The following article is a tribute to an outstanding jurist whose name is inalienably linked to the foundation and development of the Red Cross. In fact, Gustave Moynier was President of the ICRC from 1864 to 1910! We express our thanks to the Institute of International Law for allowing us to reproduce this article. (Ed.)

On the invitation of the Government of Mauritania to attend ceremonies commemorating the 15th anniversary of the country's independence, ICRC President Dr. Eric Martin, accompanied by Mr. P. Gaillard, Adviser, was in Nouakchott from 25 November to 3 December. The Mauritanian Red Crescent invited the ICRC President to acquaint himself with the Society's activities in Nouakchott and the provinces.

In a letter to the Swiss Federal Council, despatched on 27 June and received on 11 July, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas stated that the Commonwealth considered itself bound by the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949.

The International Review has in the past announced the publication by the ICRC of books in Arabic. In 1972, for example, the Review mentioned three booklets: one of thirteen pages containing a summary of the draft Protocols which have since been submitted to the Diplomatic Conference; another of 22 pages containing the articles of the 1949 Geneva Conventions relating to the display of the red cross and red crescent emblems; finally, a study of 14 pages in which the author demonstrated that some of the principles underlying the Geneva Conventions were recognized and affirmed in the Koran.

Ever since 1869, by a decision of the Second International Conference of the Red Cross, the ICRC has issued a periodical, known originally as the Bulletin international des Sociétés de secours aux militaires blessés (International Bulletin of Societies for Relief to Wounded and Sick Soldiers), appearing only in French, and, since 1886, as the Bulletin international des Sociétés de la Croix Rouge, In 1919, it became a monthly publication under the name Revue internationale de la Croix-Rouge. The English edition, International Review of the Red Cross, has been published since 1961. Five special indexes have appeared, in 1900, 1910, 1919, 1939 and 1962. We are glad to announce the publication of the sixth index, covering the years 1962 to 1974. The index for the English edition is now being prepared.