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The red cross and red crescent emblems: what is at stake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Yves Sandoz
Yves Sandoz*
Affiliation:
Director Department of Principles, Law and Relations with the Movement ICRC
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Extract

The emblems of the red cross and the red crescent are both the strength and the weakness of the Movement.

They are its strength because, being the visible and respected symbols of relief to war victims, over the past 125 years they have enabled the Movement to provide protection, assistance and human warmth to millions of wounded persons, prisoners, families and children during the most terrible conflicts mankind has ever known. They are the strength of our Movement because all over the world the image they convey is one of humanity and compassion.

Type
The Red Cross and Red Crescent Emblems
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 29 , Issue 272 , October 1989 , pp. 405 - 407
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1989

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