1.The so-called "Red Crystal" - a red square standing on its corner - will now take its place alongside the Red Cross and the RedCrescent as an internationally-recognised humanitarian emblem.
3.Head of the Algerian RedCrescent Society met with the Iranian Ambassador to Algeria to discuss cooperation on a new RedCrescent clinic in Algiers Alger.
6.M.H. is Head of the Red Cross and RedCrescent climate change center in the Netherlands. She tells VOA climate change triggers weather-related disasters.
7.Climate change is one of the most hotly contested issues being debated at the thirtieth international conference of the Red Cross and RedCrescent movement.
8.May 8, the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant, the Swiss founder of the Red Cross, was chosen to be that day and was called World Red Cross and RedCrescent Day.
9.His vision led directly to the founding of the Red Cross, the signing of the First Geneva Convention, and the adoption of the Red Cross, and later the RedCrescent, as an international symbol of protection.
10.The International Red Cross and RedCrescent Movement, in which all Societies have equal status and share equal responsibilities and duties in helping each other, is worldwide.
