The International Committee of the Red Cross operates on an annual budget of $1.8 billion and provides aid to people in more than 80 countries, such as conflict-ridden Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan and Myanmar. Some of its latest efforts include a stalled push to deliver much-needed food and medical supplies into Syria’s rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Yves Daccord (@YDaccordICRC), director-general of the ICRC, about managing the crises, the future of humanitarian aid and recent news of sexual misconduct within the organization.
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