적십지redCross새휘장 탄생

Geneva Convention member states decided by a two-thirds majority to create a new

'red crystal' emblem that would enable Israel to join the international Red Cross and

Red Crescent movement, diplomats said.(AFP/HO

학창 시절 가슴에 칼라에 자랑스럽게 달고다니던 그 이쁜 적십지red cross 휘장이

제네바 회원국 2/3의 다수로 붉은 색 다이아몬드로 바뀌었다. 이스라엘의 적십자 운동과

회교도운동 박애주의 등도 한 가지 이유라는군요. 125개국중 반대27에 찬성98이었다네요.

10개는 기권이구 반대한 나라는 모스렘과 아랍국이었다구요.

Red Cross creates new emblem to let Israel join

1 hour, 39 minutes ago

GENEVA (AFP) - Geneva Convention member states decided by a two-thirds majority to create a new emblem

that would enable Israel to join the international Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, diplomats said.

A total 125 countries took part in a vote, with 98 voting for and 27 against with 10 more abstaining. Most of

the hostile votes were from Arab and Muslim countries.

Talks which started Monday and were originally scheduled to end Tuesday ground on into Wednesday and

then Thursday as negotiators tried to overcome objections by Syria, which traded jibes with Israel about

who was to blame.

The new "red crystal" emblem would join the Red Cross and Red Crescent and ease the way for Israel's

Magen David Adom (MDA - Red Star of David) organisation to become part of the international emergency

service and humanitarian network.

The MDA is officially unrecognized in the Geneva Conventions, signed by 192 countries including Israel,

because its emblem does not conform with longstanding rules allowing only a cross or a crescent.

Abdul Rahman Attar, head of the Syrian Red Crescent, had told journalists his country was still demanding

an agreement on humanitarian aid in the Israeli-occupied Golan heights as a condition for approving the new

emblem. Syria says Israel is neglecting the health needs of the 25,000 Syrian citizens who live in the Golan,

which Israel annexed in 1981. Attar claimed the MDA only gives "selective" treatment to Syrians who are prepared

to accept Israeli rule in the Golan. Switzerland tried in vain for three days to mediate between the Israelis and

Syrians to reach a consensus before deciding to call a vote late on Wednesday night.

The two-thirds majority was sufficient for a decision, though unanimity is more usual in the Red Cross.