COVID-19 Response: Immunisation Annex - Appeal n° MDRCOVID19
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Immunisation Funding Requirement: CHF 100 million
New Funding requirements: CHF 1.9 billion IFRC-wide of which CHF 550 million is through the IFRC Emergency Appeal in support of National Societies.
Appeal timeframe: 31 January 2020 - 31 December 2021
This Immunisation annex focuses on the pressing need of supporting COVID-19 vaccine roll-out globally. The IFRC considers the immunisation effort an obvious extension of its COVID-19 work so far and will continue to support National Societies under the Operational Priorities that were established earlier. A comprehensive revision to the Emergency Appeal is planned to integrate this immunisation annex and the increasing needs across the 3 operational priorities.
ICRC, IFRC celebrate as Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Treaty comes into force
Nigeria is one of the first 50 states worldwide to ratify the Treaty.
The International Committee of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (IFRC), on Friday, welcomed the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), a joint statement they issued from Geneva and New York has said.
The statement quoted the President of ICRC, Peter Maurer, as saying “Today is a victory for humanity”.
“This Treaty – the result of more than 75 years of work – sends a clear signal that nuclear weapons are unacceptable from a moral, humanitarian and now, a legal point of view.
Geneva/New York (ICRC/IFRC) – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement welcomes the entry into force today of the first instrument of international humanitarian law to include provisions to help address the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of using and testing nuclear weapons. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) explicitly and unequivocally prohibits […]