Slovak Red Cross, Bratislava City

Our Mission

In compliance with the Geneva Conventions and their additional amendment protocols and the resolutions of international conferences of the Slovak Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the Slovak Red Cross Society shall perform the following essential duties in times of peace as well as in times of war or warfare): a) to act as an solely recognized auxiliary organization of military health care facilities and health care units) and to be solely authorized to prepare and carry out auxiliary military medical service for which purpose it shall recruit, register, organise and train voluntary medical workers and volunteers of the Slovak Red Cross Society; b) to participate in the civil protection of population for which purpose it shall cooperate with state administration authorities at the civil protection department and may provide for medical, emergency and other humanitarian help in case of extraordinary events) and emergencies), and on the basis of an agreement with the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as "ministry of interior") to fulfil other tasks established by special law; c) to cooperate in organising, rendering and intervening medical and life-saving help and to organize, render and intervene other humanitarian help in the case of extraordinary events and emergency situations in affected areas also outside the territory of the Slovak Republic on the basis of appeals or impulses made by the relevant state bodies as well as at its sole discretion; d) to act as a component part of the integrated rescue system; e) to be authorized to carry out training and instruction of the population concerning firstaid treatment under a special regulation) based on accreditation from the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as "ministry of health"); f) to organize and provide for voluntary blood donations and the taking of other blood products for diagnostic and medical purposes on the basis of an agreement with the ministry of health and in collaboration with health care facilities, especially in cooperation with the National Transfusion Service of the Slovak Republic; g) to assist the state administration bodies in the area of health care upon securing other health and rescue services, h) to provide for social assistance under a special regulation and for humanitarian care in cooperation and on the basis of agreements with the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as "ministry of labour") and other state administration bodies in the area social assistance, i) to provide for search services under the Geneva Conventions and their additional amendment protocols 1) and relevant international rules under the assistance of the Police Force of the Slovak Republic, state administration bodies, municipalities and higher territorial units which are in this connection obliged to provide assistance and the necessary information to the Slovak Red Cross Society; j) to make the population familiar with the fundamental Red Cross principles and the rules of international humanitarian law, to disseminate ideas of peace, peaceful coexistence, mutual respect and understanding among people, nations and states and to participate in organising and performing instruction regarding international humanitarian law on the basis of agreements with universities and higher education institutions and secondary schools; k) to award voluntary blood donors with bronze, silver, gold and diamond plaques of prof. MUDr. Jan Jansky and medals of MUDr. Jan Knazovicky; the details of such awards shall be stipulated in the Statutes of the Slovak Red Cross Society (hereinafter referred to as "Statutes"); l) to award citizens of the Slovak Republic who put their own life at risk when ministering help to another physical person whose life was in imminent danger with the "For Life Saving" medal and to award citizens of the Slovak Republic with other prizes for their lifelong voluntary service to humanity; the details of such awards shall be stipulated by the statutes;