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Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
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The International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent,
Proclaims that the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies together constitute a worldwide humanitarian movement, whose mission is to prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever it may be found, to protect life and health and ensure respect for the human being, in particular in times of armed conflict and other emergencies, to work for the prevention of disease and for the promotion of health and social welfare, to encourage voluntary service and a constant readiness to give help by the members of the Movement, and a universal sense of solidarity towards all those in need of its protection and assistance.
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- International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 27 , Issue 256 , February 1987 , pp. 25 - 44
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- Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1987
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1 Also known as the International Red Cross
2 Any National Society recognized at the date of entry into force of the present Statutes shall be considered as recognized in terms of Article 4.
3 In the present Statutes the expression “Geneva Conventions” also covers their Additional Protocols for the States Parties to these Protocols.
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