List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest group of non-governmental organizations working on humanitarian aid, is composed of the following bodies:

  • The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a committee of Swiss nationals based in Geneva, Switzerland, which leads the international movement and which has special responsibilities under international humanitarian law.
  • The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), which is the body composed of all the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and was established to coordinate international relief actions and promote humanitarian activities, also based in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • The 192 individual National Societies of the ′International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies′, which despite the name includes the Red Star of David Society in Israel.[1]

Members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

The data of the members of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies can be found on the Federation-wide Databank and Reporting System (FDRS).[1][2] It provides data insights on the world's largest humanitarian network of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world.

IFRC members
  Red Cross Society
  Red Crescent Society
  Red Star of David Society (Red Crystal outside of Israel)
Non-members
  Red Cross Society
  Red Crescent Society
  • Afghanistan: Afghan Red Crescent Society
  • Albania: Albanian Red Cross
  • Algeria: Algerian Red Crescent
  • Andorra: Andorran Red Cross
  • Angola: Angola Red Cross
  • Antigua and Barbuda: Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross Society
  • Argentina: Argentine Red Cross
  • Armenia: Armenian Red Cross Society
  • Australia: Australian Red Cross
  • Austria: Austrian Red Cross
  • Azerbaijan: Red Crescent Society of Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas: Bahamas Red Cross
  • Bahrain: Bahrain Red Crescent Society
  • Bangladesh: Bangladesh Red Crescent Society
  • Barbados: Barbados Red Cross Society
  • Belarus: Belarus Red Cross
  • Belgium: Belgian Red Cross
  • Belize: Belize Red Cross Society
  • Benin: Red Cross of Benin
  • Bhutan: Bhutan Red Cross Society
  • Bolivia: Bolivian Red Cross
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana: Botswana Red Cross Society
  • Brazil: Brazilian Red Cross
  • Brunei: Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society
  • Bulgaria: Bulgarian Red Cross
  • Burkina Faso: Burkinabe Red Cross Society
  • Burundi: Burundi Red Cross
  • Cambodia: Cambodian Red Cross
  • Cameroon: Cameroon Red Cross Society
  • Canada: Canadian Red Cross
  • Cape Verde: Red Cross of Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic: Central African Red Cross Society
  • Chad: Red Cross of Chad
  • Chile: Chilean Red Cross
  • China, People's Republic of: Red Cross Society of China
  • Colombia: Colombian Red Cross
  • Comoros: The Comoros Red Crescent
  • Republic of the Congo: Congolese Red Cross
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Cook Islands: Cook Islands Red Cross
  • Costa Rica: Costa Rica Red Cross
  • Côte d'Ivoire: Red Cross Society of Côte d'Ivoire
  • Croatia: Croatian Red Cross
  • Cuba: Cuban Red Cross
  • Cyprus: Cyprus Red Cross
  • Czech Republic: Czech Red Cross
  • Denmark: Danish Red Cross
  • Djibouti: Red Crescent Society of Djibouti
  • Dominica: Dominica Red Cross Society
  • Dominican Republic: Dominican Red Cross
  • Ecuador: Ecuadorian Red Cross
  • Egypt: Egyptian Red Crescent Society
  • El Salvador: Salvadoran Red Cross Society
  • Equatorial Guinea: Red Cross of Equatorial Guinea
  • Eswatini: Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society
  • Eritrea: Red Cross Society of Eritrea
  • Estonia: Estonian Red Cross
  • Ethiopia: Ethiopian Red Cross Society
  • Fiji: Fiji Red Cross Society
  • Finland: Finnish Red Cross
  • France: French Red Cross
  • Gabon: Gabonese Red Cross Society
  • Gambia: Gambia Red Cross Society
  • Georgia: Red Cross Society of Georgia
  • Germany: German Red Cross (Baden Red Cross and Bavaria Red Cross, are still existing as the divisions of the German Red Cross)
  • Ghana: Ghana Red Cross Society
  • Greece: Hellenic Red Cross
  • Grenada: Grenada Red Cross Society
  • Guatemala: Guatemalan Red Cross
  • Guinea: Red Cross Society of Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau: Red Cross Society of Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana: Guyana Red Cross Society
  • Haiti: Haiti Red Cross Society
  • Honduras: Honduran Red Cross
  • Hungary: Hungarian Red Cross
  • Iceland: Icelandic Red Cross
  • India: Indian Red Cross Society
  • Indonesia: Indonesian Red Cross Society
  • Iran: Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Iraq: Iraqi Red Crescent Society
  • Ireland: Irish Red Cross Society
  • Israel: Magen David Adom in Israel
  • Italy: Italian Red Cross
  • Jamaica: Jamaica Red Cross
  • Japan: Japanese Red Cross Society
  • Jordan: Jordan National Red Crescent Society
  • Kazakhstan: Kazakh Red Crescent
  • Kenya: Kenya Red Cross Society
  • Kiribati: Kiribati Red Cross Society
  • North Korea: Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • South Korea: Republic of Korea National Red Cross (KRC)
  • Kuwait: Kuwait Red Crescent Society
  • Kyrgyzstan: Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos: Lao Red Cross
  • Latvia: Latvian Red Cross
  • Lebanon: Lebanese Red Cross
  • Lesotho: Lesotho Red Cross Society
  • Liberia: Liberian Red Cross Society
  • Libya: Libyan Red Crescent
  • Liechtenstein: Liechtenstein Red Cross
  • Lithuania: Lithuanian Red Cross Society
  • Luxembourg: Luxembourg Red Cross
  • Madagascar: Malagasy Red Cross Society
  • Malawi: Malawi Red Cross Society
  • Malaysia: Malaysian Red Crescent Society
  • Maldives: Maldivian Red Crescent
  • Mali: Mali Red Cross
  • Malta: Malta Red Cross Society
  • Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands Red Cross Society
  • Mauritania: Mauritanian Red Crescent
  • Mauritius: Mauritius Red Cross Society
  • Mexico: Mexican Red Cross
  • Micronesia, Federated States of: Micronesia Red Cross Society
  • Moldova: Red Cross Society of the Republic of Moldova
  • Monaco: Red Cross of Monaco
  • Mongolia: Mongolian Red Cross Society
  • Montenegro: Red Cross of Montenegro
  • Morocco: Moroccan Red Crescent
  • Mozambique: Mozambique Red Cross Society
  • Myanmar: Myanmar Red Cross Society
  • Namibia: Namibia Red Cross Society
  • Nepal: Nepal Red Cross Society
  • Netherlands: Netherlands Red Cross
  • New Zealand: New Zealand Red Cross
  • Nicaragua: Nicaraguan Red Cross
  • Niger: Red Cross Society of Niger
  • Nigeria: Nigerian Red Cross Society
  • North Macedonia: Red Cross of the Republic of North Macedonia
  • Norway: Norwegian Red Cross
  • Pakistan: Pakistan Red Crescent
  • Palau: Palau Red Cross Society
  • Palestine: Palestine Red Crescent Society
  • Panama: Red Cross Society of Panama
  • Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea Red Cross Society
  • Paraguay: Paraguayan Red Cross
  • Peru: Peruvian Red Cross
  • Philippines: Philippine Red Cross
  • Poland: Polish Red Cross
  • Portugal: Portuguese Red Cross
  • Qatar: Qatar Red Crescent Society
  • Romania: Romanian Red Cross
  • Russia: Russian Red Cross Society
  • Rwanda: Rwandan Red Cross
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis: Saint Kitts and Nevis Red Cross Society
  • Saint Lucia: Saint Lucia Red Cross
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross
  • Samoa: Samoa Red Cross Society
  • San Marino: Red Cross of the Republic of San Marino
  • São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé and Príncipe Red Cross
  • Saudi Arabia: Saudi Red Crescent Authority
  • Senegal: Senegalese Red Cross Society
  • Serbia: Red Cross of Serbia
  • Seychelles: Seychelles Red Cross Society
  • Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Red Cross Society
  • Singapore: Singapore Red Cross Society
  • Slovakia: Slovak Red Cross
  • Slovenia: Slovenian Red Cross
  • Solomon Islands: Solomon Islands Red Cross
  • Somalia: Somali Red Crescent Society
  • South Africa: South African Red Cross Society
  • South Sudan: South Sudan Red Cross
  • Spain: Spanish Red Cross (CRE)
  • Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Red Cross Society
  • Sudan: Sudanese Red Crescent
  • Suriname: Suriname Red Cross
  • Sweden: Swedish Red Cross
  • Switzerland: Swiss Red Cross
  • Syria: Syrian Arab Red Crescent
  • Tajikistan: Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan
  • Tanzania: Tanzania Red Cross National Society
  • Thailand: Thai Red Cross Society
  • Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Red Cross Society
  • Togo: Togolese Red Cross
  • Tonga: Tonga Red Cross Society
  • Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society
  • Tunisia: Tunisian Red Crescent
  • Turkey: Turkish Red Crescent
  • Turkmenistan: Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan
  • Tuvalu: Tuvalu Red Cross Society
  • Uganda: Uganda Red Cross Society
  • Ukraine: Ukrainian Red Cross Society
  • Uruguay: Uruguayan Red Cross
  • United Arab Emirates: Red Crescent Society of the United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom: British Red Cross
    • British Virgin Islands: British Virgin Islands Red Cross (autonomous branch of the British Red Cross)
    • Turks & Caicos Islands: Turks & Caicos Red Cross Society (autonomous branch of the British Red Cross)
  • United States of America: American Red Cross
  • Uzbekistan: Red Crescent Society of Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu: Vanuatu Red Cross Society
  • Venezuela: Venezuelan Red Cross
  • Vietnam: Viet Nam Red Cross Society
  • Yemen: Yemen Red Crescent Society
  • Zambia: Zambia Red Cross Society
  • Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Red Cross Society

Societies not members of the IFRC

  • Faroe Islands: Faroe Islands Red Cross[3]
  • Indonesia: Indonesian Red Crescent Society, in competition with the Indonesian Red Cross Society (as a sectarian religious body it is ineligible for recognition)
  • Kosovo:[a]
    • Red Cross of Kosovo[4]
    • Kosova Red Crescent Society[5]
  • Northern Cyprus: North Cyprus Red Crescent Society (observer)
  • Rojava: Kurdish Red Crescent (only states are authorized to use Red Crescent or the Red Cross symbols)
  • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Sahrawi Red Crescent (observer)[6][7]
  • Taiwan (Republic of China):
    • Red Cross Society of the Republic of China (previously recognized by the ICRC, but not a member or observer of the Federation)
    • Red Swastika Society (as a sectarian religious body it is ineligible for recognition)

Nauru, Niue, Oman and the Vatican City are the states without national societies, along with the states with limited recognition - Abkhazia, Republic of Artsakh, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Transnistria.

See also

Notes

a.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as a part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 states later withdrew their recognition.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Societies directory". Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC.
  2. ↑ "Federation-wide databank and reporting system" (database). Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC.
  3. ↑ Reyði Krossur Føroya
  4. ↑ http://redcross-ks.org/new/fillimi
  5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Kosova-Red-Crescent-Society-1491163797764388/
  6. ↑ Refugee Participation Network 7 (February 1990) - The Fearless Children of the Stone Refugee Studies Program, Oxford. p. 19. "The Sahrawi Red Crescent has observer status with the League of Red Cross Societies and is the formal channel for all external assistance to the Sahrawi people, (full membership is precluded until SADR has gained membership of the United Nations)."
  7. ↑ Diego Aguirre, Jose Ramón (1991). Guerra en el Sáhara. Istmo ed. p. 176. ISBN 8470902520 "...in April the Sahrawi Red Crescent obtained the status of observer at the IX Congress of the Arab Red Crescent, analog to the International Red Cross, what supposed also the boycott of this reunion by Morocco."
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