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The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January

Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent

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United Nations in <strong>the</strong> Arab-Israeli conflict. He was President <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Eighteenth International<br />

<strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> Conference in in Stockholm in 1948, only a month before he was assassinated.<br />

Count Bernadotte studied at <strong>the</strong> Military Academy Karlberg <strong>and</strong> became a Cavalry Officer in<br />

1915 <strong>and</strong> a Lieutenant in 1918. He was born on <strong>January</strong> 2 nd , 1895 <strong>and</strong> died on September<br />

17 th , 1948. 41<br />

41 <strong>St<strong>and</strong>ing</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Crescent</strong><br />

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