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Green Cross International was founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993, [3] building upon the work started by the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [4] On 6 June 1992, the Rio Earth Summit delegates asked Gorbachev to establish Green Cross International, and around the same time, Swiss National Council MP Roland ...
Global Green is the English-American affiliate of Green Cross International, an international non-governmental organization founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993 to "foster a global value shift toward a sustainable and secure future."
In 1993, Gorbachev founded Green Cross International, [5] a separate organization whose Russian national office is headquartered in the Gorbachev Foundation building. In 1995, the foundation hosted its first event, the State of the World Forum, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, which discussed international political goals of the 21st ...
Green Cross flags, the industrial safety/health flags in Japan; Green Cross for Safety Award from the National Safety Council; Green Cross International, an environmental organization founded by Mikhail Gorbachev; Green Cross (Venezuela) , a Venezuelan paramedic group; Cannabis dispensary, indicated sometimes by a green cross sign
By 1923 the organization had 372 "subordinate lodges". The Head Office remained in Waverly, New York, the same headquarters it had in the late 1890s. [265] [266] Offered benefits on a semi-endowment plan by which part of the death benefits could be given during life. Also offered sick and disability benefits and a cash surrender after five years.
Green Cross Brazil is part of Green Cross International network. That was founded by former Soviet Union President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993, building upon the work started by the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.
The Lincheng Outrage, also known as the Lincheng Incident (Chinese: 临城劫车案; pinyin: Lín chéng jié chē àn), refers to the seizure of the luxury "Blue Express" train traveling between Shanghai and Beijing and the taking of over 300 hostages by bandits near the town of Lincheng County (present-day Xuecheng District, Zaozhuang), Shandong Province, China on the night of May 5–6, 1923.
The organization put forth a program based on this declaration, marking the evolution of the movement as one promoting black nationalism. It sought the uplift of the black race and encouraged self-reliance and nationhood. Among the declarations was one proclaiming the red, black and green flag as the official