Yet this lakeside municipality cradled in the valley on the western border of France and Switzerland ... and Red Cross, as well as its history as the site of the signing of the Geneva Conventions ...

In 1863, Swiss businessman Henri Dunant helped found a humanitarian relief organization in Geneva after he saw thousands ... became what we call today the Red Cross and Red Crescent – and ...

During the 1960’s, when the children had flown the nest, I became heavily involved with my local branch of the British Red Cross ... Society's headquarters at Geneva. This had to be a personal ...

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva, Switzerland, August 2024. ANDRÉ MEIER/SWITZERLAND TOURISM Six months after learning of the news in the press without prior ...

Foreign aid cuts: where does Switzerland ... be flown on many buildings, the Jet d'Eau will be illuminated in red and the statues of the founding fathers of the first Red Cross committee will ...

Near the main lab, visitors can also stop by a spherical building called The Globe of ... which documents the work of the Red Cross from the humanitarian vision outlined by founder Henry Dunant ...

It seemed they would be holed up in the Red Cross buildings rather than soaking up the sun! No doubt, in between the formal sessions, they would get some leisure time and as they set off from the ...