The 1951 Convention contains other important provisions relating to expulsion, even to a third country, not to a country where the person would be subject to persecution. In the case of refugees lawfully staying in the territory, expulsion shall only be resorted to for reasons of public order or national security.

For many years, the rescue and life-saving services operating in mountains and on water have been organized by the Bulgarian Red Cross, under the leadership of its Central Committee. These activities, which are of great utility, are familiar to all who benefit from them in Bulgaria and are much appreciated, and they strengthen still more the authority of the Red Cross as a humanitarian organization.

At the invitation of the National Society and authorities of the German Democratic Republic, Mr. Marcel A. Naville, accompanied by Mr. Melchior Borsinger, Delegate-General for Europe, was in East Germany from 14 to 21 October 1972.

From 30 September to 8 October, the ICRC had on display at the Martigny Fair an entirely new type of travelling exhibition, intended to bring home to the public humanitarian problems and the role of the Red Cross in the international community.

It was in 1959, at the Administrative Conference of Radiocommunications in Geneva, that the need was recognized to provide the International Red Cross with an autonomous system of radiocommunications that would allow contact to be established in a minimum time between its various bodies (International Committee of the Red Cross, League of Red Cross Societies and National Societies).

During the third quarter of the year, the ICRC's Relief Section despatched the following consignments.