Syrian Arab Red Crescent

Syrian Arab Red Crescent Profile and History

The Syrian Arab Red Crescent is an independent humanitarian organization of public utility, and it's permanent and continuous, and it has a legal entity and enjoys financial and administrative independence. Syrian Arab Red Crescent was founded in 1942 according to the decree No/540/ 1942 and the decree No/117/ 1966 that regulating the Organization's work. Syrian Arab Red Crescent has been recogniz ed by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva (ICRC) in 1946, SARC is committed to Geneva Conventions and the seven basic principles of the International Movement of Red Cross and Red Crescent. SARC has a headquarters in Damascus and fourteen branches in the fourteen governorates of Syria, and 75 of sub branches.