The International Red Cross originated after Henry Dunant witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in 1859 and was inspired to help wounded soldiers. In 1863, Dunant and five others founded the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide humanitarian aid to victims of war. The organization later gained international recognition with the first Geneva Convention in 1864, which established the Red Cross as a neutral humanitarian institution guided by seven fundamental principles including humanity, neutrality, and impartiality.

1. INTERNATIONAL RED
CROSS

2. What is?

3. Origins
Dunant was born in
Geneva on May 8, 1828. In
1843 he joined a group of
young people of the free
Church.Dunant went in
Lombardy, in the middle of
the Second Italian War of
Independence, after the
end of the war, Dunant
returned to Geneva, but
he can not forget the
atrocities.

4. In 1862 Dunant joined to the "Geneva Public Utility
Company" and together with five other Swiss citizens -
The jurist Gustave Moynier, General Henry Dufour and
two doctors Louis Appia and Theodore Maunoir. In 1863
was founded the "International Committee for Relief to
the wounded of war", which in the same year will
become the International Committee of the Red Cross.

5. August 22, 1864 thanks to a
Diplomatic Conference 12
countries signed the first Geneva
Convention, which laid the
foundation of the Red Cross .

6. objectives
The Movement of the Red Cross work in the field of
humanitarian aid on the basis of seven common principles,
adopted by the International Conference of the Red Cross,
which constitute the spirit and ethics of the Red Cross and
which they are guarantors and guidance. They summarize the
purpose of the Movement and the ways to achieve them:
 HUMANITY
 NEUTRALITY
 IMPARZIALITY
 INDEPENDENCE
 UNITY
 UNIVERSALITY

7. objectives
The Movement of the Red Cross work in the field of
humanitarian aid on the basis of seven common principles,
adopted by the International Conference of the Red Cross,
which constitute the spirit and ethics of the Red Cross and
which they are guarantors and guidance. They summarize the
purpose of the Movement and the ways to achieve them:
 HUMANITY
 NEUTRALITY
 IMPARZIALITY
 INDEPENDENCE
 UNITY
 UNIVERSALITY