the icrc is responsible for legally recognizing a relief society as an official national red cross or red crescent society and thus accepting it into the movement. the exact rules for recognition are defined in the statutes of the movement. after recognition by the icrc, a national society is admitted as a member to the international federation of red cross and red crescent societies (the federation, or ifrc). the icrc and the federation cooperate with the individual national societies in their international missions, especially with human, material, and financial resources and organizing on-site logistics. according to the 1997 seville agreement, the icrc is the lead red cross agency in conflicts while other organizations within the movement take the lead in non-war situations. national societies will be given the lead especially when a conflict is happening within their own country.