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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Conference, which occurs once every four years, is the highest institutional body of the Movement. It gathers delegations from all of the national societies as well as from the ICRC, the Federation and the signatory states to the Geneva Conventions. In between the conferences, the Standing Commission acts as the supreme body and supervises implementation of and compliance with the resolutions of the conference. In addition, the Standing Commission coordinates the cooperation between the ICRC and the Federation. It consists of two representatives from the ICRC (including its president), two from the Federation (including its president), and five individuals who are elected by the International Conference. The Standing Commission convenes every six months on average.
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The Red Cross headquarters has been on Center Street since 1917 when they first received their charter from National Headquarters. The “new” building was built in 1978 after a fire destroyed the house that the chapter had been in for decades. The new building is now 25 years old and needed a little makeover.
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National Red Cross and Red Crescent societies exist in nearly every country in the world. Within their home country, they take on the duties and responsibilities of a national relief society as defined by International Humanitarian Law. Within the Movement, the ICRC is responsible for legally recognizing a relief society as an official national Red Cross or Red Crescent society. The exact rules for recognition are defined in the statutes of the Movement. Article 4 of these statutes contains the "Conditions for recognition of National Societies":
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Lowe's is an official Red Cross cash donation site and responds to disasters by contributing to local and national Red Cross disaster relief efforts, donating product and supplying volunteers. Following 2004 hurricanes in Florida, Lowe's and its customers raised more than $1.5 million for disaster relief efforts. The company and its employees contributed more than $887,000 in emergency aid to employees whose homes were damaged by the storms.
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"We've been overwhelmed with the generosity displayed in response to the destructive hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast," said Casey Minix of the American Red Cross' national headquarters in Washington. "The outpouring of support from the country's restaurant industry is phenomenal and has the potential to raise substantial dollars for the work we still have ahead of us."
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The ICRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement along with the International Federation and 186 National Societies. It is one of the most widely recognized humanitarian organizations in the world, having won three Nobel Peace Prizes in 1917, 1944, and 1963.
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