Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
The postponement of the 26th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which was to have taken place in Budapest, has already given rise to a number of analyses, and explanations have been furnished to those who were to have taken part.
1 In this respect, it is useful to turn back to what was written after the 25th International Conference, in particular in the following publications: de Tscharner, Bénédicte, «La Croix-Rouge Internationale après la XXVe Conférence Internationale de la Croix-Rouge», Hispo, Booklet 9, Association d'histoire et de science politique, Bern, pp. 29–46; Moreillon, Jacques, «Suspension of the government delegation of the Republic of South Africa at the Twenty-fifth International Conference of the Red Cross (Geneva, 1986) — Different perceptions of the same event», International Review of the Red Cross, No. 257, 03–04 1987, pp. 133–151 Google Scholar; Sandoz, Yves, «Analyse juridique de la décision de suspendre la délégation gouvemementale sud-africaine de la XXVe Conférence international de la Croix-Rouge», Annuaire français de Droit International, vol. XXXII, 1986, pp. 591–602.Google Scholar
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4 See Statutes of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Art. 20.
5 See János, Hantos, «The Fundamental Principles are vital to the unity of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement», International Review of the Red Cross, No. 275, 03–05 1990, pp. 86–94, esp. at p. 93.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6 Article 8 of the Movement's Statutes.