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''Ukrainian Red Cross Society'' ((ウクライナ語:Українське Товариство Червоного Хреста)) is a non-profit humanitarian and charitable association of Ukraine. It operates in disaster management, health and care, tracing service,〔''Searching for Lost Relatives, General information, Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco''〕 youth activities/volunteers, protection of human dignity. Among the main declared principles: * Humanity, preventing and alleviating human suffering wherever it may be found, * Impartiality, without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions, * Neutrality, * Independence, * Voluntary Service, * Unity, there can be only one Red Cross or Red Crescent Society in any one country, * Universality, working worldwide. ==Early history== The Ukrainian Red Cross Society was established in April, 1918 in Kiev as an independent humanitarian society of the Ukrainian People's Republic. Its immediate tasks were to help refugees and prisoners of war, care of handicapped people, orphaned children, fighting famine and epidemics, support and organize sick quarters, hospitals and public canteens. From the 1920s, when Ukrainian territory was integrated part of the Soviet Union, and until 1992, the Ukrainian Red Cross functioned as a part of the Soviet Red Cross. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ukrainian Red Cross Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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