Aurora Aragon Quezon, the first PRC Chairman, received a cable from Geneva indicating that the ICRC approved to recognize the PRC.Ī humanitarian organization that serves as an arm of help during disasters and emergencies was established. President Roxas signed the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Charter, Republic Act 95. Roxas signed the Treaty of Geneva and the Prisoners of War Convention. The first Filipino Red Cross Manager, Dr. Thirty-six Red Cross chapters were initially set up in the country. Upon the liberation of Manila, local Red Cross officials and the ANRC undertook to reconstitute the organization. Not until the Philippines became independent did this materialize because the Commonwealth cannot sign the Geneva Conventions.Ī Japanese-controlled Philippine Red Cross was created to take care of internment camps located in the country.
Quezon took the initiative to establish an independent Philippine Red Cross. The Philippine Branch was officiary recognized as a Chapter of the ANRC.
The Philippine Branch of the American National Red Cross (ANRC) was organized by Filipino and American leaders at the Ayuntamiento. Hilaria del Rosario de Aguinaldo was appointed President of the Association.įelipe AgoncilloInternational Delegate of Diplomacy, met with Gustave Moynier, an original member of the Committee of Five and ICRC President, for the recognition of the Filipino Red Cross Society and application of the 1864 Geneva Convention during, the Filipino-American war. Through the initiative of Apolinario Mabini, the Malolos Republic approved the Constitution of the National Association of the Red Cross.
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