International Committee of the Red Cross were founded in nearly every country in Europe. The project resonated well with patriotic sentiments that were on the rise in the late-nineteenth-century, and national societies were often encouraged as signifiers of national moral superiority. In 1876, the committee adopted the name "International Committee of the Red Cross" (ICRC), which is still its official designation today. Five years later, the American Red Cross was founded through the efforts of Clara Barton. More and more countries signed the Geneva Convention and began to respect it in practice during armed conflicts. In a rather short period of time, the Red Cross gained
Cyprus Red Cross Cyprus Red Cross Law of 1967 and its own statutes and in conformity with the fundamental principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The Society, was recognised by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 23 February 2012, and admitted in the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), in accordance with the terms defined in the Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the International Federation, on 12 November 2013; it constitutes the 188th member of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The main authorities of the SRCS are the General