Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
On 6 May of this year, on the occasion of Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga's taking office as the ICRC's twelfth President, the ICRC General Assembly paid tribute to Mr. Alexandre Hay, who headed the institution from 1 July 1976 to 6 May 1987.
The members of the Committee and the Directorate recalled, in particular, the profound humanity and determination with which Mr. Hay had carried out his responsibilities throughout a decade marked by innumerable crises.
1 Annual Report, 1976, ICRC, p. 3.Google Scholar
2 Modern wars: the humanitarian challenge. A report for the Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, presented by Mohammed Bedjaoui, Zed Books Ltd., London and New Jersey, 1986, p. 26.Google Scholar
3 Ibid.
4 See Blondel, Jean-Luc: “Assistance to protected persons”. International Review of the Red Cross, No. 260, 09–10 1987, pp. 451–468.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
5 See DrRussbach, Rémi: “The International Committee of the Red Cross and health”, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 260, 09–10 1987, pp. 513–522.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6 International Review of the Red Cross, No. 226, 01–02 1982, p. 13.Google Scholar
7 International Review of the Red Cross, No. 244, 01–02 1985, p. 32.Google Scholar
8 International Review of the Red Cross, No. 256, 01–02 1987, p. 61.Google Scholar
9 Resolutions and decisions of the International Conference and of the Council of Delegates, Twenty-fourth International Conference of the Red Cross. ICRC, Manila, 1981, p. 8.Google Scholar
10 International Review of the Red Cross, No. 244, 01–02 1985, p. 33.Google Scholar
11 Resolutions of the Twenty-second International Conference of the Red Cross. ICRC, Tehran, 1973, p. 13.Google Scholar