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The Belize Red Cross Society was founded in 1950 by Dr. Daniel Tenenbaum of Belmopan City Hospital. ... This page was last edited on 27 May 2023, at 22:40 (UTC).
Belize Red Cross Society: 1950: Red Cross of Benin: French: Croix-Rouge béninoise: 1963: Bhutan Red Cross Society Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཉེན་སྒྲོལ་སྡེ་ཚོགས། 8 May 2017: Bolivian Red Cross: Spanish: Cruz Roja Boliviana: 15 May 1917: Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC; Vietnamese: Hội Chữ thập đỏ Việt Nam), alternatively the Viet Nam Red Cross Society or the Vietnamese Red Cross Society, is the Vietnamese national affiliation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and domestically a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
Pages in category "Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 prevent and alleviate human suffering.
Another major annual sporting event in Belize is the La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge, a 4-day canoe marathon held each year in March. The race runs from San Ignacio to Belize City, a distance of 290 kilometres (180 mi). [175] On Easter day, citizens of Dangriga participate in a yearly fishing tournament.
The Red Cross symbol. The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention. The ideas to introduce a uniform and neutral protection symbol as well as its specific design originally came from Dr. Louis Appia, a Swiss surgeon, and Swiss General Henri Dufour, founding members of the International Committee.
Based on his recommendation, the League of Red Cross Societies was founded on 15 May 1919, by the societies of Great Britain, France, Japan, Italy, and the United States. Davison, wanted the League of Red Cross Societies to supersede the ICRC in controlling the Red Cross action in international affairs. He argued that: