Appointments at the Henry Dunant Institute

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (208) ◽  
pp. 32-33
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Retirement Age

At its meeting on the 20th December 1978, the General Assembly of the Henry Dunant Institute appointed Mr. Jacques Meurant, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General of the League of Red Cross Societies, in charge of statutory matters, as Director of the Institute. He succeeds Mr. Jean Pictet, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, who has reached retirement age.

Human Rights Prize awarded to the ICRC

1978 ◽  
Vol 18 (207) ◽  
pp. 341-341
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
United Nations General ◽  
United Nations General Assembly ◽  
The United Nations

The International Committee of the Red Cross was one of the recipients of the 1978 Human Rights Prize, which the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kurt Waldheim, presented to the President of the ICRC, Mr. Alexander Hay, in New York on 11 December before the United Nations General Assembly, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. The prize was awarded to the ICRC for its work in promoting observance of human rights.

Conference of Government Experts: Second Session

1975 ◽  
Vol 15 (172) ◽  
pp. 359-361
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Conventional Weapons

In November 1974, the International Committee of the Red Cross sent governments a provisional mimeographed edition of the report on the work of the Conference of Government Experts on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (Lucerne, 24 September-18 October 1974). This report was also sent to the United Nations Secretary-General, who transmitted it to the First Committee of the General Assembly, whose agenda contained the item: “Napalm and other incendiary weapons”. The printed edition was issued in January 1975, in English, French and Spanish, and was consulted by the Ad Hoc Committee on Weapons at the second session of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts (Geneva, 3 February-18 April 1975).

ICRC and League Guests

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (101) ◽  
pp. 427-427
Keyword(s):  
Medical Association ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Vice President ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Red Cross

A delegation from the Danish Red Cross visited the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies on 10-11 July 1969.It comprised Dr. C. C. Joergensen, Danish Red Cross Vice-President, Mr. Arne Fremm, Secretary-General, Prince Henrik of Denmark, Head of International Relations, and Dr. J. Larsen, President of the Danish Medical Association.

The Indian Vice-President visits the League and the ICRC

1983 ◽  
Vol 23 (233) ◽  
pp. 82-82
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The Republic

The Vice-President of the Republic of India and President of the Indian Red Cross Society, Mr. Hidayatullah, visited on 25 February the League of Red Cross Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva.

Trusteeship Council

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 516-517
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Educational Advancement ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Rules Of Procedure

The Trusteeship Council met at Lake Success for its fifth session on June 15, 1949 to consider a thirteen point agenda: 1) adoption of the agenda; 2) report of the Secretary-General on credentials; 3) election of a president and vice-president; 4) examination of annual reports on the administration of trust territories — New Guinea, Nauru and the first report on the Pacific Islands; 5) examination of petitions; 6) arrangements for the visiting mission to trust territories in West Africa; 8) revision of the provisional questionnaire; 9) revision of the rules of procedure; 10) administrative unions affecting trust territories; 11) educational advancement in trust territories; 12) adoption of the report of the Council to the General Assembly; and 13) adoption of a report to the Security Council.

The Declaration of the Rights of the Child

1963 ◽  
Vol 3 (26) ◽  
pp. 227-233
Author(s):  
Andrée Morier
Keyword(s):  
Vice President ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
International Union ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Final Draft ◽  
Save The Children ◽  
To Come ◽  
First Time ◽  
Declaration Of Geneva

At the time when the Centenary of the Red Cross is about to be celebrated, it would be fitting to remember the rôle so many members and officers of the International Committee of the Red Cross have played in the drafting and the proclamation of the Rights of the Child. This declaration called the Declaration of Geneva was proclaimed forty years ago by the Council of the “Save the Children International Union” (SCIU). It was on May 17, 1923, that the final draft in five brief clauses was adopted. It is to be recalled that at that time the ICRC and the SCIU worked in close co-operation. Indeed, it was Dr. Frédéric Ferrière's report (then Vice-President of the ICRC) on the disastrous situation in which children lived in Vienna which incited Eglantyne Jebb to come to Geneva for the first time.

Inauguration of a Recording Studio

1967 ◽  
Vol 7 (71) ◽  
pp. 67-67
Keyword(s):  
Information Service ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
French Language ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
National Society ◽  
Recording Studio ◽  
Language Network

On January 26, 1967, the ICRC inaugurated a new recording studio at its headquarters in Geneva. Mr. G. Bordier, Vice-President of the institution, welcomed a number of guests of whom we would mention Mr. J. P. Meroz, Director of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation's French language network ; Mr. R. Aubert, Director of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation's Geneva studio; Mr. Beer, Secretary-General of the League: Mr. Abut and Mr. Dabney, Assistant-Secretaries General ; various members of the ICRC's directorate ; as well as Red Cross delegates in Geneva for the Conference of European National Society Information Service Officers.

Recent Missions by the President of the ICRC

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (263) ◽  
pp. 166-170
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Foreign Affairs ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Secretary Of State

In response to invitations by the Red Cross Societies of Norway and Sweden and the respective governments of these countries, ICRC President Cornelio Sommaruga visited Oslo from 24 to 26 January and Stockholm from 27 to 29 January 1988.In Norway, the President had talks with leaders of the Norwegian Red Cross, notably Mr. Björn Bruland, President, HRH Crown Princess Sonja, Vice-President, Mr. Odd Grann, Secretary General, Mr. A. Torbjornsen, head of the International Department, and Mr. J. Egeland, head of Information. Mr. Sommaruga also had meetings with the following representatives of the Norwegian Government and public administration: Mr. Gunnar Berge, Minister for Finance, Mrs. Gjesteby, Secretary of State at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and Mrs. E. Nordbó, Secretary of State to the Prime Minister.

Discussion with United Nations Secretary-General

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (89) ◽  
pp. 406-406
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Secretary General ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Director General ◽  
Assistant Director

The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Samuel Gonard, was received on 8 July by U.N. Secretary-General U. Thant. With him were Mr. Jean Pictet, ICRC Director-General and Mr. Pierre Basset, Assistant Director.

Meeting of Experts at ICRC headquarters

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (96) ◽  
pp. 132-132
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
The World ◽  
The United Nations

Apart from the practical work it carries on in many regions of the world for the benefit of victims of war and internal disturbances, the International Committee of the Red Cross unremittingly pursues its mission of diminishing as much as possible the evils engendered by hostilities of all kinds. The United Nations, as is well known, has displayed its concern for this problem in a resolution adopted unanimously by its General Assembly in December 1968.

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