February 9, 1863 (Saigon twelfth lunar month 22), established by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, Switzerland.


International Committee of the Red Cross was founded in Geneva on February 9, 1863, once the Geneva Convention and numerous international International Committee of the Red Cross was founded in Geneva, Switzerland "target =" _blank "> Red Cross Conference officially recognized, is a independent groups, with its own constitution.
International Committee of the Red Cross from 1863 to the modern history can be divided into four parts: the Red Cross (ICRC) created by the early, during the First World War, 1918-1939, the second during World War II.
start from a spontaneous action to help wounded soldiers, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has grown into one to help the millions of victims of war in the world organization, in the past 140 years, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) involved in most major crisis in the history of mankind. activities at the same time, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been committed to the development of regulatory laws of armed conflict in order to better protect those who did not participate in, or no longer, taking part in the fighting; ICRC and closely related to the "Geneva Convention" (TodayinHistory.cn) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1917, 1944, 1963, won three Nobel Peace Prize exhibition in
first photo was taken in 1859 after the Battle of Solferino, it is this battle inspired the birth of Jean Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross movement, founding by Henry • Red Cross "target =" _blank "> Dunant set up a global battlefield ambulance organization of ideas. The last photo was taken in Yemen in 2005, picture a man is reading the detainees at Guantanamo family wrote to the Red Cross communication. Since 1948, the annual May 8 (Henry Dunant's birthday) was designated as the World Red Cross Day. The exhibition is also this year's World Red Cross Day commemoration one.