International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

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humanitarian organization international organization non-governmental organization

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a global humanitarian organization that coordinates and supports national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in disaster response, health services, and community resilience efforts.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies canonical	20
League of Red Cross Societies	2
IFRC	1
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and National Societies	1
Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s Federation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T162913 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Context triple: [International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, hasComponent, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]

A. International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
B. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network dedicated to protecting human life and health, alleviating suffering, and upholding human dignity during armed conflicts, disasters, and other emergencies.
C. American Red Cross
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization in the United States that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in communities nationwide.
D. UNICEF
UNICEF is a United Nations agency dedicated to providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, focusing on health, education, protection, and emergency relief.
E. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is the United Nations body responsible for coordinating international emergency responses to humanitarian crises and disasters.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Target entity description: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is a global humanitarian organization that coordinates and supports national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in disaster response, health services, and community resilience efforts.

A. International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral, independent humanitarian organization that protects and assists victims of armed conflict and promotes international humanitarian law worldwide.
B. International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a global humanitarian network dedicated to protecting human life and health, alleviating suffering, and upholding human dignity during armed conflicts, disasters, and other emergencies.
C. American Red Cross
The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization in the United States that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in communities nationwide.
D. UNICEF
UNICEF is a United Nations agency dedicated to providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide, focusing on health, education, protection, and emergency relief.
E. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is the United Nations body responsible for coordinating international emergency responses to humanitarian crises and disasters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	humanitarian organization ⓘ international organization ⓘ non-governmental organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and National Societies ⓘ linked to: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s Federation ⓘ linked to: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
cooperatesWith	International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ linked to: National Red Cross Societies
coordinates	international disaster response of National Societies ⓘ
founded	1919 ⓘ
foundedIn	Paris, France ⓘ linked to: Paris
founder	Henry Davison ⓘ
guidingPrinciple	humanity ⓘ impartiality ⓘ independence ⓘ neutrality ⓘ unity ⓘ universality ⓘ voluntary service ⓘ
hasEmblem	red crescent ⓘ red cross ⓘ red crystal ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguages	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva, Switzerland ⓘ linked to: Geneva
legalStatus	private humanitarian organization ⓘ
memberOf	International Council for Voluntary Agencies ⓘ
motto	The power of humanity ⓘ
numberOfMemberOrganizations	191 ⓘ
originalName	League of Red Cross Societies ⓘ linked to: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
partOf	International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ
purpose	community resilience ⓘ disaster preparedness ⓘ disaster response ⓘ health services ⓘ humanitarian assistance ⓘ support to National Societies ⓘ
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
renamed	International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ
renamedIn	1983 ⓘ
shortName	IFRC ⓘ linked to: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
supportsProgram	climate change adaptation and resilience ⓘ disaster risk reduction ⓘ health and care in the community ⓘ migration and displacement assistance ⓘ water, sanitation and hygiene promotion ⓘ
website	https://www.ifrc.org ⓘ
worksWith	National Red Crescent Societies ⓘ National Red Cross Societies ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement → hasComponent → International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ

Pacific Islands Forum → hasObserver → International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ

subject linked to: Pacific Islands Forum (observer)

Additional Protocol III → movementComponentsCovered → International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ

2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo → responseSupportedBy → International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ

RCRC Movement → hasComponent → International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ

RCRC Movement → coordinatedBy → International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ

Red Cross emblem → usedBy → International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ

subject linked to: red cross

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies → shortName → IFRC ⓘ