The Henry Dunant Medal is the highest award of the Red Cross Movement. It is named after Henry Dunant, the founder of the Red Cross Movement. The medal is presented every two years by the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. This body represents the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the various National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

History

In 1963, the idea of creating a medal named in honour of the founder of the International Red Cross was submitted to and approved by the Council of Delegates. This coincided with the 100th anniversary of the Red Cross. In 1965, through the generosity of the Australian Red Cross, the Henry Dunant Medal was established by the International Red Cross Conference in Vienna. The first medals were presented in 1969.

Criteria The Henry Dunant Medal is awarded by the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. This body, representing all of the groups making up the Red Cross Movement, makes five awards of the medal every two years. These limits are placed to ensure the value and prestige of the medal as the highest honour the Red Cross Movement can bestow upon one of its members.

The medal is awarded to, "recognise and reward outstanding services and acts of great devotion, mainly of international significance, to the cause of the Red Cross/Red Crescent by any of its members". The Standing Commission gives special weight to the international significance of the a potential recipients' acts or service. If the international dimension is lacking, the Commission would likely not select the individual concerned. Though their acts of service may be great, but would likely best be recognized by their National Society.

Regulations still allow for the posthumous award of the medal. However, the various groups of the movement have been encouraged to create other means of recognition for those killed in service to the Red Cross. All posthumous nominations for the Henry Dunant Medal should be for, "truly exceptional cases."

Description The Henry Dunant Medal is in the shape of a Geneva or Greek cross. The arms of the cross are colored with red enamel. In the center of the cross is a circular bronze medallion bearing effigy of Henry Dunant, facing left. Circumscribed around the effigy are the words HENRY DUNANT 1828-1910. The reverse of the medal is plain. To the top arm of the cross is attached a loop for ribbon suspension.

The ribbon is depicted as either solid green, or green with red edges.

Recipients

Name Nationality Gender Year Notes Frantisek Janouch Czechoslovakia Male 1969 Dragan Hercog Serbia Male 1969 Robert Carlson Sweden Male 1969 Pierre-André Tacier Switzerland Male 1969 First living recipient of the medal, former ICRC Delegate. Sachiko Hashimoto Japan Female 1971 André François-Poncet France Male 1971 Katalin Durgo Hungary Female 1971 John McAulay Canada Male 1971 Pavle Gregoric Croatia Male 1971 John MacAulay Male 1973 Chairman of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 1959 to 1965, first Canadian recipient. Georgy Miterev Russia Male 1975 Angela Countess of Limerick United Kingdom Female 1975 Pierre Boissier Switzerland Male 1975 Ferer Segura Mexico Male 1975 Irena Domanska Poland Female 1975 Duke of Hernani Spain Male 1977 Baroness Mallet France Female 1977 Sai Aung Hlaing Myint Myanmar Male 1977 A member of Myanmar Red Cross Society, for saving a soldier whose car fell into the Ayeyarwady River which was icy cold at that time. Countess Etta Waldersee Germany Female 1977 Sir Geoffrey Newman-Morris Australia Male 1979 Alan Bièri Switzerland Male 1979 André Tièche Switzerland Male 1979 Charles Chatora Zimbabwe Male 1979 George Aitken Canada Male 1979 José Dolores Estrada-Granizo Nicaragua Male 1979 Louis Gaulis Switzerland Male 1979 Marvin Alberto Flores-Salazar Nicaragua Male 1979 Leslie Barry Ireland Female 1979 Louise Henriette van Overeem-Ziegenhardt Netherlands Female 1979 Krista Djordjevic Croatia Female 1981 Ismael Reyes Icabalceta Nicaragua Male 1981 Melchior Borsinger Switzerland Male 1981 Alexandra Issa-el-Khoury Lebanon Female 1981 Werner Ludwig Germany Male 1983 Abdul Aziz Mudarris Saudi Arabia Male 1983 Established the Saudi Red Crescent in 1962, he was the first President of the Saudi Red Crescent Bagus Rudiono Indonesia Male 1983 Mariano Bahamonde Ruiz Chile Male 1983 Hans Christian Bennetzen Denmark Male 1983 John Henry Felix United States Male 1983 Walter Bargatzky Germany Male 1983 Olga Milosevic Serbia Female 1985 Tom Willmott Sloper Brazil Male 1985 Marie Josée Burnier Switzerland Female 1987 Anton Schlogel Germany Male 1987 Kai Warras Finland Male 1987 Princess Gina of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Female 1987 Joseph Adefarasin Nigeria Male 1987 Former President of the Red Cross League, first Nigerian recipient. Enrique de la Mata Spain Male 1987 Juan José Vega Aguiar Cuba Male 1987 Onni Nishannen Ethiopia/Sweden Male 1987 Gejza Mencer Czechoslovakia Male 1989 Ali Fourati Tunisia Male 1989 George Elsey United States Male 1989 Leon George Stubbings Australia Male 1989 Michael Egabu Uganda Male 1989 ML Kashetra Snidvongs Thailand Male 1989 Kamar Kazoon Choura Syria Female 1991 Baron Kraijenhoff Netherlands Male 1991 Janos Hantos Hungary Male 1991 Alexandre Hay Switzerland Male 1991 Carlos Alberto Vera Martinez Paraguay Male 1991 Faqir Yar Afghanistan Male 1991 Graeme Whyte New Zealand Male 1991 Juanito Patong Philippines Male 1991 Peter Altwegg Switzerland Male 1991 Walter Berweger Switzerland Male 1991 William Cassis Lebanon Male 1991 Zamany Mohammed Osman Afghanistan Male 1991 Susanne Buser Switzerland Female 1993 Jock Sutherland New Zealand Male 1993 Pedro José Manrique Lander Venezuela Male 1993 Ahmed Abu-Ghoura / Dr. Ahmad Abu Goura Jordan Male 1993 President of the Jordanian Red Crescent Society from 1964 to 1993. Abdul Qadar Pakistan Male 1993 Arthur Brian Hodgson United Kingdom Male 1993 Frédéric Maurice Switzerland Male 1993 Jon Karlsson Iceland Male 1993 Kurt Lustenberger Switzerland Male 1993 Michel Kuhn Switzerland Male 1993 Mohammed Zaboor Afghanistan Male 1993 Win van Boxelaere Belgium Male 1993 Maria Luisa Torres de la Cruz Chile Female 1993 Sarah Veronica Leomy Sierra Leone Female 1993 Tunku Tan Sri Mohamed Bin Tunku Besar Burhanuddin Malaysia Male 1995 Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein Germany Male 1995 Esmildo Gutierrez Sanchez Cuba Male 1995 Hugo Ernesto Merino Grijalva Ecuador Male 1995 Hans Haug Switzerland Male 1995 Jaqueline Briot France Female 1995 Sheryl Thayer New Zealand Female 1997 Ahmed Alsherif Libya Male 1997 Aimé Amuli Uganda Male 1997 Amin Booyi Andana Uganda Male 1997 Bahozi Kabaka DRC Male 1997 Bernard Umba Kanonge DRC Male 1997 Cédric Martin Switzerland Male 1997 Chin Chun Cambodia Male 1997 Déogratias Kitungao Bisahi DRC Male 1997 Dieudonné Budogo DRC Male 1997 Djuma Sebasore DRC Male 1997 Enzo Boletti Italy Male 1997 Hans Elkerbrot Netherlands Male 1997 Herculano Tchipindi Angola Male 1997 Ilunfa Sebastien DRC Male 1997 Juan Ruffino Italy Male 1997 Luiji Apata Uganda Male 1997 Mafuta Nzangamya DRC Female 1997 Reto Neuenschwander Switzerland Male 1997 Véronique Ahouanmenou Benin Female 1997 Fernanda Calado Spain Female 1997 Gunnhild Myklebust Norway Female 1997 Ingebjorg Foss Norway Female 1997 Nancy Malloy Canada Female 1997 Ute Stuhrwoldt Germany Female 1999 Guillermo Rueda Montaña Colombia Male 1999 Hon Dr Byron Hove Zimbabwe Male 1999 Donald Tansley Canada Male 1999 Phlech Phiroun Cambodia Female 2001 Former President of the Cambodian Red Cross. Roger Durand Switzerland Male 2001 Founder and president of the Henry Dunant Society and former Vice-president of the Geneva Red Cross. Noreen Minogue Australia Female 2003 Former deputy Secretary General of the Australian Red Cross and promoter of International Humanitarian Law André Durand Switzerland Male 2003 Former ICRC field delegate and author of a history of the ICRC and the Movement Frits Kalshoven Netherlands Male 2003 Legal scholar and a specialist in International Humanitarian Law Monique Basque Ivory Coast Female 2003 Former President of the Red Cross of Ivory Coast Princess Christina Sweden Female 2005 Former President of the Swedish Red Cross and member of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Mekonnen Muluneh Ethiopia Male 2005 Of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society Jean Pictet Switzerland Male 2005 (posthumously). Main architect of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and former Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Bjorn Egge Norway Male 2005 Former President of the Norwegian Red Cross. The Volunteers ofthe Indonesian Red Cross Society,the Sri Lanka Red Cross Society,the Indian Red Cross Society,and the Thai Red Cross Society – – 2005 The volunteers and staff of the Red Cross Societies of the four countries most severely affected by the devastating tsunami of 26 December 2004—India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand Josiane Gabel France Female 2007 Former French Red Cross delegate in Congo and in Chad and National First Aid Director of the Red Cross of Chad James Joseph Carlton Australia Male 2007 Former secretary general of the Australian Red Cross and Australian Minister of Health from 1982 to 1983. Alexander Dumba Ika DRC Male 2007 Former head of the Congolese Red Cross tracing service in Ituri and head of the ICRC delegation in Bunia. Christoph Hensch Switzerland Male 2007 Former ICRC delegate and survivor of the attack on the Red Cross hospital in the Chechen town of Novye Atagi, in 1996. Zoy Katevas Lazaratu de Sclabos Chile Female 2009 Muctarr Amadu Sheriff Jalloh Sierra Leone Male 2009 Cornelio Sommaruga Switzerland Male 2009 Fouad Hamza Syria Male 2009 Pär Stenback Finland Male 2009 Datuk Datin Paduka Ruby Lee Malaysia Female 2009 Former Malaysian Red Crescent Society secretary-general. Shimelis Adugna Ethiopia Male 2011 Former president of the Ethiopian Red Cross and former minister of labour and social affairs of Ethiopia. Astrid Nøklebye Heiberg Norway Female 2011 Former president of the Norwegian Red Cross and former president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Bosko Jakovljevic Serbia Male 2011 Barges Hamoud Al-Barges Kuwait Male 2013 Founding member and former president of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society. Alberto Cairo Italy Male 2013 A member of the Italian Red Cross, he has worked in Afghanistan continuously since 1990 (except for a short mission in Sarajevo in 1993), running a network of orthopedic centers since 1994. Tom Buruku Uganda Male 2013 Former chairman of the Uganda Red Cross Society and a founding member of the New Partnership for African Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (NEPARC). Meneca de Mencía / Doña Meneca de Mencía Honduras Female 2013 Former president of the Honduran Red Cross and former chair of the Inter-American Regional Committee. Manowara Sarkar Bangladesh Female 2015 Ahmed Mohamed Hassan Somalia Male 2015 Mamdouh Kamal Gabr Egypt Male 2015 Stephen Davey United Kingdom Male 2015 Michael Bothe Germany Male 2017 Arthur Agany Poole South Sudan Male 2017 Michael Meyer United Kingdom Male 2019 Mario Villaroel Lander Venezuela Male 2019 Manuela Cabero Morán Spain Female 2019

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List of winners