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), is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and at the same time promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is an international membership organization that unites 191 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and supports them through a global secretariat. The IFRC acts before, during and after disasters and health emergencies to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people. It is also based in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • The 191 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) edit

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
SocietyNative name(s)Founding yearWebsite
Afghan Red Crescent SocietyPashto: د افغاني سرې میاشتې ټولنې
Persian: جمعیت هلال احمر افغانی
1934[1]
Albanian Red CrossAlbanian: Kryqi i Kuq Shqiptar4 October 1921[2]
Algerian Red CrescentArabic: الهلال الأحمر الجزائري1957[3]
Andorran Red CrossCatalan: Creu Roja Andorrana24 March 1994[4]
Angola Red CrossPortuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Angola1978[5]
Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross20 October 1983[6]
Argentine Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Argentina9 June 1880[7]
Armenian Red Cross SocietyArmenian: Հայկական Կարմիր խաչի ընկերությունն19 March 1920[8]
Red Cross ArubaDutch: Rode Kruis Aruba
Papiamento: Cruz Cora Aruba
31 October 1957[9]
Australian Red Cross28 June 1941[10]
Austrian Red CrossGerman: Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz14 March 1880[11]
Azerbaijan Red Crescent SocietyAzerbaijani: Azərbaycan Qızıl Aypara Cəmiyyət10 March 1920[12]
Bahamas Red Cross1939[13]
Bahrain Red Crescent SocietyArabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر البحريني1971[14]
Bangladesh Red Crescent SocietyBengali: বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটি16 December 1971[15]
Barbados Red Cross24 July 1969[16]
Belgian Red CrossDutch: Belgische Rode Kruis
French: Croix-Rouge de Belgique
German: Belgisches Rotes Kreuz
4 February 1864[17]
[18]
[19]
Belize Red Cross Society1950[20]
Red Cross of BeninFrench: Croix-Rouge béninoise1963[21]
Bhutan Red Cross SocietyDzongkha: འབྲུག་ཉེན་སྒྲོལ་སྡེ་ཚོགས།8 May 2017[22]
Bolivian Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Boliviana15 May 1917[23]
Red Cross Society of Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian: Društvo Crvenog krsta Bosne i Hercegovine
Serbian: Друштво Цервеног крста Босне и Херцеговине
Croatian: Društvo Crvenog križa Bosne i Hercegovine
7 November 2001[24]
Botswana Red Cross Society1968[25]
Brazilian Red CrossPortuguese: Cruz Vermelha Brasileira5 December 1908[26]
Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent SocietyMalay: Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Negara Brunei Darussalam,
Jawa: ڤرساتوان بولن سابيت ميره نݢارا بروني دارالسلام
1997[27]
Bulgarian Red CrossBulgarian: Български червен кръст20 September 1885[28]
Burkinabe Red Cross SocietyFrench: Croix-Rouge burkinabè31 July 1961[29]
Burundi Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge du Burundi1963[30]
Cambodian Red CrossKhmer: កាកបាទក្រហមកម្ពុជា18 February 1955[31]
Cameroon Red Cross SocietyFrench: Croix-Rouge camerounaise30 April 1960[32]
Canadian Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge canadienne4 October 1921[33]
Red Cross of Cape VerdePortuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Cabo Verde1984[34]
Central African Red Cross SocietyFrench: Croix-Rouge centrafricaine1966[35]
Red Cross of ChadArabic: الصليب الأحمر التشادي
French: Croix-Rouge du Tchad
1983[36]
Chilean Red Cross [es]Spanish: Cruz Roja Chilena18 December 1903[37]
Red Cross Society of ChinaChinese: 中国红十字会1950[38]
Colombian Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Colombiana30 July 1915[39]
Comorian Red CrescentFrench: Croissant-Rouge comorien
Arabic: الهلال الأحمر القمري
1982[40]
Congolese Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge congolaise[41]
Red Cross of Democratic Republic of the CongoFrench: Croix-Rouge de la République Démocratique du Congo
Swahili: Msalaba Mwekundu la Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasi ya Kongo
4 January 1924[42]
Cook Islands Red Cross Society[43]
Costa Rican Red Cross [es]Spanish: Cruz Roja Costarricense1885[44]
Canadian Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge de Côte d’Ivoire[45]
Croatian Red CrossCroatian: Hrvatski Crveni križ1878[46]
Cuban Red Cross [es]Spanish: Cruz Roja Cubana1909[47]
Cyprus Red CrossGreek: Κυπριακός Ερυθρός Σταυρός
Turkish: Kıbrıs Kızılhaç
1950[48]
Czech Red Cross [cs]Czech: Český červený kříž5 June 1993[49]
Danish Red CrossDanish: Dansk Røde Kors26 April 1876[50]
Djiboutian Red CrescentFrench: Croissant-Rouge de Djibouti
Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الجيبوتي
1 August 1977[51]
Dominica Red Cross1981[52]
Dominican Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Dominicana1927[53]
East Timor Red CrossPortuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste2000[54]
Ecuadorian Red Cross [es]Spanish: Cruz Roja Ecuatoriana22 April 1910[55]
Egyptian Red CrescentArabic: الهلال الأحمر المصري1911[56]
Salvadorian Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Salvadoreña28 March 1885[57]
Red Cross of Equatorial GuineaSpanish: Cruz Roja de Guinea Ecuatorial
French: Croix-Rouge de Guinée équatoriale
Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha da Guiné Equatorial
Eswatini Red Cross26 April 1876[58]
Eritrean Red Cross
Estonian Red CrossEstonian: Eesti Punane Rist24 February 1919[59]
Ethiopian Red Cross SocietyAmharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማኅበር8 July 1935[60]
Fiji Red Cross Society1972[61]
Finnish Red CrossFinnish: Suomen Punainen Risti
Swedish: Finlands Röda Kors
7 May 1877[62]
French Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge française25 May 1864[63]
Gabonese Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge gabonaise[64]
Gambia Red Cross Society1966[65]
Georgian Red Cross [ka]Georgian: საქართველოს წითელი ჯვრი1918[66]
German Red CrossGerman: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz25 January 1921[67]
Ghana Red Cross Society1958[68]
Hellenic Red CrossGreek: Ελληνικός Ερυθρός Σταυρός10 June 1877[69]
Grenada Red CrossAugust 1987[70]
Guatemalan Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Guatemalteca22 April 1923[71]
Guinean Red Cross [fr]French: Croix-Rouge guinéenne1984[72]
Red Cross of Guinea-BissauPortuguese: Cruz Vermelha da Guiné-Bissau
Guyana Red Cross Society[73]
Haitian Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge haïtienne
Haitian Creole: Kwa Wouj Ayisyen
29 May 1932[74]
Honduran Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Hondureña24 September 1937[75]
Hong Kong Red CrossChinese: 香港紅十字會12 July 1950[76]
Hungrian Red Cross [hu]Hungarian: Magyar Vöröskereszt1881[77]
Icelandic Red CrossIcelandic: Rauði kross Íslands10 December 1924[78]
Indian Red Cross SocietyHindi: भारतीय रेड क्रॉस सोसायटी1920[79]
Indonesian Red Cross SocietyIndonesian: Palang Merah Indonesia17 September 1945[80]
Iranian Red Crescent SocietyPersian: جمعیت هلال احمر جمهوری اسلامی ایران1922[81]
Iraqi Red Crescent SocietyArabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر العراقي
Kurdish: مانگی سووری عێراق
1932[82]
Irish Red CrossIrish: Crois Dhearg na hÉireann6 July 1939[83]
Magen David AdomHebrew: מגן דוד אדום7 June 1930[84]
Italian Red CrossItalian: Croce Rossa Italiana7 February 1884[85]
Jamaica Red Cross8 April 1948[86]
Japanese Red Cross SocietyJapanese: 日本赤十字社1 May 1877[87]
Jordan Red Crescent [ar]Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الأردني1950[88]
Kazakh Red Crescent [ru]Kazakh: Қазақстанның Қызыл Айы / Qazaqstannyñ Qyzyl Аiy
Russian: Красный Полумесяц Казахстана
5 March 1937[89]
Kenya Red CrossSwahili: Msalaba Mwekundu la Kenya1965[90]
Kiribati Red Cross Society1965[91]
Kuwait Red Crescent SocietyArabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الكويت10 January 1966[92]
Kyrgyzstan Red CrescentKyrgyz: Кыргызстан Кызыл Ай
Russian: Красный Полумесяц Кыргызстана
1936[93]
Lao Red CrossLao: ອົງການກາແດງແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ1955[94]
Latvian Red CrossLatvian: Latvijas Sarkanais Krusts20 November 1918[95]
Lebanese Red CrossArabic: الصليب الأحمر اللبناني9 July 1945[96]
Lesotho Red Cross SocietySotho: Mokhatlo oa Sefapano se Sefubelu sa Lesotho9 November 1967[97]
Liberian Red Cross SocietyJanuary 1919[98]
Libyan Red Crescent [ar]Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الليبي5 October 1957[99]
Liechtenstein Red CrossGerman: Liechtensteinisches Rotes Kreuz30 April 1945[100]
Lithuanian Red CrossLithuanian: Lietuvos Raudonasis Kryžius1919[101]
Luxembourg Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise
German: Luxemburgisches Rotes Kreuz
Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Rout Kräiz
1914[102]
Macau Red CrossChinese: 澳門紅十字會
Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Macau
1943[103]
Malagasy Red CrossMalagasy: Vokovoko Mena Malagasy
French: Croix-Rouge malagasy
7 August 1963[104]
Malawi Red Cross Society1966[105]
Malaysian Red CrescentMalay: Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia1957[106]
Maldivian Red CrescentDhivehi: ދިވެހި ރެޑް ކްރެސެންޓް16 August 2009[107]
Mali Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge malienne1965[108]
Malta Red Cross SocietyMaltese: Soċjetà Maltija tas-Salib l-Aħmar30 April 1945[109]
Marshall Islands Red Cross Society26 November 2013[110]
Mauritanian Red CrescentArabic: الهلال الأحمر الموريتاني1970
Mauritius Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge de Maurice[111]
Mexican Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Mexicana21 February 1910[112]
Micronesia Red Cross Society
Moldovan Red Cross SocietyRomanian: Societatea de Cruce Roșie din Moldova21 February 1910[113]
Red Cross of MonacoFrench: Croix-Rouge monégasque1948[114]
Mongolian Red Cross SocietyMongolian: Монголын улаан загалмай нийгэмлэг1939[115]
Red Cross of MontenegroMontenegrin: Crveni krst Crne Gore
Montenegrin Cyrillic: Црвени крст Црне Горе
1875[116]
Moroccan Red Crescent [fr]Arabic: الهلال الأحمر المغربي
French: Croissant-Rouge marocain
1957[117]
Mozambique Red CrossPortuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Moçambique21 February 1910[118]
Myanmar Red Cross SocietyBurmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ကြက်ခြေနီ အသင်း1 April 1937[119]
Namibia Red Cross SocietyAfrikaans: Namibiese Rooi Kruis1992[120]
Nepal Red Cross SocietyNepali: नेपाल रेडक्रस सोसाइटी1963[121]
Netherlands Red CrossDutch: Nederlandse Rode Kruis1867[122]
New Zealand Red CrossMāori: Rīpeka Whero Aotearoa1911[123]
Red Cross Society of NigerFrench: Croix-Rouge nigérienne1963[124]
Nigerian Red Cross1960[125]
Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's Republic of KoreaKorean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 적십자회18 October 1946[126]
North Macedonian Red Cross [mk]Macedonian: Црвен крст на Северна Македонија
Albanian: Kryqi i Kuq i Maqedonisë së Veriut
17 March 1945[127]
Norwegian Red CrossNorwegian: Norges Røde Kors
Nynorsk: Noregs Raude Kross
22 September 1865[128]
Pakistan Red CrescentUrdu: ہلالِ احمر پاکستان20 December 1947[129]
Palau Red Cross Society1977[130]
Palestine Red Crescent SocietyArabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني1968[131]
Panamanian Red Cross [es]Spanish: Cruz Roja Panameña1917[132]
Papua New Guinea Red Cross1977[133]
Paraguayan Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Paraguaya[134]
Philippine Red CrossTagalog: Krus na Pula ng Pilipinas1947[135]
Polish Red CrossPolish: Polski Czerwony Krzyż18 January 1919[136]
Portuguese Red Cross [pt]Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa11 February 1865[137]
Qatar Red CrescentArabic: الهلال الأحمر القطري1978[138]
Romanian Red CrossRomanian: Crucea Roșie Română4 July 1876[139]
Russian Red CrossRussian: Российский Красный Крест15 May 1867[140]
Rwandan Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge rwandaise1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis Red Cross1942
Saint Lucia Red Cross1949[141]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross
Samoa Red Cross SocietySamoan: Koluse Mumu o Sāmoa1952[142]
Sammarinese Red Cross [it]Italian: Croce Rossa Sammarinese1949[143]
São Tomé and Príncipe Red CrossPortuguese: Cruz Vermelha de São Tomé e Príncipe1976[144]
Saudi Red Crescent AuthorityArabic: هيئة الهلال الأحمر السعودي1934[145]
Senegalese Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge sénégalaise1962[146]
Red Cross of SerbiaSerbian: Црвени крст Србије / Crveni krst Srbije6 February 1876[147]
Red Cross Society of SeychellesFrench: Croix-Rouge des Seychelles[148]
Sierra Leone Red Cross Society1962
Singapore Red Cross SocietyChinese: 新加坡红十字会
Malay: Persatuan Palang Merah Singapura
Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் செஞ்சிலுவை சங்கம்
30 September 1949[149]
Slovak Red Cross [sk]Slovak: Slovenský Červený kríž8 December 1992[150]
Slovenian Red CrossSlovene: Rdeči križ Slovenije8 June 1944[151]
Solomon Islands Red Cross[152]
Somali Red Crescent SocietySomali: Ururka Bisha Cas ee Soomaaliyeed
Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الصومالي
1963[153]
South African Red Cross SocietyAfrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Rooi Kruisvereniging1921[154]
Korean Red CrossKorean: 대한적십자사27 October 1905[155]
South Sudan Red Cross
Spanish Red Cross [es]Spanish: Cruz Roja Española
Catalan: Creu Roja Espanyola
Galician: Cruz Vermella Española
Basque: Espainiako Gurutze Gorria
6 July 1864[156]
Sri Lanka Red Cross SocietySinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රතු කුරුස සමාජය
Tamil: இலங்கை செஞ்சிலுவை சங்கம்
1936[157]
Sudanese Red CrescentArabic: الهلال الاحمر السوداني1923[158]
Suriname Red CrossDutch: Surinaamse Rode Kruis[159]
Swedish Red CrossSwedish: Svenska Röda Korset1865[160]
Swiss Red CrossGerman: Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz
French: Croix-Rouge suisse
Italian: Croce Rossa Svizzera
Romansh: Crusch Cotschna Svizra
1866[161]
Syrian Arab Red CrescentArabic: الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري1942[162]
Tajikistan Red CrescentTajik: Ҳилоли Аҳмари Тоҷикистон
Russian: Красный Полумесяц Таджикистана
Tanzania Red Cross SocietySwahili: Shirika la Msalaba Mwekundu Tanzania1962[163]
Thai Red Cross SocietyThai: สภากาชาดไทย26 April 1893[164]
Togolese Red CrossFrench: Croix-Rouge togolaise1959[165]
Tonga Red Cross Society1961[166]
Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society12 July 1939[167]
Tunisian Red CrescentArabic: الهلال الأحمر التونسي1956
Turkish Red CrescentTurkish: Türk Kızılay1868[168]
National Red Crescent Society of TurkmenistanTurkmen: Türkmenistanyň Gyzyl Ýarymaý Milli Jemgyýeti1926[169]
Tuvalu Red Cross Society[170]
Uganda Red Cross SocietySwahili: Shirika la Msalaba Mwekundu nchini Uganda1964[171]
Ukrainian Red Cross SocietyUkrainian: Товариство Червоного Хреста України18 April 1918[172]
Emirates Red CrescentArabic: الهلال الأحمر الإماراتي1983[173]
British Red CrossWelsh: Y Groes Goch Brydeinig4 August 1870[174]
American Red Cross21 May 1881[175]
Uruguayan Red CrossSpanish: Cruz Roja Uruguaya5 March 1897[176]
Uzbekistan Red Crescent SocietyUzbek: O‘zbekiston Qizil Yarim Oy Jamiyati14 November 1925[177]
Vanuatu Red Cross Society1992[178]
Venezuelan Red Cross SocietySpanish: Sociedad Venezolana de la Cruz Roja1895[179]
Viet Nam Red Cross SocietyVietnamese: Hội Chữ thập đỏ Việt Nam23 November 1946[180]
Yemen Red Crescent SocietyArabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر اليمني1968
Zambia Red Cross Society1966[181]
Zimbabwe Red Cross Society1981[182]

States which currently do not have National Societies that are active members of the IFRC edit

National Society is not a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement edit

IFRC membership suspended edit

States which have no National Society at all edit

Nauru, Niue, Oman, and the Vatican City are the states without national societies, along with the states with limited recognition, such as Abkhazia, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Transnistria.

Nicaragua's National Society, Nicaraguan Red Cross, was dissolved by Nicaragua's parliament on May 9, 2023.[9]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Societies directory". www.ifrc.org. Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  2. ^ "Federation-wide databank and reporting system". www.ifrc.org (database). Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  3. ^ "Reyði Krossur Føroya - Forsíða". Reyði Krossur Føroya. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  4. ^ "Kryqi Kuq i Kosovës". redcross-ks.org. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  5. ^ "Refugee Participation Network 7" (PDF). The Fearless Children of the Stone: Refugee Studies Program. Oxford. February 1990. 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).
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Statement on the suspension of the Belarus Red Cross as a member of the IFRC". International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent So cieties. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  8. ^ "Statement on suspension of the Peruvian Red Cross as a member of IFRC | IFRC". www.ifrc.org. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  9. ^ "Nicaragua orders closure of Red Cross in continuing crackdown". Al Jazeera. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

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