INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS

What is?

Origins

Dunant was born in Geneva on May 8, 1828. In 1843 he joined a group of young people of the free Church.Dunant went in Lombardy, in the middle of the Second Italian War of Independence, after the end of the war, Dunant returned to Geneva, but he can not forget the atrocities.

In 1862 Dunant joined to the "Geneva Public Utility Company" and together with five other Swiss citizens - The jurist Gustave Moynier, General Henry Dufour and two doctors Louis Appia and Theodore Maunoir. In 1863 was founded the "International Committee for Relief to the wounded of war", which in the same year will become the International Committee of the Red Cross.

August 22, 1864 thanks to a Diplomatic Conference 12 countries signed the first Geneva Convention, which laid the foundation of the Red Cross .

objectives The Movement of the Red Cross work in the field of

humanitarian aid on the basis of seven common principles, adopted by the International Conference of the Red Cross, which constitute the spirit and ethics of the Red Cross and which they are guarantors and guidance. They summarize the purpose of the Movement and the ways to achieve them:

HUMANITY NEUTRALITY IMPARZIALITY INDEPENDENCE UNITY UNIVERSALITY