Zambia’s Red Cross Society Act (1966) states that “no person other than the [Red Cross] Society or a person so authorised under the [1949 Geneva] Conventions shall, without the authority of the Council, use for any purpose whatsoever” the emblems of the red cross, red crescent and red lion and sun on a white ground, as well as the designations “Red Cross”, “Geneva Cross”, “Red Crescent” and “Red Lion and Sun”.