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On December 7, 2005, at an international conference, a new symbol was endorsed for use by the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement societies of the world. It will appear as a flag and as a logo on arm bands, buildings, vehicles, ships, etc. The Geneva Convention of 1949 which gives international legal standing to the existing symbols – the Red Cross and the Red Crescent – will be modified accordingly.

The new symbol, known as the Red Crystal, is not intended to replace any existing symbol but rather to offer an alternative that will have international recognition. For example, it will allow an option for a country that does not wish to choose between the cross and the crescent. Israel, which has never been a Geneva Convention signatory, can utilize the Red Crystal internationally and still continue within Israel to employ its own Red Shield of David symbol.

The three symbols and the flags bearing them are subject to detailed restrictions regarding display in order to avoid abuses by combattants during wartime. For example, no exact shade red is established nor is the size of the symbol on a flag specified, lest challenges arise about whether or not a given symbol was proper.

Source: Flag Research Center / FLAGINFORM No. 147, December 8, 2005

Adapted from Image:Red Diamond.png by Denelson83 and Zscout370.

It is easy to put a border around this flag: 
[[Image:Flag of the Red Crystal.svg|border|100px]]

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Public domain This image is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

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This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

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The use of the symbol shown in this image is regulated by certain international treaties, particularly the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their additional protocols of 1977 and 2005, as well as other rules of International Humanitarian Law either in written agreements or by long-standing customs. Misuse of this symbol is prohibited by these treaties as well as by national law in all countries which have ratified them. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.

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File history

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current18:31, 1 March 20081,500×1,000 (653 B)Zscout370 (Changes based on http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/Styleguide/RC-RC-RC-emblems-EN.pdf)
19:47, 17 February 20063,840×2,560 (361 B)Zscout370 (Compression, again)
01:55, 12 February 20063,840×2,560 (1 KB)Denelson83 (Reverted to earlier revision after saving as plain SVG)
23:09, 11 February 2006450×300 (965 B)Zscout370 (Cleaned up SVG code)
11:34, 29 January 20063,840×2,560 (2 KB)Denelson83 (On December 7, 2005, at an international conference, a new symbol was endorsed for use by the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement societies of the world. It will appear as a flag and as a logo on arm bands, buildings, vehicles, ships, etc. The)