Australian Red Cross Organisation and History and relation to League of Red Cross Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross

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Series[UMA-SRE-20160054] HISTORY, ROLE AND STRUCTUREAccession[UMA-AC-000000293] Australian Red Cross 2016 transferIdentifierUMA-ITE-2016005400037Scope and ContentBound report on the Australian Red Cross Society ‘General Information about the Australian Red Cross Nationally and Internationally.’ Includes: Chapter 1.1, History and principles of the Red Cross, Four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Chapter 1.2, The Structure of the International Red Cross. The Standing Commission of the International Red Cross. The Council of Delegates of the International Red Cross.
Chapter 1.3, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), What is ICRC, it’s structure and finance. Chapter 1.4, The League of Red Cross Societies (LORCS) What is the League, it’s structure, governing bodies, secretariat, Financing the League. Chapter 1.5, National Red Cross Societies. It’s structure, national society activities in times of war, activities in times of peace. The Emblem, history, use, measures against abuse. Chapter 1.6, Henry Dunant Institute and medal, Florence Nightingale medal. Chapter 2.1, International Assistance, Emergency Assistances. Principles and Rules of Disaster Relief, Disaster Relief Handbook, Agreement between the IRC and the League. Mechanism of Emergency Assistance. Chapter 2.2, Long-term assistance, the Red Cross Development Program, The Empress Shoken Fund.
Chapter 2.3, Planning of International Assistance, Identification of needs, resources, programming. Chapter 3.1, Responsibilities (a) Within your National Society and the League (b) With the National Society to which you are assigned (c) within a delegation (d) category of delegation
Chapter 3.2, Before departure (a) Briefing (b) administrative matters: Contract, Travel Documents and Identity Articles, departure check. (c) personal matters: Personal outfit, health care
Chapter 3.3, In The Filed (A) Relations (1) with the National Society (2) with the Authorities (3) with the Public (4) with Other Organisations (5) with your Country. (B) Personal Conduct and Protocol (1) Culture Shock (2) what should not be done (3) Safety Guides for Travel (4) Protocol. (C) Delegates Role in Public Relations (1) Information required (2) Delegate’s Attitude towards Journalists (3) Use of Camera and Recording Machine. (D) Communications (1) Reporting (2) Communications. (E) Transport: (1) Sea (2) Air (3) Land. (F) Local Purchases on behalf of the National Society (G) Warehousing (H) Accounting (1) General Instructions, (2) Mission Accounts, (3) Daily Allowance, (4) Expense, (5) Analysis of Accounts, (6) Handling and Taking Over, (7) Closing the Accounts.
Chapter 4, After the Mission (A) Debriefing. (B) Evaluation of Delegate
Annexes: (1) List of National Societies with dates of their Foundation and admission to the International Red Cross. (2) Agreement between Delegate and the League. (3) Extract from communication instructions and radio telephone procedure for Red Cross personnel (4) Time zone chart of the world. (5) Average journey times between major cities.
Bibliography Typewritten, bound, not paginated.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2016.0054 Unit 0003Conditions of Use and ReproductionCopyright in records created by the Red Cross is owned by the University of Melbourne. However, use of the Red Cross emblem (a red cross on a white background) is protected by the Geneva Conventions Act 1957. Researchers should be referred to the Red Cross for permission to use the emblem. Contact the Red Cross Archivist in the first instance heritage@redcross.org.au Note that this condition does NOT affect the ability of researchers to request copies of documents including the emblem. Requests for reproduction can be responded to in the normal manner. The obligation concerns the use which researchers subsequently make of the emblem. However, if publishing, researchers need to obtain permission from the Red Cross to use any reproduction which includes the emblem.

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CreatorAustralian Red Cross Society, National OfficeRoleProvenance

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Date1977-1988

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Australian Red Cross Organisation and History and relation to League of Red Cross Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross