The worldwide Organization of the Red Cross stems from the ideal of Henri Dunant, a Swiss Banker.

红十字会世界性组织起源于瑞士银行家亨利·杜南的理想。

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Shocked by the lack of medical supplies and attention given to the wounded, Dunant decided that volunteer service had to be organized.

震惊于医疗用品和对伤员的关注的缺乏，杜南决定必须要组织志愿服务。

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Dunant held that a suffering human being should be helped for his own sake only and without regard to race, religion, or political beliefs.

杜南认为，一个受苦受难的人应该只为了他自己而得到帮助，而不考虑种族、宗教或政治信仰。

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He says a Swiss businessman named Henri Dunant was horrified by what he saw.

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Dunant later wrote a book called "A Memory of Solferino."

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He says Henri Dunant quickly took action.

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But Dunant's dream, to quote the title of Caroline Moorhead's finely written, thoughtful and well researched history, was a limited one.

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Last December, the Henry Dunant Centre, a Swiss mediation group, brokered a ceasefire and got both sides to attend peace talks, to be chaired jointly by the European Union, Japan, America and the World Bank.

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With a team led by a Thai general, the Henry Dunant Centre will be responsible for running the entire peace operation, probably the first time any group other than the United Nations has taken on such a role.

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