Total violent deaths including combatants. Tweets by @iraqbodycount. Iraq Body Count maintains the worldâs largest public database of violent civilian deaths since the 2003 invasion, as well as separate running total which includes combatants. IBC's data is drawn from cross-checked media reports, hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures or records (see About IBC).
If an organization authorizes you to do a specific task, even if you don't work for them directly, you are working under their auspices. Auspices means endorsement. If student volunteers are helping out with disaster relief under the auspices of the Red Cross, they may be registered with the Red Cross or be using their supplies and equipment. The Red Cross is not responsible for them as they would be for their own employees, but they have given the students their blessing.
3. : a person or an organization that pays for or plans and carries out a project or activity; especially: one that pays the cost of a radio or television program usually in return for advertising time during its course. â sponÂ·soÂ·riÂ·al \spaen-spÃ¤n-ËsoÌr-Ä\ Él. â adjectiveÂ·sponÂ·sor \ship(Ëspaen)-ËspÃ¤n-t\ sÉr. Ëship nounull Definition of SPONSOR. 1. : one who presents a candidate for baptism or confirmation and undertakes responsibility for the person's religious education or spiritual welfare. 2. : one who assumes responsibility for some other person or thing.