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Did you know Red Cross has 3 Nobel Prizes? Won its first over 100 years ago

12/12/2022 10:21 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

On Dec. 10, 1917, the Red Cross received its first Nobel Peace Prize.

The organization won this honour after three years of it not being awarded, as there were no candidates deemed worthy during the First World War.

In 1917, professor Louis Renault, a past Nobel Prize winner, laureate, and the government of Switzerland, nominated the ICRC for establishing the Prisoner-of-War Agency.

The Prisoner-of-War Agency supported soldiers who were captured by enemy forces. They also provided communication opportunities between the soldiers and their families. By 1917, the agency supported more than 800,000 soldiers.

The ICRC also won a Nobel Prize in 1944 and 1963.

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