Henry Dunant
Was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman and social activist. He was the visionary, promoter and co-founder of the Red Cross. In 1901 he received the first Nobel Peace Prize together with Frédéric Passy, making Dunant the first Swiss Nobel laureate.During a business trip in 1859, Dunant was witness to the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in modern-day Italy. He recorded his memories and experiences in the book A Memory of Solferino which inspired the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1863. The 1864 Geneva Convention was based on Dunant's idea for an independent organisation to care for wounded soldiers.
Date of countries admission to IRC
16 Dec 1863 Württemberg
2 Jan 1864 Oldenburg
4 Feb 1864 Belgium
6 Feb 1864 Prussia
15 Jun 1864 Italy
24 Jun 1864 Mecklenburg-Schwerin
18 Oct 1864 Hamburg
19 Dec 1864 Hesse-Darmstadt
13 Apr 1865 Sweden
22 Sep 1865 Norway
7 Jun 1866 Saxony
29 Jun 1866 Baden
22 Aug 1866 Switzerland
15 May 1867 Russia
5 Jan 1868 Bavaria
8 Aug 1868 Ottoman Empire
21 Sep 1868 The Netherlands
4 Aug 1870 United Kingdom
1 Jan 1871 Germany
10 Feb 1876 Montenegro
27 Apr 1876 Denmark
14 Jun 1876 Serbia
23 Aug 1876 Romania
6 Oct 1877 Greece
14 Mar 1880 Austria
8 May 1880 Peru
10 Jan 1882 Argentina
20 Jan 1882 Hungary
20 Sep 1882 United States
20 Oct 1885 Bulgaria
13 Jul 1887 Portugal
2 Sep 1887 Japan
14 Jun 1889 Congo Free State
6 Jun 1893 Spain
7 Apr 1896 Venezuela
15 Jun 1900 Uruguay
25 Jun 1900 Transvaal
23 Oct 1905 Korea Empire
1 Mar 1907 France
30 Apr 1909 Chile
7 Sep 1909 Cuba
3 Jan 1912 Mexico
15 Jan 1912 China
16 Mar 1912 Brazil
14 Oct 1914 Luxembourg
14 Jul 1919 Poland
1 Dec 1919 Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia
24 May 1920 Finland
27 May 1920 Siam
15 Oct 1921 Soviet Union
16 Mar 1922 Costa Rica
22 Mar 1922 Paraguay
23 Mar 1922 Colombia
10 Oct 1922 Danzig
10 Jan 1923 Bolivia
10 Apr 1923 Ecuador
2 Aug 1923 Albania
15 Aug 1923 Guatemala
1 Feb 1924 Egypt
20 Apr 1924 Panama
30 May 1924 Persia
9 Apr 1925 Iceland
25 Apr 1925 El Salvador
15 Nov 1927 Canada
16 Nov 1927 Dominican Republic
17 Nov 1927 Australia
10 May 1928 South Africa
28 Feb 1929 India
16 Jun 1932 New Zealand
16 Jun 1934 Iraq
15 Sep 1934 Nicaragua
19 Sep 1935 Haiti
26 Sep 1935 Ethiopia
5 Aug 1938 Honduras
20 Apr 1939 Burma
2 Nov 1939 Ireland
22 Jun 1945 Liechtenstein
12 Oct 1946 Syria
30 Jan 1947 Lebanon
5 May 1947 Philippines
20 Mar 1948 Monaco
21 Jul 1948 Pakistan
9 Dec 1948 Jordan
15 Jun 1950 Indonesia
19 Oct 1950 San Marino
6 Mar 1952 Ceylon
26 Jun 1952 West Germany
2 Sep 1954 Afghanistan
6 Nov 1954 East Germany
26 May 1955 South Korea
2 Feb 1956 North Korea
23 May 1957 Laos, South Vietnam
12 Sep 1957 Tunisia
1 Nov 1957 North Vietnam, The Sudan
7 Aug 1958 Morocco
9 Sep 1958 Libya
5 Feb 1959 Ghana, Liberia
15 Sep 1959 Mongolia
6 Oct 1960 Cambodia
4 May 1961 Nigeria
7 Sep 1961 Togo
1 Nov 1962 Sierra Leone, Upper Volta
4 Jul 1963 Algeria, Cameroon, Congo (Kinshasa), Malaysia
8 Aug 1963 Ivory Coast1 Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Tanganyika, Trinidad and Tobago
22 Aug 1963 Burundi, Dahomey
26 Aug 1963 Madagascar
1 Oct 1964 Jamaica, Nepal
2 Sep 1965 Uganda
2 Dec 1965 Niger
3 Nov 1966 Kenya
8 Dec 1966 Zambia
14 Sep 1967 Mali
6 Jun 1968 Kuwait
8 Aug 1968 Guyana
3 Jul 1969 Somalia
5 Feb 1970 Botswana
23 Jul 1970 Malawi
7 Sep 1971 Lesotho
14 Sep 1972 Bahrain
6 Jun 1973 Mauritania
20 Sep 1973 Bangladesh, Fiji, Singapore
24 Oct 1973 Central African Republic
10 Oct 1974 The Gambia
16 Dec 1976 The Bahamas, Congo (Brazzaville)
15 Sep 1977 Mauritius, Papua New Guinea
4 Apr 1979 Swaziland
15 Oct 1981 Tonga
26 Oct 1981 Qatar
22 Apr 1982 Yemen A.R.
6 Oct 1982 Rwanda
7 Sep 1983 Zimbabwe
15 Mar 1984 Belize
30 Aug 1984 Barbados, Western Samoa27, Yemen P.D.R.
14 Mar 1985 Cape Verde
3 Oct 1985 São Tomé and Príncipe
27 Aug 1986 Guinea-Bissau, United Arab Emirates
1 Oct 1986 Angola, Guinea, Saint Lucia, Suriname
15 Oct 1986 Djibouti
12 Mar 1987 Grenada
15 Apr 1988 Chad
29 Sep 1988 Mozambique
15 Mar 1989 Dominica
4 Oct 1989 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
3 Oct 1991 Solomon Islands
7 Nov 1991 Lithuania
20 Nov 1991 Latvia
3 Jun 1992 Seychelles
27 Aug 1992 Saint Kitts and Nevis
4 Nov 1992 Antigua and Barbuda
31 Mar 1993 Estonia, Namibia
25 Aug 1993 Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia
29 Sep 1993 Ukraine, Vanuatu
21 Oct 1993 Malta
24 Mar 1994 Andorra
28 Sep 1994 Equatorial Guinea
24 Aug 1995 Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
1 Nov 1995 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Macedonia
6 Nov 1996 Brunei Darussalam
19 Mar 1997 Kyrgyzstan
30 Sep 1997 Kiribati, Palau
6 Nov 1997 Georgia, Tajikistan
19 Aug 1999 Gabon
8 May 2001 Bosnia and Hercegovina
24 Oct 2001 Moldova
12 Dec 2002 Cook Islands
20 Nov 2003 Kazakhstan, Federated States of Micronesia
22 Sep 2005 Comoros
9 Nov 2005 Timor-Leste
22 Jun 2006 Israel, Palestinian Territory
21 Sep 2006 Montenegro
23 Nov 2011 Maldives
23 Feb 2012 Cyprus
18 Jun 2013 South Sudan
18 Nov 2015 Tuvalu
20 Dec 2017 Marshall Islands
28 Nov 2019 Bhutan