White Helmets
White Helmets may refer to: * White Helmets Commission, a body of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship * White Helmets (Syrian Civil War), a volunteer organization in Syria and Turkey ** ''The White Helmets'' (film), a 2016 documentary film * Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team The Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team (RSMDT), also known as the White Helmets, was a group of serving soldiers from the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army, who gave public displays of motorcycling skills, acrobatics and stunt riding. ...

White Helmets Commission
The White Helmets Commission ( es, Comisión de Cascos Blancos) is a body of the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship in charge of designing and implementing international humanitarian assistance. It has a network of bilateral and multilateral cooperation links through which it coordinates immediate response to social-natural disasters; it works on rehabilitation, reconstruction and development tasks; and it promotes risk prevention and management, in Argentina and abroad. History White Helmets has its origins in 1994, in the "Commission against Hunger and Poverty", an international civil body created to combat those social problems. This body marked the beginning of the participation of developing countries in the provision of international humanitarian assistance, which until then has been reserved for donor countries, and introduced the use of volunteers as a specialized professional corps. In that year, United Nations General Assembly adopt ...
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White Helmets (Syrian Civil War)
The White Helmets ( ''al-Ḫawdh al-bayḍāʾ'' / ''al-Qubaʿāt al-Bayḍāʾ''), officially known as Syria Civil Defence (SCD; ar, الدفاع المدني السوري ''ad-Difāʿ al-Madanī as-Sūrī''), is a volunteer organisation that operates in parts of opposition-controlled Syria and in Turkey. Formed in 2014 during the Syrian Civil War, the majority of the volunteers' activity in Syria consists of medical evacuation, urban search and rescue in response to bombing, evacuation of civilians from danger areas, and essential service delivery. As of April 2018, the organisation said it had saved about 114,000 lives, and that 204 of its members had lost their lives while performing their duties. They assert their impartiality in the Syrian conflict. The organisation has been the target of a sustained disinformation campaign by supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Russian state-sponsored media organisations such as RT and Sputnik; the campaign has promote ...
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The White Helmets (film)
''The White Helmets'' is a 2016 British short film, short documentary film. The film follows the daily operations of a group of volunteer rescue workers of the White Helmets (Syrian Civil War), Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets. The film was directed by Orlando von Einsiedel and produced by Joanna Natasegara. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 89th Academy Awards. Synopsis ''The White Helmets'' follows three White Helmets (Syrian Civil War), Syria Civil Defence volunteers as they work in Aleppo and across Syria. The film also follows the three men, who are part of the same unit, as they train in Turkey. Cast *Khalid Farah *Mohammed Farah *Abu Omar *Raed Saleh Production Von Einsiedel said he first became aware of the Syrian Defense Force when he and producer Joanna Natasegara were shown grainy YouTube footage of an infant being dug out from beneath rubble in the aftermath of a bombing. ...
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