Handbook of the international red cross and red crescent movement

R
ELIEF ACTIVITIES IN DISASTER SITUATIONS
C
HAPTER
I
R
ELIEF ORGANIZATION OF
N
ATIONAL
S
OCIETIES
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C
HAPTER
II
I
NTERNATIONAL RELIEF ACTIONS
.................................................... 1208
C
HAPTER
III
B
ENEFICIARIES OF RELIEF ACTIONS
................................................. 1235
S
ECTION
VI
A
CTIVITIES IN PEACETIME
C
HAPTER
I
H
EALTH
....................................................................................... 1239
C
HAPTER
II
B
LOOD TRANSFUSION
.................................................................... 1244
C
HAPTER
III
N
URSING
...................................................................................... 1248
C
HAPTER
IV
E
NVIRONMENT
............................................................................. 1249
C
HAPTER
V
Y
OUTH
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ANNEXES
A
NNEX
I
C
HRONOLOGICAL LIST OF
R
ESOLUTIONS
REPRODUCED IN PARTS THREE AND FOUR
....................................... 1259 
A
NNEX
II
I
NTERNATIONAL
R
ED
C
ROSS
C
ONFERENCES
................................... 1271
A
NNEX
III
S
ESSIONS OF THE
G
ENERAL
C
OUNCIL
, T
HE
B
OARD OF
G
OVERNORS
AND THE
G
ENERAL
A
SSEMBLY OF THE
L
EAGUE OF
R
ED
C
ROSS
S
OCIETIES
, L
ATER
I
NTERNATIONAL
F
EDERATION OF
R
ED
C
ROSS
AND
R
ED
C
RESCENT
S
OCIETIES
..................................................... 1272
A
NNEX
IV
P
RESIDENTS OF THE
I
NTERNATIONAL
C
OMMITTEE OF THE
R
ED
C
ROSS
, C
HAIRMEN AND
P
RESIDENTS OF THE
L
EAGUE
, L
ATER
I
NTERNATIONAL
F
EDERATION OF
R
ED
C
ROSS AND
R
ED
C
RESCENT
S
OCIETIES AND
C
HAIRMEN OF THE
S
TANDING
C
OMMISSION OF
THE
R
ED
C
ROSS AND
R
ED
C
RESCENT
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A
NNEX
V
I
NTERNATIONAL
R
ED
C
ROSS AND
R
ED
C
RESCENT
M
OVEMENT
AND THE
N
OBEL
P
EACE
P
RIZE
....................................................... 1276
A
NNEX
VI
L
IST OF RECIPIENTS OF THE
H
ENRY
D
UNANT
M
EDAL
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A
NNEX
VII
L
IST OF RECIPIENTS OF THE
R
ED
C
ROSS AND
R
ED
C
RESCENT
PRIZE FOR
P
EACE AND
H
UMANITY
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FLYLEAVES
Front
The Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red
Crescent Movement
Back
Fundamental rules of international humanitarian law applicable in
armed conflicts
INSETS
– Geneva Convention of 22 August 1864 for the Amelioration of the
Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field
– International Committee of the Red Cross
– International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
– National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
– Statutory bodies of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement
– History of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement 
and of international humanitarian law

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FOREWORD
S
ince 1889, when it was first published, the Handbook of the International Red
Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been intended both as a compilation of
the principles and rules that have directed the activities of the Movement since its
foundation and a practical guide for all those interested in the life of the Red Cross
and Red Crescent.
It therefore contains the international conventions and agreements that govern the
mission of the Movement’s components in time of conflict, the Statutes and
Regulations connected with the organization and work of those institutions – the
International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies, and the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies –
and, finally, the main resolutions adopted by the Movement’s statutory bodies.
Originally published by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the
Handbook took the form of a twenty-two page pamphlet containing the substance
of the resolutions of the first International Conferences of the Red Cross.
Increasing considerably in size with each successive issue, the Handbook was most
recently reissued in 1951, 1953, 1971,1983 and 1994. From 1930, it became the
International Red Cross Handbook, a joint publication of the International
Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies.
1
Its layout
remained unchanged in later editions. The first part contained the Geneva
Conventions and several other international conventions with a bearing on Red
Cross and Red Crescent work; the second part was devoted to the Statutes and
Regulations of the Movement’s international institutions; and the third part assem-
bled the main resolutions of International Conferences, the Council of Delegates
and the Board of Governors of the League - now the General Assembly of the
Federation. This layout has been maintained to a great extent in the current edition,
however a fourth part with the main policies of the International Red Cross and
Red Crescent Movement has been added.
The ninth edition, in 1951, represented an important step in the development of
this publication. It was at that time supplemented by the four Geneva Conventions
of 1949, to which the Additional Protocols of 1977 have now been appended. Since
1971, on the other hand, the Handbook no longer gives the texts of the
Conventions prior to those of 1949, with the exception of the “mother” Convention
of 1864 which, in the present edition, will be found as an inset. A summary of the
fundamental rules of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts
has been inserted at the end of the work, which makes for easier consultation.
FOREWORD
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1
On 28 November 1991 the League changed its name to "International Federation of Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies".

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