“The Red Crescent and My Country” in the Arab Countries

1972 ◽  
Vol 12 (132) ◽  
pp. 160-161
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
School Textbook ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
Teacher's Manual ◽  
Primary School Pupils

On several occasions, the International Review has mentioned the efforts of the ICRC to make known the principles of the Geneva Conventions in schools through the medium of the school textbook “The Red Cross and My Country”, of which over one million copies have been distributed, in 16 languages, in 45 countries of Africa, Latin America and Asia. Its purpose is to instil the basic Red Cross principles into primary school pupils, and an explanatory “Teacher's Manual” accompanies the textbook.

“The Red Cross and My Country” in Ethiopia and Portugal

1976 ◽  
Vol 16 (182) ◽  
pp. 253-254
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
School Textbook ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
Teacher's Manual ◽  
Primary School Pupils

On a number of occasions International Review has mentioned the ICRC efforts to make known, through the school textbook The Red Cross and My Country, the underlying principles of the Geneva Conventions. More than a million copies of twenty versions of the textbook have been distributed. In more than sixty countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe, it has been a pronounced success. It is intended to imbue primary school pupils with a sense of the fundamental Red Cross principles, and is supplemented by a “Teacher's Manual”.

School textbook and soldier's manual

1975 ◽  
Vol 15 (175) ◽  
pp. 527-528
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
School Textbook ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The World ◽  
Teacher's Manual ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Active Contribution

For a number of years, the ICRC has been publishing and offering to National Societies an illustrated school textbook, supplemented by a teacher's manual to help teachers make effective use of the textbook. This has made an active contribution to spreading knowledge of Red Cross principles and the Geneva Conventions among the young people of the world. The two books have been very widely distributed, as the International Review has noted from time to time.

The School Textbook and the “Soldier's Manual”

1976 ◽  
Vol 16 (188) ◽  
pp. 573-574
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
School Textbook ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The World ◽  
Teacher's Manual

To spread the principles of the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions more widely throughout the world the ICRC has published a school textbook, which is now available in many languages. This is designed for school children and has been supplemented by a “Teacher's Manual”. These two works teach humanitarian ideals to young readers, but it was later found necessary to produce a manual for soldiers. The ICRC considered this matter and issued the “Soldier's Manual” which, like the school textbook, was generously illustrated.

“The Red Cross and My Country” in Asia

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (120) ◽  
pp. 156-157
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
Teacher's Manual

On several occasions, International Review has mentioned the efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross to disseminate knowledge of the principles of the Geneva Conventions in schools, through the publication of a textbook “The Red Cross and My Country” with its complement the “Teacher's Manual”. It is highly desirable that these booklets, edited and illustrated by the ICRC, should be made known and disseminated as widely as possible.

“The Red Cross and My Country” in five Asian countries

1970 ◽  
Vol 10 (112) ◽  
pp. 388-389
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
School Textbook ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The World ◽  
Teacher's Manual

In order to make better known throughout the world the humanitarian principles of the Red Cross, the ICRC has published a school textbook, “The Red Cross and My Country”, and its complement the “Teacher's Manual”. These are for distribution in schools in Africa and in Asia x. In addition, for the armed forces, it has published the “Soldier's Manual”. The first two of these three books educate schoolchildren, by means of short illustrated texts, in the fundamental humanitarian principles, whilst the “Soldier's Manual” concentrates on the essential provisions of the Geneva Conventions.

The “Soldier's Manual”

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (125) ◽  
pp. 439-440
Keyword(s):  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
School Textbook ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The World ◽  
Teacher's Manual

It is common knowledge that the ICRC, in order to make the humanitarian Red Cross principles known throughout the world, has produced a school textbook entitled The Red Cross and My Country, followed by a Teacher's Manual. It has already been issued in fifteen languages. More than a million copies have been printed and it has been distributed in schools in fifty-five countries.Subsequently, it appeared necessary to publish also a handbook for officers and other ranks of the armed forces. It was entitled the Soldier's Manual. Its inspiration was the same as that underlying the school textbook. However, while the latter is designed to inculcate in schoolchildren, by means of short illustrated texts, the principles of the Red Cross and of humanitarian law, the Soldier's Manual summarizes the rules of the Geneva Conventions which should be applied in all circumstances when armed conflict breaks out.

Geneva Conventions in African Schools

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (100) ◽  
pp. 370-373
Keyword(s):  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
French And English

In the March issue of International Review we gave information on the campaign which had been started in African schools in order to make widely known the sign of the Red Cross, through the medium of a textbook entitled The Red Cross and My Country. This wide campaign aroused both among youth and the authorities an increasing interest. It was stated in that issue that by the end of February the textbook, in French and English, had been distributed in schools in fourteen countries.

Further participation in the Geneva Conventions

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (89) ◽  
pp. 406-406
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions

In its number for June 1968, the International Review mentioned that 118 States were parties to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949. Since then, the International Committee of the Red Cross has been informed by the Federal Political Department in Berne of the participation by the Kingdom of Lesotho in these Conventions.

Further accessions to the Geneva Conventions

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (86) ◽  
pp. 266-266
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
Geneva Conventions

In its issue of October 1967, the International Review stated that 116 States were parties to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949. Since then, the International Committee of the Red Cross has been informed by the Federal Political Department of the participation of two new countries to these Conventions.

“The Red Cross and My Country”: A widely distributed school textbook

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (126) ◽  
pp. 501-505
Keyword(s):  
Red Cross ◽  
International Review ◽  
School Textbook

The International Review has already on several occasions given information about the school textbook, nearly a million copies of which have now been published by the ICRC. The article below contains a statement on the different editions at the end of August 1971.

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