About Ukrainian Red Cross Society
The activities of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) are based on Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and three Additional Protocols thereto: Protocols I and II of 8 June 1977 and Protocol III of 8 December 2005. The URCS activities are regulated by the Law of Ukraine “On Ukrainian Red Cross Society” of 2014, Law of Ukraine “On Emblems of Red Cross, Red Crescent, and Red Crystal in Ukraine” of 2010, Decree of the President of Ukraine No 548/92 “On Ukrainian Red Cross Society” of 28 October 1992, as well as Charter of the Red Cross of Ukraine. The Society was recognized by the ICRC on 29 September 1993 as well as by the Decision of the IX session of the General Assembly of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, adopted by the collective member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The Society’s activities are carried out with the support and cooperation of state authorities and local self-government bodies, public organisations, corporate sector, as well as partners within the International Movement: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and other National Societies.