The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. It was founded in 1933 as the International Relief Association, at the request of
The headquarters of the IRC are located within the Chanin Building in New York
Foreign Secretary William Hague and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at Nzolo displacement camp, near Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 March 2013, meeting refugees and the International Rescue Committee
Yazidi refugees from Iraq receive aid from the IRC at Newroz camp, Syria, 13 August 2014
An IRC doctor conducting a check-up on a young Syrian refugee, Ramtha, Jordan, 28 August 2013
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The Chanin Building, also known as 122 East 42nd Street, is a 56-story office skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. It is on the southwest corner of 42nd Street and Lexingto
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…consequences of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and Herzegovina and later launching community rehabilitation programs in Bosnia. IRC became headquartered in the Chanin Building in midtown Manhattan in 1994. In the same year, the IRC set up emergency programs in Tanzania and Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) to aid…
The Chanin Building as seen in 2025
Lower section of the facade, as seen from across 42nd Street; the Socony-Mobil Building is visible at left
Designed by Rene Paul Chambellan, these gates led to the private offices of Irwin S. Chanin
Close-up of the embrasures at the Chanin Building's crenellated top