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Also Known As Red Crescent • International Movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent • Red Cross • International Red Cross
Areas Of Involvement war • natural disaster • humanitarianism
Related People Clara Barton • Lucy Minnigerode • Greve Folke Bernadotte • Henri Dunant

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