After publishing in its November issue the resolutions adopted by the XXIst International Conference of the Red Cross and an article by Mr. J. Pictet, member of the ICRC, on the significance and work of this important meeting, the International Review now quotes from speeches which were delivered by the President of the Turkish Republic and by leading officials of the Red Cross movement at the Opening Session of the Conference.

A medical team, consisting of two surgeons and an anaesthetist placed at the ICRC's disposal by the Alliance of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the USSR arrived in Aden on 18 November 1969.

At its plenary session of 3 December 1969 the International Committee appointed Mr. Jacques Cheneviere, Mrs. Marguerite Gautier-van Berchem, Mr. Samuel A. Gonard and Mr. Fre"de"ric Siordet Honorary Members.

It was with keen regret that the International Committee took note of Mr. Roger Gallopin's request to be relieved at the end of 1969 of his directorship, an office which he has discharged for many years with a competence equal to his dedication.

Two Directors-General have so far assumed responsibility, one for the executive and the other for general affairs. As announced on the preceding page, Mr. Gallopin was relieved of his office at the end of 1969. Moreover, Mr. Jean Pictet, for his part, also desired to be relieved of his administrative functions.

Princess Gina de Liechtenstein, President of her country's National Society, accompanied by her son Prince Niklaus and her father Count de Wilczek, honoured the International Committee with a visit on 2 December 1969. She was received by the institution's President, Mr. Marcel A. Naville, together with Mr. Pictet, Member of the ICRC and one of the senior officials.

We all know the danger of epidemic diseases in countries where the population is undergoing the ordeal of war. Hence the ICRC was concerned at the perilous situation which arose in the secessionist zone of Nigeria (Biafra).