4. RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
http://www.icrc.org
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland. As the founding member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the ICRC directs and coordinates the international work of the Movement's components in connection with armed conflict and internal violence. 19 Avenue de la Paix, 1202 Geneva (Switzerland)
See also the following Websites of the ICRC:
http://www.onwar.org (The 50th Anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions)
http://www.helpicrc.org (Support the International Committee of the Red Cross)
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/ (Family News Network, especially in the Balkans)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
http://www.ifrc.org

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, composed of and representing 175 member National Societies with an international Secretariat based in Geneva. It works to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the event of natural or man-made disasters. The National Societies help vulnerable people within their own countries through their day-to-day domestic programmes.

The Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement Website
http://www.redcross.alertnet.org/

American Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org/
American Red Cross, Washington DC
The American Red Cross is finalizing its "Masters of Disaster"
curricula, designed to help and encourage teachers to
incorporate hazards/disaster preparedness information into standard
science, math, social studies, and language arts programs. More
information on this project is available from
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/masters
See also the Council for Disaster Preparedness. The Council for Disaster Preparedness is an organization chartered by the American Red Cross Board of Governors to implement an integrated disaster preparedness plan for the Bay Area of California.To aid the polyglot population of that region, the council has recently translated several popular disaster preparedness brochures into Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Farsi, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese and made them available on-line. To gain more information about these materials - which include items specifically designed for other special populations, such as children, the elderly, and people with disabilities - see the second Web site
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/langrel.html
http://www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/prepare.html

Andorran Red Cross
http://www.creuroja.ad/

Croix-Rouge Andorrane ­ Cruz Roja Andorrana, Principat d'Andorra

Australian Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.au/

Australian Red Cross, Canberra

Austrian Red Cross
http://www.redcross.or.at/

Austrian Red Cross, Vienna

Belgian Red Cross
http://wwwredcross.be/

Croix-Rouge de Belgique, Communauté francophone / Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen

Bahamas Red Cross
http://www.bahamasrc.com/


Brazilian Red Cross
http://www.interlize.com/brasil/cruz-vermelha/

British Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.uk/

British Red Cross, London

Bulgarian Red Cross
http://www.usd.edu/dmhi/brc/brc/brcindex.html

Canadian Red Cross
http://www.redcross.ca
Canadian Red Cross / Croix-Rouge Canadienne

Red Cross Society of China
http://www.chineseredcross.org.cn/

Colombian Red Cross
http://www.crcol.org.co/

Croatian Red Cross
http://www.hck.hr/

Cyprus Red Cross
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/9715/

Danish Red Cross
http://www.redcross.dk/

Finnish Red Cross
http://www.redcross.fi/

French Red Cross
http://www.croix-rouge.fr

Croix-Rouge Française

German Red Cross
http://www.rotkreuz.de/

Deutsches Rotes Kreuz ­ Generalsekretariat, Bonn

Guyana Red Cross
http://www.sdnp.org.gy/redcross/

Hellenic Red Cross
http://www.add.gr/org/redcross/

Icelandic Red Cross
http://www.redcross.is/

Irish Red Cross
http://www.redcross.ie
Irish Red Cross

Italian Red Cross
http://www.cri.it

Jamaican Red Cross
http://www.infochan.com/ja-red-cross/

Japanese Red Cross
http://www.sphere.ad.jp/redcross/

Lebanese Red Cross
http://www.dm.net.lb/redcross/

Red Cross of Luxembourg
http://www.croix-rouge.lu/

Croix-Rouge Luxembourgeoise

Lithuanian Red Cross
http://www.redcross.lt

Lietuvos Raudonasis Kryzius

Mexican Red Cross
http://www.cruz-roja.org.mx/

Cruz Roja Mexicana

Red Cross Society of Monaco
http://www.croix-rouge.mc

La Croix-Rouge Monégasque

Netherlands Red Cross
http://www.redcross.nl/nrcs

Netherlands Red Cross

New Zealand Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.nz/

New Zealand Red Cross

Norwegian Red Cross
http://www.redcross.no/

Norwegian Red Cross

Polish Red Cross
http://www.pck.org.pl/

Red Cross of the Republic of San Marino
http://www.tradecenter.sm/crs/
Croce Rossa Repubblica di San Marino

Red Cross Society of the Seychelles
http://www.seychelles.net/redcross/

South African Red Cross
http://www.redcross.org.za/
South African Red Cross

Spanish Red Cross
http://www.cruzroja.es/

Swedish Red Cross
http://www.redcross.se/
Swedish Red Cross

Swiss Red Cross
http://www.redcross.ch/

Swiss Red Cross

Tanzanian Red Cross Society
http://www.cats-net.com/TanzaniaRedCross/

Tanzanian Red Cross Society

Thai Red Cross
http://kanchanapisek.or.th/kp7/

Thai Red Cross

Uganda Red Cross Society
http://www.ugandapages.com/urcs/

Uganda Red Cross Society

Regional Websites: Asia-Pacific / Caribbean
http://www.redcross-ap.ifrc.org

http://www.caribredcross.org


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