The International Congress of French-speaking doctors took place in Montreal in September 1967. The theme of the meeting was Médecine des Hommes and the International Committee for the Neutrality of Medicine submitted several papers on problems closely affecting the Red Cross and the dissemination of humanitarian conventions such as that by Professor Paul de la Pradelle entitled Responsabilité et sécurité collectives dans l'application des Conventions de Genève.

No human institution is perfect and the International Committee of the Red Cross is no exception. The criticism most frequently levelled at this venerable body is its silence concerning some of its activities. How can it have a claim to eminence, how can it call powerful governments to account, without seeking the support of men of goodwill through divulgence of full information to the public?

Geneva Conventions.—Following the appeal on February 9 to all belligerents, urging them to respect the essential humanitarian rules in the conduct of the conflict in Vietnam, the ICRC received from the Republic of Vietnam and US governments the assurance that the Geneva Conventions would continue to be respected. The Vietnamese authorities denied the reports of summary executions.

With the death of Professor Adolphe Franceschetti, on March 8, 1968, the International Committee has lost one of its most dedicated members. Moreover, as a scientist who made a valuable contribution to medicine, ophthalmology and genetics, the Red Cross benefited by his world-wide reputation.

636.—Règlement sur l'usage de l'emblème de la croix rouge, du croissant rouge et du lion-et-soleil rouge par les Sociétés nationales; adopté par la 20e Conférence internationale de la Croix-Rouge, Vienne, 1965. 1966; 8vo, 10 p. Fr. 1,50.