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The Red Cross in the USSR and the World: History and Prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Dmitry D. Venedictov*
Affiliation:
President of the Executive Committee of the Alliance of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the USSR

Extract

Public attention is being focused worldwide on the 125th anniversary of the International Red Cross, a milestone in the evolution of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

When celebrating an anniversary, it is customary to look back into the past for a clearer understanding and appraisal of the present, and to gain insight into the future. This is particularly important as regards the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which is one of the most significant manifestations of humanism, symbolizing the recognition that society must uphold human dignity as the supreme universal value, and the desire to avert or relieve human suffering and safeguard human life and health.

Type
125th Anniversary of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1988

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