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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Members of the Reconvened IRT,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We herewith wish to request that t<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt">he list of reserved National Red Cross and Red Crescent identifiers for the
<b>Red Cross of the Republic of North Macedonia</b> (formally known as the “Macedonia Red Cross”) be revised and complemented.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt">These additions to the reserved names list are requested in order to reflect the recent change in the official
name of the “Red Cross of the Republic of North Macedonia”, as decided upon by the National Society’s Assembly on 25 June 2019).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt">As agreed in past calls of the IRT, we request that the set of names already included in the reserved list for this National
Society (i.e. the names “Macedonia Red Cross” and “Red Cross of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” and their agreed variations) be maintained in the reserved names list. This is mindful of the fact that the National Society will continue to be known
by its old names in the foreseeable future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt">The revised table of identifiers for this National Society, as attached to this message, includes
<b>a total of</b> <b>thirty six (36) names</b>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt">eight (20) that were included in our initial submission (in black ink), plus
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt">sixteen (16) additional names (in blue ink).</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt">We are also attaching herewith a copy of the Red Cross of North Macedonia’s Facebook page illustrating that the National Society’s new name is in use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:3.3pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt">Thank you for your assistance and kind attention,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt">Stéphane Hankins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Stéphane J. Hankins<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Legal adviser<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cooperation and coordination within the Movement<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">International Committee of the Red Cross<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(Tel: ++41 22 730 2419)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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