Henry Dunant Medal

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The Henry Dunant Medal is an award from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement . It is awarded to members of the movement for special services of international importance in the service of the Red Cross or the Red Crescent. This includes many years of extraordinary commitment to exercise as well as individual acts of outstanding commitment and bravery under difficult conditions that were associated with a high personal risk for one's own life, health or personal freedom.

The selection of the recipients takes place in accordance with the statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement by the Standing Commission as its highest body. The medal is awarded at the International Red Cross Conferences and General Assemblies of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. A posthumous award to deceased members of the movement is possible, but should remain the exception. The award takes place every two years and usually to no more than five recipients.

The medal is named after Henry Dunant , the founder of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. It consists of a red cross with an embossed profile picture of Henry Dunant on a green ribbon and is based on a proposal adopted by the Movement's Council of Delegates at a meeting in 1963. With the support of the Australian Red Cross, the medal was officially established two years later during the International Red Cross Conference in Vienna . The first award took place four years later during the Red Cross Conference in Istanbul . After the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 in November 2005 by a symbolic award to four representatives of the National Societies of the countries India , Indonesia , Sri Lanka and Thailand all volunteers of these companies excellent.

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