Committee of Five, which founded the Red Cross : Louis Appia ...
Caption : Committee of Five, which founded the Red Cross : Louis Appia, Guillaume-Henri Dufour, Henry Dunant, Théodore Maunoir, Gustave Moynier. Keyword : ORIGINS OF THE RED CROSS ; PORTRAIT ; RED CROSS ; HISTORY OF THE RED CROSS
Our history | ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
In February 1863, what was to become the International Committee of the Red Cross met for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. Among its five founding members was a local man named Henry Dunant who, the year before, had published a book entitled A Memory of Solferino, which called for better care for wounded soldiers in wartime.
History of the ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross
This treaty obliged armies to care for wounded soldiers, whatever side they were on, and introduced a unified emblem for the medical services: a red cross on a white background. The ICRC's primary role was a coordinating one.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement - Wikipedia
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to …
The foundation of the Red Cross - International Review of the ...
The material consists of the first minutes of what was known as the “Comité des Cinq” (Committee of Five), the Committee which was in fact the founder body of the Red Cross. Originally written in French, these were rendered into English by the Translation Section of the ICRC.
1917 – International Committee of the Red Cross
The Geneva Society for Public Welfare, founded in 1863, created the Committee of the Five to examine the ideas of protecting the sick and wounded in battle, presented in Dunant’s book “Un Souvenir de Solferino” (“A memory of Solferino”).
The material consists of the first minutes of what was known as the " Comity des Cinq " (Committee of Five), the Committee which was in fact the founder body of the Red Cross. Originally written in French, these were rendered into English by …
RED CROSS On February 17, 1863, the Committee of five members appointed some days previously by the Public Welfare Society of Geneva to study the conclusions of a recently published work, A Memory of Solferino, met in Geneva. The International Committee of the Red Cross, because the Committee was soon to take this name, was born.
Birth of an idea: the founding of the International Committee ...
Oct 17, 2013 · That committee – which soon took the name ‘International Committee of the Red Cross’ (ICRC) – convened two international conferences, the first of which laid the foundation for the future relief societies while the second adopted the initial Geneva Convention.
Henry Dunant - Wikipedia
In February 1863, Dunant was a member of a five-person committee that sought to put his plan into action, which in effect founded the organization that would become the International Committee of the Red Cross.