Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla emphasized the importance of humanitarian service at a state-level Red Cross ...

OTTAWA, Ontario, May 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Red Cross is marking World Red Cross Red Crescent Day with a call for action to protect humanitarian workers around the world.

World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2025 honors selfless ... that no one facing suffering is left alone. Upholding international humanitarian law and focusing on forgotten crises, the Movement ...

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Pavilion is located in the Empowering Lives zone. (See the official map for details.) The pavilion marks its special day on Thursday ...

This year’s World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day comes at a time of profound ... to protect humanitarian workers and to call on parties to conflict to respect international humanitarian law. Across ...

The World Red Cross is observed on May 8 every year. The date marks the birth anniversary of Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of ...

The first 'International Red Cross Day', as it used to be known, was celebrated on 8 May 1948. The official title of the day changed over time and became known as 'World Red Cross and Red Crescent ...

The Red Cross Society of China has provided prompt, targeted and efficient aid to earthquake-stricken Myanmar, winning ...

"It is unacceptable that humanitarian aid is not allowed into the Gaza Strip," Pierre Krahenbuhl, director general of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), told reporters in Geneva.

In Iraq, this day is a double celebration as it also commemorates over 40 years of collaboration between the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS).

As a member of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, the Canadian Red Cross has a responsibility to disseminate International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and work with our Movement partners and respective ...

An Israeli tank shell directly struck an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza, marking the second such attack in three weeks, the humanitarian organization said on ...