How are the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross different?
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (often called the Federation) is an umbrella organization of national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies that coordinate relief efforts throughout the world occurring outside the theatre of war and other forms of armed conflict. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (often called the Federation) is an umbrella organization of national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies that coordinate relief efforts throughout the world occurring outside the theatre of war and other forms of armed conflict.
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