Surcharge for the benefit of the Red Crescent
Surrounded by a committee of five members, Henry Dunant drafted the Geneva Convention in 1863. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was born. Its symbol is a transposition of the Swiss national flag. The red background of the flag became white and the white cross became red.
Subsequently, after the war between Turkey and Tsarist Russia, a new symbol was created: the Red Crescent. Founded in Tangier in 1956, during the National Liberation War, the Algerian Red Crescent (CRA) focused its action on displaced populations after the creation of prohibited zones as well as on refugee camps at the borders.
As early as 1960, the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) proposed to the ICRC in Geneva its accession to the Geneva Conventions. At independence, one of the first acts of the government was the official creation, on September 6, 1962, of the Algerian Red Crescent.
Since then, the Algerian Red Crescent has worked to train its executives, to create a Red Crescent mentality and to give a soul to this symbol. This soul is the entire people.
Subsequently, after the war between Turkey and Tsarist Russia, a new symbol was created: the Red Crescent. Founded in Tangier in 1956, during the National Liberation War, the Algerian Red Crescent (CRA) focused its action on displaced populations after the creation of prohibited zones as well as on refugee camps at the borders.
As early as 1960, the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) proposed to the ICRC in Geneva its accession to the Geneva Conventions. At independence, one of the first acts of the government was the official creation, on September 6, 1962, of the Algerian Red Crescent.
Since then, the Algerian Red Crescent has worked to train its executives, to create a Red Crescent mentality and to give a soul to this symbol. This soul is the entire people.