Kathmandu: The Nepal office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has refused to recognize both the working committees of the Nepal Red Cross . IFRC has said that it will conduct all the humanitarian aid projects on its own until the legal ambiguity seen in the working committee dispute of Nepal Red Cross is resolved.

Currently in Nepal Red Cross there are two separate working committees under the leadership of Netraprasad Timilsina and Sudarshan Prasad Nepal . While both of them are claiming that they are official, the issue regarding officiality is pending in the Supreme Court.

IFRC’s office in Nepal has clarified that it will stop signing the project agreement with any group until the working committee of Nepal Red Cross gets the authorization and it will only bear the cost of the necessary human resources, monitoring and utilization in the office of Nepal Red Cross as well as the agreed national level activities.

IFRC and its members will approve and transfer only a certain amount of funds by setting a time limit and while transferring money to the branches of the Red Cross, full coordination with the technical staff of the central office will be ensured.