International Rescue Committee

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IRC
Pronunciation
/ˌɪnərˈnæʃənɑl ˈrɛskju kəˈmɪti/
Category
Community
Related Field
Non-Profit Organizations

Examples in Context

  1. The president of the International Rescue Committee(IRC), George Rupp, said he had met with many Iraqi families seeking shelter in Syria and Jordan.
  2. The maternity clinic here, run by the International Rescue Committee(IRC), has seen a steep rise in pregnant refugees since June, as a worsening drought in East Africa forced many to flee.
  3. Timothy Wachira is nutrition nurse who admitted Aden to the stabilization centre, which is run by the International Rescue Committee(IRC).

Other meanings of IRC

Institute for Research in Construction (Part of NRC, Canada) Gov
Intgrated Communication Resource Misc
International Residential Code Community
Illinois Resource Center Misc
Incrementally Related Carriers Misc
Circle, Alaska USA Regional
Initial Response Cell Gov
IRCAM Sound format Computing
Internet Relay Chat Computing
International Reply Coupon Business