Congress - Germany / German Democratic Republic 1987 - 35 Pfennig

From the work of the DRK - X. DRK Congress On the occasion of the X. Congress of the German Red Cross in the GDR in Dresden in 1987, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the German Democratic Republic issued a multicolored special postage stamp. Special cancellation from April 7 to June 6, 1987 From the work of the German Red Cross of the GDR On April 10 and 11, 1987, the X. Congress of the German Red Cross of the GDR meets in Dresden. His motto "Strengthening the GDR, securing peace - for this our word and our deed!" Is a maxim which the Socialist Red Cross organization of our country has felt committed to in all its national and international activities since its foundation 35 years ago Peace policy of the government of the GDR and the decisions of the movement of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, put the 1.2 million members and friends of the GDR DDR their social activities selflessly in the service of life and health of their fellow citizens and express their will for peace The GDR DDR not only protects the humanitarian legacy of the Red Cross idea that Henry Dunant created more than 125 years ago, it is ethically and morally perfected in the activity of our Red Cross members, in their socialist humanism commitments, and a living reality The comrades of the DRC of the GDR, women, men and young people from all parts of the population, are qualified and qualified. Their will and action reinforces the power that actively engages in a healthy, human and peaceful world. They help prevent and heal; they help to protect the health of people in their working and living areas, in the event of disasters, in the civil defense of the population in civil defense by providing first aid, by advocating citizens for free blood donation, by caring for and caring for the disabled, the sick, the disabled and pensioners to secure. The DRK of the GDR secures the patient transport and participates in the rapid medical aid. It helps victims of natural disasters and other emergencies around the world and supports the establishment of Red Cross societies in developing countries. From 1981 to 1985, the DRK of the GDR dispatched alone 149 aid shipments worth 15.3 million marks, which were financed from donations of the population and from the action "bread for, the world" of the protestant and free churches in the GDR. The DRK of the GDR educates young red cross helpers and educates them in the spirit of helpfulness and solidarity, friendship between peoples and peace love. In the last five years, the GDR DRG organized international youth camps in Cottbus and Weimar, where more than 200 girls and boys from 15 European countries met. Our Red Cross Youth also participates in similar events organized by other Red Cross Societies and has so far supported 16 youth projects in the establishment of national Red Cross Societies in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The GDR DRK has been a member of the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies since 1954 and actively contributes to international understanding. It fully supports efforts to strengthen the Red Cross as a factor of peace. At the 1st World Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent on Peace, 1975 in Belgrade, the DRC of the GDR was elected a member of the newly formed Peace Commission of the International Red Cross. Thus, the many efforts and efforts of the DRC of the GDR, its 1.2 million members and friends in the more than 14,000 basic organizations of the DRC of the GDR to work for peace and to convey these experiences to the other Red Cross Societies, were highly appreciated. In the commitment to the realization of the humanitarian tasks of the DRK of the GDR, especially in the effort to help secure peace in the Far, has a close cooperation with the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies of the socialist countries, especially with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the Soviet Union , emerged. On the XXV. International Red Cross Conference, the GDR DDR was again elected to the Peace Commission of the Movement of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent. Close cooperation has developed between the Peace Council of the GDR and the Peace Commission of the Presidium of the DRK of the GDR. The contribution of the DRK of the GDR in the struggle for the preservation and securing of peace honors this stamp issue.