The Nobel Prize’s Post

In 1859, a battle was raging at the town of Solferino in Northern Italy, where thousands of Italian, French and Austrian soldiers killed and maimed each other. Witnessing this horror moved Swiss businessman Henry Dunant to organise aid work and write a book about his experiences. It contained a plan, that all countries should form associations to help the sick and wounded on the battlefield, whichever side they belonged to. The result was the establishment of the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863. The humanitarian charity has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize three times: in 1917 and 1944 for its efforts during the two World Wars, and in 1963 on its centenary. The Nobel Committee paid tribute to the International Committee of the Red Cross for its work on the revised Geneva Convention of 1949 and its efforts during the conflicts in Hungary, Algeria, the Congo and Tibet. Here you can see the telegram sent by Leopold Boissier, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1963, expressing his "profound gratitude." Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eUctKmzV Photo credit: The Norwegian Nobel Institute