This project is a work in progress. Beginning with dates of formation and recognition of 187 National Societies, we intend to build up a comprehensive visual history of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in time for the 2013 General Assembly in Sydney.;xNLx;;xNLx;If you'd like to contribute a Red Cross Red Crescent memory to the timeline, please email andy.channelle@ifrc.org
In June 1859, Henry Dunant witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino.
The first International Conference was held in Geneva with the intention of establishing ways to improve medical services on the battlefield. Read more about the resolutions of the first conference on the link below.
Formed: 04/02/1864. Recognized by ICRC: n/a. Admitted into IFRC: 27/05/1919
Formed: 25/05/1864. Recognized by ICRC: 01/03/1907. Admitted into IFRC: 05/05/1919.
Formed: 15/06/1864. Admitted into IFRC: 05/05/1919.
Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field. Geneva, 22 August 1864 Read the document on the link below.
Formed: 11/02/1865. recognized by ICRC: 13/07/1887. Admitted into IFRC: 28/05/1919.
Formed: 22/09/1865. Recognized by ICRC: never formally recognized the Norwegian Red Cross. Admitted into IFRC*: 27/05/1919 and 01/01/1930. *Norwegian Red Cross quit the League in May 1927 and rejoined on January 1 1930.
Formed: 03/05/1867. Recognized by ICRC: 15/10/1921 (as Russian RC (Soviet)) and 01/07/1992 as Russian RC. Admitted into IFRC: 19/10/1934 (as Alliance of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the Soviet Union), 05/10/1992 as Russian RC.
Formed: 17/05/1867. Recognized by ICRC: N/A. Admitted into IFRC: 20/04/1921.