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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.)
No fragmento do segundo parágrafo “In response to these ideas, a committee was established in Geneva”, os termos sublinhados referem-se
- à criação de sociedades assistenciais formadas por voluntários treinados para ajudar as vítimas da guerra de modo imparcial.
- ao reconhecimento de um acordo internacional que permitiria providenciar serviços médicos no campo de batalha.
- à formação da Sociedade Nacional Britânica de Ajuda aos Doentes e Feridos na Guerra.
- à criação de um fundo que forneceria assistência médica durante a guerra franco-prussiana.
- ao novo nome da Sociedade Nacional Britânica de Ajuda aos Doentes e Feridos na Guerra, que passaria a ser Cruz Vermelha Britânica.
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O pronome demonstrativo “these ideas” retoma as propostas expostas no parágrafo anterior, onde Dunant sugere “creating national relief societies, made up of volunteers, trained in peacetime to provide neutral and impartial help”. Em outras palavras, trata-se da ideia de criar sociedades nacionais de socorro compostas por voluntários preparados em tempos de paz para prestar ajuda neutra e imparcial às vítimas de guerra.
Ao dizer que “In response to these ideas, a committee was established in Geneva”, o texto estabelece coesão: o comitê em Genebra foi criado exatamente como reação a essa proposta de organização voluntária e ao objetivo de assegurar assistência médica e humanitária em conflitos.
Portanto, o referente de “these ideas” é a criação das sociedades assistenciais voluntárias treinadas para agir de forma neutra e imparcial.
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