Red Cross Essay
Federico Alcocer
January 18, 2013
Mrs. Rivera
3B
The Red Cross It was during 1919 in Paris after World War 1 had just finished, when the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies was founded (IFRC). The idea of having such a symbol as a Red Cross came from Henry Dunant in 1859. It all started when Dunant witnessed a bloody battle scene in Solferino, Italy. Over 40,000 men laid dead or wounded in the battlefield without any medical help. It was from there and on when Dunant became determined to pass the Geneva Convention, which would eventually become the Red Cross association.
The International Committee to Relief to the Wounded, which would be known as the International Committee of the Red Cross, was founded in 1863 by five Geneva brave men, one of them being Henry Dunant. That same year 12 countries signed the Geneva Convention which would define medical service as being ‘’neutral’’ to all soldiers in the battlefield, and that they would provide medical care to all the wounded. Later on, in the year of 1881 a woman named Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. This is how the world’s largest humanitarian organization was born.
The Red Cross consists of two essential branches; The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The IFRC would be in charge of providing humanitarian aid not related to any armed conflict. And the ICRC would provide care to the wounded soldiers or civilians in any type of armed conflict.
The two branches of The Red Cross are united by the same seven Fundamental Principles, which are; Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity, and Universality.
The principle of humanity stands for The International Red Cross Crescent Society’s desire to provide aid to all who need it without discrimination or racial preferences. This principle represents the mission
January 18, 2013
Mrs. Rivera
3B
The Red Cross It was during 1919 in Paris after World War 1 had just finished, when the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies was founded (IFRC). The idea of having such a symbol as a Red Cross came from Henry Dunant in 1859. It all started when Dunant witnessed a bloody battle scene in Solferino, Italy. Over 40,000 men laid dead or wounded in the battlefield without any medical help. It was from there and on when Dunant became determined to pass the Geneva Convention, which would eventually become the Red Cross association.
The International Committee to Relief to the Wounded, which would be known as the International Committee of the Red Cross, was founded in 1863 by five Geneva brave men, one of them being Henry Dunant. That same year 12 countries signed the Geneva Convention which would define medical service as being ‘’neutral’’ to all soldiers in the battlefield, and that they would provide medical care to all the wounded. Later on, in the year of 1881 a woman named Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. This is how the world’s largest humanitarian organization was born.
The Red Cross consists of two essential branches; The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The IFRC would be in charge of providing humanitarian aid not related to any armed conflict. And the ICRC would provide care to the wounded soldiers or civilians in any type of armed conflict.
The two branches of The Red Cross are united by the same seven Fundamental Principles, which are; Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary Service, Unity, and Universality.
The principle of humanity stands for The International Red Cross Crescent Society’s desire to provide aid to all who need it without discrimination or racial preferences. This principle represents the mission
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