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Universality
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement, in which all Societies have equal status and share equal
responsibilities and duties in helping each other, is worldwide.
Analysis of the Fundamental principle of Universality
The text under the Fundamental principle of Universality includes
the following elements:
- the Movement is worldwide;
- all Societies have equal status in the Movement;
- all Societies share equal responsibilities and duties in helping
each other.
Consequences of the Fundamental principle of Universality
The consequences of the principle of Universality are threefold:
- one of the objectives of the Movement is to become universal,
since it is one of the Movement's strengths that it has a National
Society in almost every country of the world. There are a number
of States which so far do not have a recognised National Society.
However, this is to be seen as a temporary situation: once obstacles
preventing Societies of those States to be recognised are lifted,
the Movement will become truly global;
- solidarity between National Societies, which is the basis for
cooperation between Societies;
- with regard to decision-making, all Societies carry one vote
at the Federation's General Assembly, the Council of Delegates
and the International Conference, irrelevant of their size or
wealth.
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