
A
A
A
R
S
R
A
A
S
A
R
A
R
A
R
A
R
A
R
R
R
S
A
A
S
A
S
A
A
A
S
A
A
R
S
A
A
R
A
R
S
S
A
A
A
A
S
A
S
S
R
A
A
R
A
A
A
A
A
PROTOCOL
R/A/S
R/D
11.04.2001
08.04.1980
12.01.1989
14.09.1993
14.02.1991
28.02.1978
31.03.1989
23.09.1998
19.10.1987
11.07.1984
21.10.1986
18.01.1988
20.12.2006
21.11.1985
16.02.1995
12.04.1989
10.04.1987
A
A
A
A
R
R
R
A
R
A
A
A
A
R
R
R
R
01.04.2010
19.05.1999
A
R
27.02.1986
29.07.1986
31.08.2004
01.05.1979
05.05.1992
23.02.1999
R
A
A
R
S
A
09.03.1988
15.01.1982
17.01.1985
18.09.1992
18.11.1980
24.12.1991
23.07.1997
20.05.1994
30.06.1988
07.06.1978
10.08.1989
13.07.2000
29.08.1989
01.09.1993
08.05.1992
07.10.1991
A
R
A
S
R
A
A
A
A
A
R
A
R
S
R
A
03.09.1991
08.02.1989
17.04.1989
A
A
A
14.03.1980
22.03.1982
10.03.1983
19.09.1995
24.05.1993
07.01.2000
06.12.1995
02.08.2006
03.06.2011
14.03.1983
A
A
A
A
A
A
R
A
R
A
PROTOCOL II
D90
R/A/S
PROTOCOL III
R/D
R/A/S
17.07.2009
19.03.2007
17.06.2009
R
R
26.10.2009
14.03.2008
21.09.2009
08.12.2006
15.11.2006
04.08.2006
R
R
R
22.11.2007
29.01.2009
R
R
24.06.2009
28.10.2013
A
R
02.04.2007
24.08.2006
28.11.2007
27.01.2015
14.10.2008
R
R
R
R
07.07.2008
19.08.2008
12.03.2007
R
R
23.09.1991
10.04.1987
24.02.1984
08.04.1980
12.01.1989
14.09.1993
14.02.1991
28.02.1978
15.02.1993
23.09.1998
19.10.1987
11.07.1984
21.10.1986
18.01.1988
20.12.2006
21.11.1985
16.02.1995
12.04.1989
10.04.1987
A
A
A
A
R
R
A
A
R
A
A
A
A
R
R
R
R
19.05.1999
19.05.1999
27.02.1986
31.08.2004
27.02.1986
29.07.1986
31.08.2004
01.05.1979
05.05.1992
23.02.1999
R
A
A
R
S
A
10.08.1989
13.07.2000
12.05.1993
01.09.1993
27.07.1993
10.01.2014
15.01.1982
17.01.1985
18.09.1992
18.11.1980
24.12.1991
23.07.1997
20.05.1994
30.06.1988
07.06.1978
10.08.1989
13.07.2000
29.08.1989
01.09.1993
08.05.1992
07.10.1991
R
A
S
R
A
A
A
A
A
R
A
R
S
R
A
09.05.2003
17.04.1989
03.09.1991
08.02.1989
17.04.1989
A
A
A
14.03.1980
22.03.1982
A
A
19.09.1995
24.05.1993
07.01.2000
06.12.1995
02.08.2006
03.06.2011
12.11.2002
A
A
A
R
A
R
A
14.02.1991
04.02.1998
20.12.1993
R/D
X
X
X
X
X
16.04.2004
21.06.2013
30.01.1998
13.08.2010
26.10.2007
06.12.1995
02.08.2006
STATES PARTY TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS AND THEIR ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS (cont.)
GENEVA CONVENTIONS
COUNTRY
R/A/S
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
22.08.1991
27.06.2006
07.02.1964
03.08.1954
02.05.1959
17.12.1953
21.04.1964
20.06.1961
03.08.1951
31.01.1974
12.06.1951
25.06.1996
02.04.2014
10.02.1956
26.05.1976
23.10.1961
15.02.1956
06.10.1952
26.11.1954
14.03.1961
15.10.1975
01.06.1954
10.05.1954
05.05.1964
14.02.1986
18.09.1981
01.04.1981
23.08.1984
29.08.1953
21.05.1976
18.05.1963
18.05.1963
16.10.2001
08.11.1984
10.06.1965
27.04.1973
02.04.1993
26.03.1992
06.07.1981
12.07.1962
31.03.1952
25.01.2013
04.08.1952
28.02.1959
23.09.1957
13.10.1976
28.06.1973
28.12.1953
31.03.1950
02.11.1953
13.01.1993
12.12.1962
29.12.1954
08.05.2003
06.01.1962
13.04.1978
24.09.1963
04.05.1957
10.02.1954
10.04.1992
19.02.1981
18.05.1964
R/D
S
A
A
R
R
R
S
S
R
A
R
A
A
A
S
R
R
R
R
R
A
R
R
S
S
S
A
S
A
A
A
S
S
A
S
A
S
S
S
A
A
A
R
R
A
S
A
R
R
R
S
S
A
A
S
S
A
A
R
S
S
A
PROTOCOL
R/A/S
PROTOCOL II
PROTOCOL III
R/D
D90
R/A/S
R/D
21.07.1994
17.06.1994
27.06.2006
A
A
26.06.1987
08.02.1988
19.07.1999
08.06.1979
10.10.1988
14.12.1981
29.03.1984
R
R
R
R
A
R
A
X
X
25.06.1996
04.01.2015
18.09.1995
A
A
R
30.11.1990
14.07.1989
11.12.1986
23.10.1991
27.05.1992
05.01.2005
21.06.1990
29.09.1989
19.11.1984
14.02.1986
07.10.1982
08.04.1983
23.08.1984
05.04.1994
05.07.1996
28.11.2001
07.05.1985
16.10.2001
08.11.1984
21.10.1986
A
R
A
R
R
A
R
R
A
A
A
A
A
R
A
A
R
S
A
A
02.04.1993
26.03.1992
19.09.1988
S
S
A
21.04.1989
21.11.1995
25.01.2013
21.04.1989
A
A
R
31.08.1979
17.02.1982
13.07.2006
16.12.1985
02.11.1995
31.08.1979
17.02.1982
A
A
A
R
R
13.01.1993
15.02.1983
S
A
12.04.2005
21.06.1984
20.01.2003
20.07.2001
09.08.1979
A
R
A
A
R
17.06.1994
27.06.2006
A
A
26.06.1987
08.02.1988
19.07.1999
08.06.1979
10.10.1988
14.12.1981
29.03.1984
R
R
R
R
A
R
A
X
X
25.06.1996
02.04.2014
18.09.1995
A
A
R
30.11.1990
14.07.1989
30.03.2012
23.10.1991
27.05.1992
05.04.1988
21.06.1990
29.09.1989
19.11.1984
14.02.1986
07.10.1982
08.04.1983
23.08.1984
05.04.1994
05.07.1996
21.08.1987
07.05.1985
16.10.2001
08.11.1984
21.10.1986
A
R
R
R
R
A
R
R
A
A
A
A
A
R
A
A
R
S
A
A
02.04.1993
26.03.1992
19.09.1988
S
S
A
21.11.1995
25.01.2013
21.04.1989
A
A
R
07.03.2006
16.12.1985
02.11.1995
31.08.1979
17.02.1982
14.11.1983
13.01.1993
15.02.1983
A
A
A
R
R
A
S
A
12.04.2005
21.06.1984
20.01.2003
20.07.2001
09.08.1979
A
R
A
A
R
10.04.1992
10.04.1992
13.03.1991
13.03.1991
26.06.1987
08.02.1988
14.12.1981
X
R/A/S
R/D
04.12.2012
13.12.2006
23.10.2013
02.04.2009
R
R
R
13.06.2006
04.01.2015
30.04.2012
A
R
13.10.2008
22.08.2006
26.10.2009
22.04.2014
R
R
R
15.05.2015
22.06.2007
18.08.2010
07.07.2008
30.05.2007
10.03.2008
R
R
R
25.01.2013
10.12.2010
A
R
25.06.2013
21.08.2014
14.07.2006
R
R
29.07.2011
26.10.1999
30.01.1998
X
X
X
X
02.10.1992
01.07.1994
24.09.1991
31.05.1995
29.09.1989
08.07.1993
17.04.2014
04.11.2013
X
16.10.2001
22.05.1992
13.03.1995
26.03.1992
X
10.09.1997
21.11.1991
20.01.2003
20.07.2001
21.05.2008
|615
STATES PARTY TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS AND THEIR ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS (cont.)
GENEVA CONVENTIONS
COUNTRY
R/A/S
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
03.08.1954
10.05.1972
23.09.1957
02.08.1955
05.03.1969
08.10.1993
27.10.1982
13.02.1956
28.06.1957
16.07.1970
19.10.1966
07.03.1983
R/D
R
A
R
R
R
A
A
R
A
A
A
A
X
X
X
X
X
PROTOCOL
R/A/S
25.01.1990
09.03.1983
28.01.1998
R
A
R
13.12.1985
08.10.1993
28.02.1985
23.07.1998
19.10.1981
17.04.1990
04.05.1995
19.10.1992
A
A
A
A
R
R
A
A
NOTES
Djibouti
Djiboutis declaration of succession in respect of the First Geneva
Convention was dated 26.01.1978.
France
On accession to Additional Protocol II, France made a communication concerning Additional Protocol I.
Ghana
Entry into force of Additional Protocols I and II on 07.12.1978.
Namibia
An instrument of accession to the Geneva Conventions and the
1977 Additional Protocols was deposited by the United Nations
Council for Namibia on 18.10.1983. In an instrument deposited
on 22.08.1991, Namibia declared its succession to the Geneva
Conventions, which were previously applicable pursuant to South
Africas accession on 31.03.1952.
Niue
Pursuant to New Zealand law at the time of accession, and
consistent with customary international law, the Geneva
Conventions apply to Niue by virtue of New Zealands accession,
on 02.05.1959, to the four 1949 Geneva Conventions.
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PROTOCOL II
R/D
D90
R/A/S
X
X
25.01.1990
06.03.1992
17.05.1999
25.01.1990
09.03.1983
28.01.1998
R
A
R
17.07.1990
13.12.1985
08.10.1993
28.02.1985
23.07.1998
A
A
A
A
17.04.1990
04.05.1995
19.10.1992
R
A
A
PROTOCOL III
R/D
X
X
R/A/S
R/D
19.01.2010
23.10.2009
08.03.2007
19.10.2012
R
R
R
Philippines
The First Geneva Convention was ratified on 07.03.1951.
Republic of Korea
The Geneva Conventions entered into force on 23.09.1966, the
Republic of Korea having invoked Art.62/61/141/157 common
respectively to the First, Second, Third and Fourth Conventions
(immediate effect).
Sri Lanka
Accession to the Fourth Geneva Convention on 23.02.1959
(Ceylon had signed only the First, Second, and Third Geneva
Conventions).
Switzerland
Entry into force of the Geneva Conventions on 21.10.1950.
Trinidad and Tobago
Accession to the First Geneva Convention on 17.03.1963.
MISSION
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.
Established in 1863, the ICRC is at the origin of the Geneva Conventions
and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
It directs and coordinates the international activities conducted by
the Movement in armed conflicts and other situations of violence.