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The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) is one of the 192 national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies around the world. It was established by government decree on 8 July 1935 in the aftermath of the second Italian aggression over Ethiopia. ERCS began by providing humanitarian services to wounded soldiers and civilian victims.
About a week after the attack, a similar airstrike was made against a Canadian Red Cross field hospital. [15] Other hospitals were also targeted in the war. [16] [17] In the 90th session of the League of Nations the Swedish and Ethiopian delegates protested against the Italian air raids targeting Red Cross hospitals and asked for their immunity ...
Marcel Junod with Sidney Brown in Addis Ababa (©Benoit Junod, Switzerland). Immediately after the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, Junod received a call on 15 October 1935 from a friend in Geneva, recommending him to take a position as delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Ethiopia.
Shimelis Adugna (Amharic: ሽመልስ አዱኛ, October 13, 1935–December 25, 2024 [1]) was an Ethiopian diplomat and official who was the former president of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society. [2] He joined primary school in Hararge and attended high school at General Wingate secondary school in Addis Ababa.
Girma Wolde-Giorgis (Amharic: ግርማ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ; 28 December 1924 – 15 December 2018) [2] was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013. [3] He was the second person to hold the office of president since the founding of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1995.
Emperor Haile Selassie I appointed Dr. Lambie secretary-general of the new Ethiopian Red Cross to oversee the efforts of Ethiopian and foreign medical teams. [ 1 ] After Italy occupied Addis Ababa in 1935, Lambie at first submitted to the Italian regime in order to continue his work, going as far as to retract his reports about Italian use of ...
The German Red Cross (DRK) was founded in 1921, bringing together various independent Red Cross associations that had previously operated autonomously within the German states. These regional branches trace their origins back to the former independent members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
More certain are the reports that three planes of Ethiopian Red Cross, sitting on the airstrip at Korem, were destroyed by Italian fighters. [1] In 1937, during the Italian occupation, the Arbegnoch sacked Korem, which was being held by the Italians. [3] Minister of War Ras Abebe Aregai, made Korem his headquarters during the Woyane rebellion ...