21. Red Cross: The International Movement Of The Red Cross And The Red Crescent the welfare of prisoners of war; and the International Federation of Red Cross andRed Crescent Societies (founded as the league of red cross societies in 1919 http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860653.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... D-Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia Red Cross The International Movement of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent The work of the Red Cross has been greatly expanded since the end of World War II, and it has moved into many fields. It has taken on extensive refugee relief activities, helping to care for refugees of warfare, drought, and ethnic conflicts all over the world, including Hungary (1956), Somalia (1992), Rwanda (1994), and the former Yugoslavia (throughout the 1990s). During the Korean War, the International Red Cross suggested (1952) the first exchange of prisoners and sick and wounded combatants. The group also coordinated international relief efforts following natural disasters, such as the massive cyclone and tidal waves that hit East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1970 and left almost a half million dead, the hurricane that hit Honduras in 1974, and the earthquakes in Armenia (1988) and Turkey (1999). Sections in this article: Introduction The International Movement of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent The American Red Cross History Bibliography Red Cross ... The American Red Cross The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia

22. Red Cross: History The International Committee of the Red Cross was awarded the Nobel Peace Prizein 1917, 1944, and, with the league of red cross societies, in 1963. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0860655.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... D-Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia Red Cross History The creation of the Red Cross was spurred by the publication of (1862), an account by Jean Henri Dunant of the suffering endured by the wounded at the battle of Solferino Sections in this article: Introduction The International Movement of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent The American Red Cross History Bibliography The American Red Cross Red Cross The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Related content from HighBeam Research on: Red Cross: History American Red Cross Announces Commemorative 'Knit Your Bit' Knitting Kit. (Business Wire) STUDY: TEXT CALL JEWS 'MURDERERS OF CHRIST' (The Columbian) Electric Service Restoration Efforts Continue After Worst Storm in TXU Electric Delivery History; TXU Electric Delivery Supporting American Red Cross in Disaster Relief Efforts. (PR Newswire) RANDY LANGE'S GIANTS/JETS SCOUTING REPORTS (The Record (Bergen County, NJ))

23. World Red Cross Day: 8 May During the XIVth Session of the Board of Governors of the league of red cross societies,later called the General Assembly of the International Federation of http://www.netglimse.com/holidays/world_red_cross_day/8_may.shtml

Index Celebration History Jean-henry Dunant ... Greetings 8 May Celebrated on May 8 th 2004 It's the birthday of Henry Dunant, born in Geneva in 1828, recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize. But the anniversary took an unexpected course before being adopted by the Movement... In 1922, just after World War I, there was a general yearning for peace. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia - then one State, Czechoslovakia - the National Society proclaimed a three-day truce at Easter to promote peace. An eminent government leader of the time summed up the underlying aspirations of that initiative as follows: "Our Red Cross wants to prevent disease so that it will not be obliged to give care; it also wants to encourage our society to prevent wars rather than having to bear the serious consequences involved. We all know the importance of the moral potential it brings into being and extends to all sections of the community. If its annual action could take hold in the whole world, this would certainly be a major contribution to peace". This was an intimation of what was to become World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. This initiative, known as the "Red Cross Truce", had a big impact on the public, but met with some scepticism among National Society leaders. As a result the 14th International Conference of the Red Cross set up an International Commission to study the Red Cross Truce. Its report, presented to the 15th International Conference in Tokyo in 1934, stated that it approved the principle of the Truce and considered it advisable that its application be made more general, from the point of view of methodology, taking into account the psychology characteristic of different regions.

24. Chapter 3: 1917-1919: Page 2 to peace, it saw the creation of Henry P. Davison s league of red cross societiesand then the League of Nations, which received the blessing of world leaders. http://www.redcrossaustin.org/historyhtml/chapter3b.html

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 ... Chapter 7 With the strong support of President Wilson, the Junior Red Cross During the First World War, 18,000 Red Cross nurses served with the Army and Navy Nurse Corps, with nearly half serving at home to ensure exemplary health and sanitary conditions. The remainder served at American base hospitals in France, on hospital trains, and in evacuation and field units in the zone of advance. The Red Cross provided two out of every three Navy nurses and four out of five Army nurses, including the first African-American nurses. Nurses worked diligently at home, especially during a deadly influenza epidemic that swept the country in 1918. Responding to a call for help from the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, 15,000 Red Cross nurses, dietitians, and others were recruited to work in military camps, hospitals, coal fields, munitions plants, and shipyards, where they remained until the epidemic finally subsided in the spring of 1919. Eight million American Red Cross production workers in local chapters provided more than 371 million relief articles, such as furniture and knitted sweaters. Overseas, American Red Cross workers served in more than 25 countries, helping millions of civilian refugees as well as U.S. and Allied soldiers. More than 2,000 American Red Cross workers remained abroad after the war to continue their humanitarian work.

25. History Of The Red Cross after World War I, that National Societies should form their own umbrella groupalso based in Geneva then known as the league of red cross societies and now http://www.redcross.ie/about/irc.html

Food Distribution Rehabilitation of Amputees Medical Training Hospital maintenance Irish Red Cross 16 Merrion Square, Dublin2, Ireland. Tel 353 1 676 5135 Fax 353 1 661 4461 info@redcross.ie www.redcross.ie - History Achievements Principles Structure The Irish Red Cross Society is proud of its own unique history and its membership of one of the oldest extant humanitarian organisations in the world. The Red Cross has the largest membership of any such voluntary body, numbering over 100 million members in 170 different National Societies and has won the Nobel Prize for Peace a stunning four times starting with its founder, Henri Dunant, in 1901. For further information on the Red Cross Movement check the websites of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) at www.ifrc.org and the International Committee of the Red Cross at www.icrc.org

26. Red Cross - Reference Library military chaplains;; Red Cross groups such as the International Committee of theRed Cross; the league of red cross societies; and the various national Red http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/r/re/red_cross.html

Reference Library: Encyclopedia Main Page See live article Alphabetical index Red Cross One might be looking for the Anarchist Red Cross The terms Red Cross and Red Crescent are often used as short names for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The Red Cross is a symbol which under the Geneva conventions is to be placed on humanitarian and medical vehicles and buildings to protect them from military attack. The Red Cross flag is not to be confused with the St George cross which is the flag of England Barcelona Freiburg and several other places. The red cross of the St George cross extends to the edge of the flag, whereas the red cross on the Red Cross flag does not. Originally only the Red Cross (being the flag of Switzerland reversed) was to be used as a symbol of the Geneva conventions, but Muslim nations (primarily the Ottoman Empire , later Turkey ) objected to this, and as a result an additional symbol (the Red Crescent ) was to be provided for. Later Persia (now Iran ) managed to have a red lion and sun (the lion and sun being the symbol of Persia) added to the list of available symbols; though the symbol no longer being used by Iran has fallen into disuse in favour of the Red Crescent, Iran has in the past reserved the right to take it up again at any time. Israel then requested the addition of a Red Star of David , arguing that since Christian and Muslim symbols were recognized the corresponding Jewish symbol should be as well. This symbol is the one currently used by the Israeli Red Cross, but it is not recognized under international humanitarian law. The Red Cross movement has rejected this Israeli request, since if Jews (or another group) were to be given another symbol, there would be no end to the number of religious or other groups claiming a symbol for themselves. That would detract from the original intention of the Red Cross symbol, which was to be a single symbol to mark vehicles and buildings protected on humanitarian grounds. In response, the Red Cross movement is in the process of developing a new symbol, which will be without any religious connontations and also easily recognizable on the battlefield; once the Red Cross movement has adopted the symbol it will then be presented to the State Parties to the Geneva Conventions for amendment of the treaties.

27. American Red Cross-Heartland Chapter The first black appointed to the league of red cross societies in Geneva, Switzerland,he began his Red Cross service during the Second World war as a club http://www.redcrossomaha.org/afro.htm

H e a r t l a n d C h a p t e r Local Services About Us Red Cross News How You Can Help ... Employment Opportunities A Tradition of Service On behalf of the American Red Cross, Black Americans continue to build on the proud traditions of service to the community that were established by the eight pioneering paid and volunteer African American leaders honored below. HENRY O. TANNER A renowned artist, Henery Tanner began his service with the organization in Paris during 1917 and served in the First World War as a Lieutenant in the Farm Service Bureau. After a lengthy illness he returned to the Red Cross and was stationed at Neufchateau. In October of 1918 he left the Farm Service Bureau and applied to the Red Cross to sketch scenes in the war zone. In that same month he was assigned as publicity director for the organization. In October 1919 his paintings of the interior and exterior of Red Cross canteens were sent to national headquarters where they are still proudly displayed. JESSE O. THOMAS

28. League Of Red Cross Societies 50th Anniversaries of league of red cross societies Symbols of theRed Cross Societies. BACK NEXT 14323 Young Pioneers. 1969. 1434 http://www.postage.dk/DDR/DDR1466-7.html

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29. The International Red Cross Movement and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC previously known as the league of red cross societies) The International http://homepage.eircom.net/~corkredcross/intl/

Cork City Our History Our Services Where we meet ... Contact Details Latest News Local and National International How you can help us... Our Services ... Search this site Join our mailing list You are here: home international red cross The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement comprises of two seperate, but inter-dependent organisations - The International Committe of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC - previously known as the League of Red Cross Societies) The International Committee is comprised of Swiss citizens, and the affiliated countries to the Geneva Conventions, with National Societies are identified as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, of which Ireland is one of 177 member societies. Its volunteers are part of the Red Cross family, which has 150 million volunteers in these 177 countries. To find out more about the IFRC, the ICRC, and the History of the Red Cross, follow the links below... International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) History of the Red Cross Movement Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross Movement ... The Emblem Debate - what's it all about?

30. British Red Cross - Creation Of A Peacetime Role... In May 1919, the league of red cross societies (now the International Federationof Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)link was formed and extended the http://www.redcross.org.uk/104

Contact Us The Movement Geneva Conventions Fundamental Principles ... Legal and Browsing Notices Creation of a peacetime role... Creation of a peacetime role - the inter-war years In May 1919, the League of Red Cross Societies (now the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)[link] was formed and extended the role of national Red Cross societies from its focus on wartime relief to incorporate "the improvement of health, the prevention of disease, and the mitigation of suffering throughout the world". The British Red Cross was able to embark on a programme of peacetime activities at home and abroad. In 1921 the British Red Cross established the first blood transfusion service in the UK. Medical advances meant blood transfusions were increasingly successful but facilities to store blood were unavailable at this time. Percy Lane Oliver, a member of London Branch of the British Red Cross, initiated a panel of donors prepared to give blood, day or night. The British Red Cross continued to provide help with the Blood Transfusion Service in an ancillary specialist role until 1987. The work of the British Red Cross extended throughout its dependent territories as Overseas Branches were established. The new peacetime role of the Red Cross encouraged an increase in the number of Overseas Branches during the inter-war period and welfare work and health education supplemented local provision. Today, this work continues through the national Red Cross societies which are founded when a country becomes independent.

31. LookSmart - Directory - History Of The International Red Cross And Red Crescent ICRC and LRCS Introduces the cowinners of the 1963 Nobel Peace Prize, the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross and the league of red cross societies. http://search.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317916/us62071/us62075/us230781/us100

@import url(/css/us/style.css); @import url(/css/us/searchResult1.css); Home IN the directory this category YOU ARE HERE Home Society International Affairs Relief Organizations ... International Red Cross History of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent - Learn how this relief society began and about the people who started it. Directory Listings About ICRC - Winner of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Peace Find basic background data on the International Committee of the Red Cross and a list of related links. International Museum of the Red Cross English segment of site provides a history of the Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy, museum. With seasonal openings, contact information, and directions listed. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Describes this humanitarian movement and organization that goes back to its establishment in 1863. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum Dedicated to people who have given part of their lives to the service of victims, the museum houses an interactive collection and holds lectures. Jewish Virtual Library - Int'l Red Cross Discrimination Read how the International Red Cross and Red Crescent refuse to let the Israeli Magen David Adom Society join because of its use of the Star of David as an emblem.

32. Australian Red Cross of World War I. Originally known as the league of red cross societies it was renamedin October 1983 as the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. http://www.redcross.org.au/aboutus_default.htm

Home Our services Across Australia Blood services ... Survey SEARCH: Home About Us Welcome to Australian Red Cross Since 1914 Australian Red Cross has been responding to the needs of Australians in suburbs and towns right across the country. Through war, drought, flood and fire our volunteers have responded willingly and risen to the task with a passion and commitment that has become renowned. Its a reputation that is richly deserved, embodying the universal spirit of the Red Cross. For many volunteers, such as our emergency services teams, it's a 24 hour a day, seven day a week commitment to helping people whose lives have been touched by tragedy or disaster. A fire destroys a family home ... A bus carrying young children overturns on winding road ... Floodwaters threaten a nursing home. You can be sure that Australian Red Cross volunteers will be there, offering practical assistance and support at any time of the day or night - no questions asked. Today we have more than 32,000 trained volunteers and deliver over 60 local programs and services around Australia mostly funded by public donation and corporate partnerships. We are part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the largest humanitarian organisation in the world with more than 97 million volunteers worldwide. We are independent of government and are without any political, religious or cultural affiliation.

33. Australian Red Cross An international medical conference initiated by Davison resulted in the birth ofthe league of red cross societies, renamed in October 1983 as the League of http://www.redcross.org.au/aboutus_history_international_default.htm

Home Our services Across Australia Blood services ... Survey SEARCH: Home About Us History International International The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement began almost 140 years ago when on a hot June day in 1859 Henry Dunant, a Swiss banker travelling on business in northern Italy, witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino a horrifying and bloody conflict between 300,000 soldiers from Imperial Austria and the Franco-Sardinian Alliance. In 1862 Dunant published his recollection of this experience as A Memory of Solferino and remained convinced that the power of humanity could be engaged to alleviate suffering on a global scale. Vulnerable people exist in all societies, he argued, and should be afforded the same care and consideration. Some of the men wounded in battle lay where they fell for days bleeding and tormented by thirst, hunger, flies and burning heat. The dead were thrown into huge pits, along with others seriously injured but alive nonetheless. Amid the stench and sounds of pain and anguish, thieves moved from person to person, robbing both the wounded and the dead. Moved by the sight of the appalling injuries suffered by these young men, Dunant rallied villagers from the town of Castiglione della Pieve to assist and tend the wounded. These townsfolk were to become the first volunteers of the Red Cross. Would there not be some means, during a period of peace and calm, of forming relief Societies whose object would be to have the wounded cared for in time of war by enthusiastic devoted volunteers fully qualified for the task. Such Societies could even render great service during epidemics or at times of disaster of flood and fire; the philanthropic motives underlying their vocation would bring them into action immediately wherever and whenever they could usefully intervene.

34. The Red Cross Emblem armed forces medical personnel and equipment; military chaplain s; the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross; the league of red cross societies; and the http://www.nellis.af.mil/Redcross/emblem.htm

35. 1900-1950- Canadian Red Cross This permitted the Canadian Red Cross to join the league of red cross societies,today known as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent http://www.redcross.ca/main.asp?id=007834

36. MRCS Birth The Malaysian Red Crescent Society(MRCS) Sabah Branch is a member of the InternationalRed Cross and the league of red cross societies in the world. http://www.infosabah.com.my/red_cross/birthmsia.html

NAME AND HEADQUARTERS The name of the Society is Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia(Malaysian Red Crescent Society - in English) and its area shall include the whole of Malaysia. The Headquarters of the Society shall be in Kuala Lumpur or in such place as the Council may decide from time to time. The early years The MRCS was born in 1948, out of a similar need and in a similar climate as the Red Cross itself. The Second World War and the Japanese occupation left parts of the country devastated. It was also the early years of the Emergency. The earliest Branches were set up in Sabah(then North Borneo) by the British Red Cross. In Peninsular Malaysia, a branch was established in Penang in 1950. By the end of 1952, Branches had been formed in Perak, Terengganu, Selangor, Malacca, Johor and Pahang. At the height of the Emergency, these Branches supplied 25 Red Cross teams for welfare work in new villages and kampungs. The Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society When Malaya gained its independence in 1957, The Society was established as the Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society by an Act of Parliament. Six years later, The Society was admitted as a number of The League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Malaysian Red Cross Society When Malaysia was formed in September 1963, an Act to incorporate The Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society and the Branches of the British Red Cross Society in Sabah, Sarawak(and Singapore) under the name "Malaysian Red Cross Society" was passed by parliament vide the Malaysian Red Cross Society(Incorporation)Act 1965(Act No.47 Of 1965).

37. HONG KONG RED CROSS 1876). 1939, league of red cross societies moves headquarters fromParis to Geneva at outbreak of World War Two. 1939 45, World War http://www.redcross.org.hk/home.cfm?Mid=67&FMid=17&popup=0&langid=1

38. History Of Red Cross 1917, Junior Red Cross began. 1919, league of red cross societies establishedin Geneva through efforts of American volunteer Henry P. Davison. http://yamunanagar.nic.in/History of Red Cross.htm

The Red Cross A History of Helping Others S ince 1881, people have turned to the American Red Cross for emergency services. Today, 1.2 million trained and dedicated American Red Cross volunteers, young and old, are helping their neighbors across the country every day. Although it is not a government agency, the American Red Cross is chartered by Congress to provide special services to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and to disaster victims. American Red Cross workers assist our men and women in the Armed Forces and their families in emergencies. They are at the scene of more than 40,000 disasters a year, from house fires to devastating floods and tornadoes. They also teach their neighbors lifesaving skills in Red Cross CPR, first aid, water safety, and health courses. They collect about 6 million units of blood yearly in local blood drives. They work with sister Red Cross societies around the world to help victims of natural and man-made calamities. The Red Cross Movement Is Founded to Protect Victims of War The American Red Cross is part of an international humanitarian movement that has its roots in 19th century war-torn Europe.

39. The History Of Red Cross And Red Crescent Movement An International medical conference initiated by Davison resulted in the birth ofthe league of red cross societies, renamed in October 1983 as the league of http://home.iprimus.com.au/kamusc/UTSRCS/history_of_red_cross_and_red_cre.htm

About Us About Red Cross History of RC 7 Principles ... Photos The History of Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement began almost 140 years ago when on a hot June day in 1859 Henry Dunant, a Swiss banker travelling on business in Northern Italy, witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino a horrifying and bloody conflict between 300,000 soldiers from Imperial Austria and the Franco-Sardinian Alliance. In 1862 Dunant published his recollection of this experience as A Memory of Solferino and remained convinced that the power of humanity could be engaged to alleviate suffering on a global scale. Vulnerable people exist in all societies, he argued, and should be afforded the same care and consideration. Some of the men wounded in battle lay where they fell for days bleeding and tormented by thirst, hunger, flies and burning heat. The dead were thrown into huge pits, along with others seriously injured but alive nonetheless. Amid the stench and sounds of pain and anguish, thieves moved from person to person, robbing both the wounded and the dead. Moved by the sight of the appalling injuries suffered by these young men, Dunant rallied villagers from the town of Castiglione della Pieve to assist and tend the wounded. There townsfolk were to become the first volunteers of the Red Cross. Would there not be some means, during a period of peace and calm, of forming relied Societies whose object would be to have the wounded cared for in time of war by enthusiastic devoted volunteers fully qualified for the task. Such Societies could even render great services during epidemics or at times of disaster of flood and fire; the philanthropic motives underlying their vocation would bring them into action immediately wherever and whenever they could usefully intervene.

40. Asia And Pacific Regional Conference The Conference was attended by the delegations from 25 National Societiesin the Region, ICRC league of red cross societies. And http://www.aprc.net/background.htm

In Retrospect: The Regional Conferences 1st Asian Regional Red Cross Conference 1. Red Cross Development Strategy 2. The Role of Red Cross in Refugee Situations 3. Blood Transfusion Services and the Red Cross 4. Community Services 5. Public Information and Fund-raising The Conference dealt with the three key interrelated issues of particular relevance to the: Development; Disaster Preparedness; and Health. In conclusion, the Beijing Declaration was adopted to further motivate and strengthen the resolve of National Societies in continuing to improve the situation of the most vulnerable. 1. Changing Economic and Social Conditions within the Region and the Implications for Programmes and Service 2. Challenges for Government and Management in the 21st century 3. Promoting National Society Co-operation within the Region and Beyond. In addressing the issues discuss in the Commissions, the Hanoi Declaration was adopted and signed by all National Societies and National Societies in Formation, committing their effort in addressing the consequences of the following challenges:

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