red cross

(Askeri) AMERİKAN MİLLİ KIZIL HAÇ'I: Harpte yaralı hastaları tedavi; sel baskını, hastalık vesaire felaketlere uğrayanlara yardım eden bir Amerikan teşkilatı. Buna kısaca "American Red Cross" da denir

american red cross

(Askeri) AMERİKAN KIZIL HAÇI: Bak. "American National Red Cross". AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR INFORMATION BUREAU

international red cross committee

(Askeri) MİLLETLERARASI KIZILHAÇ KOMİTESİ: Bütün kızılhaç derneklerinin bağlı bulunduğu tarafsız bir teşkilat. Bu teşkilat; harp esnasında muharip devletler arasında dost bir aracı rolü oynar. Mektuplaşma, haberleşme, gibi işlerin yürütülmesini sağlar. Bu teşkilatın Cenevre'deki merkezi, harp esirleri hakkındaki bilgilerin ve esirlere yapılan yardımların olduğu kadar, harpten zarar gören sivil halk arasındaki zayiata dair yapılan müracaatların da toplandığı yerdir. Milletlerarası Kızılhaç Komitesi; işgal altındaki yerlere gönderilecek yiyecek ve eşyanın idaresine de yardım eder

the Red Cross

Kızılhaç

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von red cross im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: the symbol of this organization; an international humanitarian organization that cares for the wounded, sick, and homeless in wartime; international relief organization which provides medical aid and materials to war victims or victims of natural disasters; The Red Cross is an international organization that helps people who are suffering, for example as a result of war, floods, or disease. the Red Cross an international organization that helps people who are suffering as a result of war, floods, disease etc. officially International Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent formerly International Red Cross Humanitarian agency with national affiliates worldwide. Established for the care of victims of battle, it now aids in the general prevention and relief of human suffering. It arose out of the work of Jean-Henri Dunant, who proposed the formation of voluntary relief societies in all countries, the first of which came into being in 1864. The name Red Crescent, adopted in 1906 at the insistence of the Ottoman Empire, is used in Muslim countries. In peacetime, the Red Cross aids victims of natural disasters, maintains blood banks, and provides supplementary health care services. In wartime, it serves as an intermediary between belligerents and visits prisoner-of-war camps to provide relief supplies, deliver mail, and transmit information between prisoners and their relatives. Its operating principles are humanity, impartiality, and neutrality. Its headquarters are in Geneva. Individual national organizations run community programs and coordinate natural-disaster relief efforts. The American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton in 1881 and first chartered by Congress in 1900; it runs the world's largest blood-donor service. In 1901 Dunant received the first Nobel Prize for Peace; the Red Cross itself received the prize in 1917, 1944, and 1963; A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; - - so called from the badge of neutrality; the Geneva cross; an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime; The crusaders or the cause they represented; RC
International Committee of the Red Cross: independent humanitarian institution founded to protect and assist victims of international and non-international armed conflict (gave rise to the International Movement of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent), ICRC

red cross

Silbentrennung

Red Cross

Türkische aussprache

red krôs

Aussprache

/ˈred ˈkrôs/ /ˈrɛd ˈkrɔːs/

Etymologie

[ 'red ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English rEad; akin to Old High German rOt red, Latin ruber & rufus, Greek erythros.