Red Cross and Red Crescent Decision to admit Israeli and Palestinian Societies

The United States welcomes the decision by the 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to incorporate the additional emblem of the Red Crystal, and to admit the Israeli national society, Magen David Adom, and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society as members of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.

This historic decision fulfills the aspiration of the world's oldest and largest humanitarian movement to become truly universal. Magen David Adom and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society can now count on the full support of the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement as they fulfill their mission to serve those in need.