World Red Cross Day, then otherwise known as World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, is every year seen on May 8, to celebrate the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). It is utilized to celebrate the Birthday of the Dunant Henri who made the Red Cross Committee of the International which is called as the (ICRI) IN 1863 in the Country of Switzerland of Geneva. He was born in May 8, 1828 and was likewise the beneficiary of the Nobel Peace Prize.
World Red Cross Day is utilized to give the general population who experience suffer from any Food Shortage, Natural Calamities, War as well as Diseases of the Epidemic.
Prior to the 19th century, various nations utilized various symbols to distinguish the military’s medical services. “The symbols were not generally well known, were rarely respected and were not entitled to any form of legal protection,” as per the International Committee of The Red Cross.
The Red Cross symbol is a reversal of the Swiss flag (white cross on a red background).
In February 1863, a five-part board met to examine Dunant’s recommendations including a “single distinctive symbol backed by the law to indicate respect for army medical services, volunteers with first aid societies and the victims of armed conflicts.”
“The symbol needed to be simple, identifiable from a distance, known to everyone and identical for friend and foe. The emblem had to be the same for everyone and universally recognizable.”
An International Conference met in October 1863 received ten resolutions for the establishment of relief societies for injured warriors and the red cross on a white background as the uniform particular insignia. In August 1864, the Diplomatic Conference, assembled to change the goals received in 1863 into settlement rules, embraced the First Geneva Convention. The Geneva Convention likewise perceived the red cross on a white background as the single particular insignia.
The token was formed by reversing the colors of the Swiss flag and had the advantage of “being easily produced and recognizable at a distance because of its contrasting colours.”
While the themes for World Red Cross Day 2018 and 2017 were “Memorable smiles from around the world” and “Less known Red Cross stories” respectively, the 2019 theme picked by them is, ‘#Love’ and intends to widen the public’s comprehension of the society by featuring the diversity and universality of its work and approach.
The association took to its website and expressed, “On World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day and throughout 2019, we will celebrate the strength and reach of our global network, and the contribution of our staff and 11.7 million active volunteers through the theme #Love.”
The day is praised each year to remember the standards of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Post World War I, Red Cross was acquainted all together with call for harmony as a major aspect of international commission of 14th International Conference of the Red Cross.
The day is praised every year to lessen the enduring of individuals and empowering them to have an honorable life. It is celebrated by Red Cross Organizations over the world by helping individuals with independence, humanity, impartiality, universality, unity and neutrality – the fundamental standards of the association.
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