By mobilizing the power of humanity the Hungarian Red Cross helps to achieve an environment that is free from poverty, violence, and prejudice which promotes a country with more secure living and health conditions that enables us all to live together.

The Hungarian Red Cross was established in 1881. It was recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1882. Since 1921 it has been a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

It carries out its activities on the basis of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, “For the protection of the victims of war”, to which the Republic of Hungary is party. The activities of the Hungarian Red Cross are based on the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement which are the following: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, universality.

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