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Leia o texto para responder à questão The Red Cross The International Red Cross movement started in 1863 and was inspired by Swiss businessman Henry Dunant. The suffering of thousa
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The Red Cross
The International Red Cross movement started in 1863 and was inspired by Swiss businessman Henry Dunant. The suffering of thousands of men on both sides of the Battle of Solferino in 1859 upset Dunant. Many were left to die due to lack of care. He proposed creating national relief societies, made up of volunteers, trained in peacetime to provide neutral and impartial help to relieve suffering in times of war.
In response to these ideas, a committee (which later became the International Committee of the Red Cross) was established in Geneva. Dunant also proposed that countries adopt an international agreement, which would recognise the status of medical services and of the injured on the battlefield. This agreement was adopted in 1864.
The formation of the British Red Cross occurred during the war between France and Prussia in July 1870, Colonel Loyd-Lindsay wrote a letter to the newspaper The Times. He called for a National Society to be formed in Britain just like in other European nations. On 4 August 1870, a public meeting was held in London and a resolution passed authorizing the formation of The British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War. It gave aid and relief to both warring armies during the Franco-Prussian War and in other wars and campaigns during the 19th century. This was done under the protection of the red cross emblem.
In 1905, the British National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War was renamed as the British Red Cross. The Red Cross needed many skilled volunteers for its wartime role. The Voluntary Aid Scheme was introduced in 1909 and ensured that Voluntary Aid Detachments were formed across the United Kingdom. Their members would provide aid to the territorial medical forces in times of war.
(www.redcross.org.uk. Adaptado.)
The main purpose of the text is to
- demonstrate that in a war there will be suffering on both sides of the battle.
- display Henry Dunant’s profile, founder of the British Red Cross movement.
- explain the historical consequences of the Battle of Solferino.
- present the origins of both the International and the British Red Cross.
- report the importance of the Red Cross during the Franco-Prussian War.
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A alternativa D é correta porque o texto tem como objetivo central expor as origens das organizações mencionadas, oferecendo um panorama histórico-institucional em vez de um relato parcial.
No trecho sobre a International Red Cross são indicados os marcos fundadores: a inspiração de Henry Dunant após a Batalha de Solferino, o início do movimento em 1863, a criação do comitê em Genebra e o acordo internacional de 1864.
Na parte dedicada ao âmbito britânico, o texto descreve a formação da sociedade em 1870, a renomeação em 1905 e a organização do voluntariado em 1909, mostrando como a Cruz Vermelha se consolidou no Reino Unido.
Portanto, sua função principal é apresentar a gênese e a consolidação da Cruz Vermelha tanto em nível internacional quanto britânico.
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