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The three components of what is commonly called the International Red Cross are as follows (Fig. 1): the first is the mother organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a purely Swiss institution which acts particularly in cases of man-made disasters when the four Geneva Conventions are applied and when a specific neutral intermediary is needed. The second component is the League of Red Cross Societies, the world federation of the now existing 125 National Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Lion and Sun Societies. The third component is the 125 National Red Cross Societies. These three make up what is known as the International Red Cross.
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Vittani, J. (1980). The Role of Red Cross Assistance in Case of Disaster. In: Frey, R., Safar, P. (eds) Types and Events of Disasters Organization in Various Disaster Situations. Disaster Medicine, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67093-0_3
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