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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) was founded in 1919 and today it coordinates activities between the 190 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies within the Movement
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement
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The Movement logo in the six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish
The Geneva Conventions' three emblems in use: Red Cross, Red Crescent, Red Crystal
look at some of their operating conditions.
Pretty autonomous with no competition.
In order to be recognized in terms of Article 5, paragraph 2 b) as a National Society, the Society shall meet the following conditions:1.Be constituted on the territory of an independent State where the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field is in force.
2.Be the only National Red Cross and-or Red Crescent Society of the said State and be directed by a central body which shall alone be competent to represent it in its dealings with other components of the Movement.
3.Be duly recognized by the legal government of its country on the basis of the Geneva Conventions and of the national legislation as a voluntary aid society, auxiliary to the public authorities in the humanitarian field.
4.Have an autonomous status which allows it to operate in conformity with the Fundamental Principles of the Movement.
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement
https:// www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/red-cross-rogue-tweet_n_824114.html
2011 WEird incident
It’s not everyday that someone’s mistake results in a a rogue tweet on the American Red Cross’ Twitter account.
The original tweet (shown below) was accidentally posted Tuesday night by Gloria Huang, a Red Cross social media specialist, and stayed up for about an hour.
On their blog, the American Red Cross thanked their supporters for being understanding and using the accident to encourage donations:
In the meantime we found so many of you to be sympathetic and understanding. While we’re a 130 year old humanitarian organization, we’re also made of up human beings. Thanks for not only getting that but for turning our faux pas into something good.
You immediately embraced this mix-up and many of you have pledged donations to the Red Cross: