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Work cat.: Protocol III to 1949 Geneva Convention and an amendment and protocol to 1980 Conventional Weapons Convention, 2006:
p. iii (Geneva Protocol III creates a new distinctive emblem, a Red Crystal, in addition to and for the same purposes as the
Red Cross and the Red Crescent emblems. The Red Crystal is a neutral emblem that can be employed by governments and national
societies that face challenges using the existing emblems)
Note:
Wikipedia WWW site, July 20, 2006 (The Red Crystal is a politically and religiously neutral emblem approved by the states
party to the Geneva Conventions. The treaty known as Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and
Relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III) was adopted on 8 December 2005 and authorizes
the use of the Red Crystal by national societies)
