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As World Health Summit opens, IRC warns global health investment in fragile states is declining as disease outbreaks pose growing threat

As the World Health Summit begins, IRC warns that global health cuts are putting lives at risk in the world’s most fragile and conflict-affected states.
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Bio: IRC President and CEO David Miliband

David Miliband is the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. He oversees the agency’s operations in over 40 crisis-affected countries and its refugee resettlement and assistance ...
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IRC Emergency Watchlist 2026: “New World Disorder” Driving Unprecedented Humanitarian Crises as Global Support Collapses

Lebanon, Haiti countries to watch for 2026, as risks mount in countries like Colombia This year’s Watchlist issues the starkest warning yet: Civilians in Watchlist countries are on the frontlines of a ...
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The IRC Freedom Award

The International Rescue Committee first bestowed its Freedom Award for extraordinary contributions to the cause of refugees and human freedom to Willy Brandt. The year was 1957. The list of those who ...
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U.S. allocates refugee resettlement slots to a single nationality

New York, NY, October 1, 2026 — The United States announced today that it will primarily resettle people from one country — Afrikaners from South Africa — under a new refugee ceiling of 17,500 for ...
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As world leaders gather at UN, conflict is derailing their promise to end poverty

IRC calls for new global framework built around conflict, as the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals fall far short of their targets Only 15% of UN Sustainable Development Goal targets are on track and ...
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Ebola outbreak intensifies across DRC as risk of spread to South Sudan grows

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 13, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is worsening on two ...
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How cash is helping Hawa rebuild her family’s life amid war in Sudan

After losing everything to displacement, shelling, and a fire, Hawa is determined to rebuild a life for herself and her kids.
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How education is changing the lives of children in Pakistan

In Pakistan, displaced communities have spent years living with uncertainty. They often struggle to secure stable housing, work and access to basic services, which makes it hard to plan for the future ...
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Global Goals for a World in Conflict: What comes next in the fight against poverty

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were the world’s central instrument in the fight against poverty, but they were designed for a more peaceful era that no longer exists.
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IRC expands food assistance in Afghanistan as 4.7 million people face starvation

Kabul, Afghanistan, January 13, 2026 — As figures show that 17 million people in Afghanistan are now in urgent need of humanitarian food assistance, a new assessment in some of the country’s hardest ...
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IRC-SV

September 11, 2019 - IRC Inc. has established The International Rescue Committee Sverige Insamlingsstiftelse (“IRC-SV”) in Stockholm, Sweden. IRC-SV is a fundraising foundation and its purpose is to ...