The Red Cross and voluntary service
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12850994 |
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| Authors | Henrik Beer (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 212 |
| Pages | 240-246 |
| Publication date | 1979-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of the Red Cross (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1607-5889 • E-ISSN: 1816-3831 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020860400066651 |
| OpenAlex | W2157375514 |
| Language | EN |
When trying, in very popular terms, to explain what the Red Cross is, we sometimes define it in three ways: it is an emblem, a symbol, protecting or designating a movement; it is a world organization with 230 million members, almost all of them volunteers, brought together into 126 National Societies; but it is also an ideal, inspiring action to make this ideal a reality, based on a firm belief in a global, human solidarity, active in the fight against suffering
Action (physics · Art · Business · Emblem · Ideal (ethics · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Service (business · Sociology · Solidarity · Symbol (formal · Law · Philosophy · Social Sciences and Governance · Marketing
| Highly cited | No |
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