Jointly with the Editions de l'Age d'homme, Lausanne, the Henry Dunant Institute has published a remarkable book of which the first part is Henry Dunant's Un Souvenir de Solférino and the second part various texts written by Dunant between 1864 and about 1897 under the general heading L'avenir sanglant. A foreword by the Swiss writer Denis de Rougemont brings out the novelty of the ideas in L'avenir sanglant and their contrast with Un souvenir de Solférino. The aim of the latter was “to reduce the horrors of war” whilst the former, of a more violent style, denounces war. As this preface says, L'avenir sanglant reveals “without the shadow of a doubt, Dunant's real feelings which he could perhaps not admit—even to himself—when he started writing A Memory of Solférino”.

United Arab Republic.—Towards the end of October two visits to Israeli prisoners of war were carried out in the United Arab Republic.

The ICRC delegate in Cairo, Mr. Marcel Boisard, on 26 October, visited a wounded prisoner of war who was captured by the Egyptian armed forces in September 1969.

In its session of 6 November 1919 the ICRC appointed a new member, Mr. Jacques Cheneviere. On 6 November 1969, fifty years later day for day, the International Committee payed tribute to this man who for so many years devoted himself to the Red Cross ideal. Mr. Marcel A. Naville, President, said in a meed of praise:

Exactly fifty years ago today, on 6 November 1919, our colleague, friend and doyen, Jacques Cheneviere, was elected to membership of the ICRC, after having worked for it since 1914. Fate has managed things well, since 6 November is the very day on which we hold our plenary session.

In November the International Committee had the pleasure of welcoming to its headquarters the Presidents of two National Societies of Central America.

Since May 1967 the International Committee of the Red Cross has visited a number of detention centres in Greece, as reported several times by the International Review, but the authorizations granted its delegates were concessions without any obligation.

One of the most effective methods of making the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions known is action at school level. It was for that reason that the ICRC undertook to distribute widely a textbook entitled The Red Cross and My Country (in English and French) which the International Review has mentioned in several previous issues. This large scale information campaign was started in Africa in the autumn of 1967. Since then many governments have agreed to the distribution of the manual in their schools. At present there are 230,000 copies—published and donated to the relevant authorities by the ICRC—in use in primary schools in twenty-one African States.