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It has preserved this motto while other Red Cross organizations have adopted others. Due to Geneva's location in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, the ICRC is also known under its initial French name Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR). However, the ICRC has three official languages (English, French and Spanish).
The French Red Cross (French: Croix-Rouge française), or the CRF, is the national Red Cross Society in France founded in 1864 and originally known as the Société française de secours aux blessés militaires (SSBM). Recognized as a public utility since 1945, the French Red Cross is one of the 191 national societies of the International Red ...
French: Croix-Rouge de la République Démocratique du Congo Swahili: Msalaba Mwekundu la Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasi ya Kongo: 4 January 1924: Cook Islands Red Cross Society: Costa Rican Red Cross Spanish: Cruz Roja Costarricense: 1885: Red Cross Society of Côte d'Ivoire French: Croix-Rouge de Côte d’Ivoire: Croatian Red Cross
Rue du Puits-St-Pierre 4. The ICRC – or rather its predecessor – was founded in February 1863 at the "Ancient Casino" in the Rue de L'Evêche 3 of Geneva's Old Town by five men: businessman-turned-activist Henry Dunant, who had laid out the basic ideas in his much-acclaimed book A Memory of Solferino; lawyer and philanthropist Gustave Moynier; the medical doctors Louis Appia and Théodor ...
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Hamer was involved with the Cercle des Dames de la Croix Rouge (Women's Circle of the Red Cross), serving as its general secretary. She co-founded, in 1906, the Alliance Belge pour la Paix par l'Éducation (Belgian Alliance for Peace through Education). [1]
Senegalese Red Cross Society (French: Croix-Rouge sénégalaise) was established by decree in 1962. It has its headquarters in Dakar. [1] [2] Despite being a Muslim majority nation, it uses the Red Cross as its symbol for the society.
The Burkinabé Red Cross Society (French: La Croix-Rouge Burkinabè) was founded in 1961. It is headquartered in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In 2020 the Burkinabé Red Cross Society was targeted by manipulation campaign. [1] [2]