International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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"Red Cross" redirects here. For other uses, see Red Cross (disambiguation).
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering. Within it there are three distinct organisations that are legally independent from each other, but are united within the movement through common basic principles, objectives, symbols, statutes, and governing organisations.
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Abbreviation | ICRC and IFRC |
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Type | NGO, NPO |
Focus | Humanitarianism |
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Origins | Geneva |
Area served | Worldwide |
Method | Aid |
Membership | UN (United Nations General Assembly: both ICRC and IFRC) |
Key people | Mirjana Spoljaric Egger (President) |
Employees | c. 180,000 |
Volunteers | c. 16.4 million[1] |
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Website | www |
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