Proclamation No. 24, s. 1947

s Iv{ALJTCANAI\I PALACE MANILA Br THg IRSSIDEIilT Otr' rT{tr FHILIm'trhqS ,/ IR0CL"aJ,i.tTIS$ No' ?,4 / ffi0CIAI&itr\TG TTtr RE0OGNjTIOI{ 0F TTIE FHIIIflPTI{3 i{ATf0}rAJ- Rffi gRoSS $fImREA$, in 191?, the Fhillpplne Red Cross vns establidred as a chapter of the Atnerican Red Crose extoding valmble sel:uices to the FlLipino pmple at aII tirps - in peaee and. in r-rar' ug in aIL greet elllergenc ies asrd d.isastersl trliHffiEA,S, tb.e establishftent of an indeperd.ent Ropublic of the Ihillppines tilade it desirable to setrarate the Phillppine Red Cross fborn the Arnelcan Red Crass, thoreby establisbiog the fo:mer as aa independent Red Cross society; iiJIui?EA,S, on Febni,arv 18, L941, the $enate of the Phllippines ratified the Genova Red Cross Treaty and the ?risoners of -i{ar Con- ventlon, thus rm.king the Republic of the Fhilippines a signator.y to the baslc convelflons of tbe Tnternational Red' Cross; lfIfrHEAS, on h,iarcfu 22, 1947, Republie .&ct }fo, 95 waS app3oved, inccrpcrating €le fuil-ippine $ational Red Cross and deflning its duties and restrnnsibilities; and 'jtlBRlAS, on &larsh 22, f'947, tle ?tri1.lppine I{ational Red Cross applied io the Internetional Red CSoss for recognition as an ln- d.eperd.ent society and on }darch 29, l:947, the International Red Cruss officially gave notice of the reeognition of the inde5nnd€nce of the ?hilippine }fational Red. C3assl lTG{r, TlmREFOIi}j, I, ISA};lIgl, tscFiA.s, President of, t}re Phil.ippi"nes' do hereby Snoclaim the inteitrational recognition of the Fhilippine l{atlona1 lied Csoss as an indetrendent ilational society, fully quali- fied to have eEraL partielsation ln the activitj-es of the Inter- nationa1 Red cross. 11{IT3{ESS 1,'',IESI{803, I have hereuato set rry hand end caused the the"Reprslic of the Philippines to be affixed' Done at the City of lf,aniLa, this 15th day of Apri1, in the year of $ur l,ord, nineteon hurdred and forty-segenr and of the Indepecrdence of the Fhil-ippineso the firet* ff Eeal of By'the vb ftu4 lD ><' ___ Presid e$b : ,l 0hief of E.{IIJO AffiLI,O the kecutive Office Date uploaded: November 24, 2010 PCDSPO Official Gazette http://www.gov.ph