How was the Red Cross founded ........

Political Theory And International Order (PCS) International Institutions

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How was the Red Cross founded?

By the UN.

Through the efforts of a private society based in Switzerland

By the Catholic Church.

By the French Emperor Napoleon III

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Explanation:

The Red Cross was founded in the 1860s - 8 decades before the UN (answer a). The initial impetus came from a businessman rather than a religious source (answer c); the businessman, Henry Dunant, had witnessed great suffering during a war which had been precipitated by the French Emperor Napoleon III (answer d).