JANUARY·FEBRUARY1~2 TWENTY· SECOND YEAR - No. 226 international review• of the red cross t'AOPERTY OF u.s. ARMY INTER ARMA CARITAS THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAl'S SCHOOL LIBRARY GENEVA INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS FOUNDED IN 1863 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS Mr. ALEXANDRE HAY, Lawyer, former Director-General of the Swiss National Bank, President (member since 1975) Mr. HARALD HUBER, Doctor of Laws, Federal Court Judge, Vice-President (1969) Mr. RICHARD PESTALOZZI, Doctor of Laws, Vice-President (1977) Mr. JEAN PICTET, Doctor of Laws, former Vice-President of the ICRC (1967) Mrs. DENISE BINDSCHEDLER-ROBERT, Doctor of Laws, Professor at the Graduate Institute of Intemational Studies, Geneva, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights (1967) Mr. MARCEL A. NAVILLE, Master of Arts, ICRC President from 1969 to 1973 (1967) Mr. JACQUES F. DE ROUGEMONT, Doctor of Medicine (1967) Mr. VICTOR H. UMBRIClIT, Doctor of Laws, Managing Director (1970) Mr. GILBERT ETIENNE, Professor at the Graduate Institute of Intemational Studies and at the Institut d'c!tudes du developpement, Geneva (1973) Mr. ULRICH MIDDENDORP, Doctor of Medicine, head of surgical department of tbe Cantonal Hospital, Winterthur (1973) Mrs. MARION BOvEE-ROTHENBACH, Doctor of Sociology (1973) Mr. HANS PETER TSCHUDI, Doctor of Laws, former Swiss Federal Councillor (1973) Mr. HENRY HUGUENIN, Banker (1974) Mr. JAKOB BURCKHARDT, Doctor of Laws, Minister Plenipotentiary (1975) Mr. THOMAS FLEINER, Master of Laws, Professor at the University of Fribourg (1975) Mr. ATHOS GALLINO, Doctor of Medicine, Mayor of Bellinzona (1977) Mr. ROBERT KOHLER, Master of Economics (1977) Mr. MAURICE AUBERT, Doctor of Laws, Banker (1979) Mr. RUDOLF JACKLI, Doctor of Sciences, Geologist (1979) Miss ANDREE WEITZEL, former head of the women's auxiliary service at the Federal Military Department, vice-president of the Swiss national Commission for Unesco (1979) Mr. OLIVIER LONG, Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Political Science, Ambassador, former Director General of GATT (1980) Mr. DIETRICH SCHINDLER, Doctor of Laws, Professor at the University of Zurich (1961-1973; 1980) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Mr. ALEXANDRE HAY, President Mr. RICHARD PESTALOZZI Mr. JAKOB BURCKHARDT Mr. ATHOS GALLINO Mr. RUDOLF JACKU Miss ANDREE WEITZEL The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRe), together with the League of the Red Cross Societies and the 128 recognized National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, is one of the three components of the International Red Cross. An independent humanitarian institution, the JCRC is the founding body of the Red Cross. As a neutral intermediary in case of armed conflicts or disturbances, it endeavours on its own initiative or on the basis of the Geneva Conventions to protect and assist the victims of international and civil wars and of internal troubles and tensions, thereby contributing to peace in the world. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF THE RED CROSS ISSN 0020-8604 CONTENTS January· February 1982 - No. 226 The proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Inter­ national Red Cross Conference . .. 3 The ICRC and the world today, address by the ICRC President at the opening meeting of the Conference. .. 12 Jacques Moreillon: The ICRC and the Manila Conference - Evaluation and prospects . 17 Documents of the Manila Conference . '. 35 INTERNATIONAL Ratification of the Protocols by the Republic of COMMITTEE OF Korea. 46 THE RED CROSS Ratification of the Protocols by Switzerland 46 External activities: Africa - Latin America - Asia - Middle East - Europe. .. 47 1 International Review of the Red Cross is published by the International Committee of the Red Cross. It first appeared in French in 1869. As the official organ of the JCRC, specializing in international humanitarian law and recording the international activities of the Red Cross, International Review ofthe Red Cross provides a constant flow of information and constitutes the necessary link between the members of the International Red Cross. International Review of the Red Cross appears once every two months in three languages: in English: INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF THE RED CROSS (from 1961) in French: REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE LA CROIX-ROUGE in Spanish: REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA (from 1976) It also publishes, in German, a short edition, Extracts, of various articles which appear in the main editions. EDITOR: Michel Testuz ADDRESS: International Review of the Red Cross 17, Avenue de la Paix CH ­ 1211 Geneva, Switzerland SUBSCRIPTIONS: one year, Sw. frs. 30.-; single copy Sw. frs. 5.­ Extracts in German: one year, Sw. frs. 10.-; single copy Sw. frs. 2.­ Postal Cheque Account: No. 12 - 1767 Geneva Bank account No. 129.986 Swiss Bank Corporation, Geneva The International Committee ofthe Red Cross assumes responsibility only for material over its own signature. 2 The proceedings of the Twenty-fourth International Red Cross Conference Before the opening of the International Red Cross Conference, the League General Assembly and then the Council of Delegates held their statutory meetings, also in Manila, from 2 to 6 November. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE LEAGUE On 3 and 4 November, the League General Assembly elected the League President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary General and Treasurer General. Mr. Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga, President of the Spanish Red Cross, was elected President of the League of Red Cross Societies for four years, succeeding the outgoing President, Justice J. A. Ade­ farasin (Nigeria). * * * Eight out of the nine Vice-Presidents of the League were elected the same day in accordance with the system of "fair geographical distribution", by which two vice-presidencies are assigned to each of the world's four main areas: Mrica, Asia-Pacific, the Americas and Europe. The ninth post of Vice-President goes, ex-officio, to Switzer­ land, the League having its headquarters in that country. The newly elected Vice-Presidents are: for Mrica, Dr. Ali Fourati (Tunisia) and Dr. Franl;ois Buyoya (Burundi); for Asia, Judge Shaha­ buddin Ahmed (Bangladesh) and Mr. Nihar R. Laskar (India); for Europe, Jonkheer G. Kraijenhoff (Netherlands) and Mrs. Stefa Spiljak (Yugoslavia); for the Americas, Dr. Jerome H. Holland (United States) and Dr. Guillermo Rueda-Montana (Colombia). 3 The post of ninth Vice-President of the League will be occupied as before by Professor Hans Haug, President of the Swiss National Society. * * * The Assembly elected to the post of League Secretary-General Mr. Hans Hoegh, former President of the Norwegian Red Cross, who succeeds Mr. Henrik Beer. It renewed for a further four years the mandate of Mr. Eustasio Villanueva as League Treasurer General. * * * On 4 November, a new Executive Council of the League was also elected. The General Assembly chose, from among the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, those who would become members of the Executive Council. This election is also based on the system of fair geographical distribution in the following way: five seats to Africa, four for Asia and Pacific, four for Europe and three for the Americas, in proportion to the number of National Societies existing in each area. The following National Societies were elected: Benin, Egypt, Liberia, Libya, Zaire; Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan, the Philippines; the Federal Republic of Germany, Sweden, Turkey, USSR; Brazil, Canada, Nicaragua. * * * The General Assembly admitted to the League membership two National Societies-the Qatar Red Crescent and the Tonga Red Cross -which were recently recognized by the JCRe. This brings the total number of members of the federation to 128 Red Cross or Red Crescent Societies. Among other decisions of the Assembly was the approval of a devel­ opment strategy for National Societies for the 1980s, which represents a turning point in Red Cross development efforts. The policy statement advocates a longterm view of development with the building of self­ reliant National Societies as the ultimate goal. The Assembly adopted a budget for the League of 13.1 million Swiss francs for 1982 and 14.3 million Swiss francs for 1983 and accepted a reduction of the quota to be paid by League members, in order to ease the financial problems facing small Societies. The General Assembly of the League decided to hold its next session in Geneva, in 1983. 4 Closing of the League General Assembly Addressing the General Assembly for the last time, the President of the League, Justice J. A. Adefarasin, made a stirring appeal for the continuation of the work of the Red Cross, "the only possible course for human dignity in a world beset by violence", he said. The outgoing President reiterated his faith in the movement which he had served to the best of his ability during his mandate at the head of the League, and assured the Assembly of his support for the Red Cross at all times. Mr. Adefarasin extended his thanks to all the officials of the Inter­ national Red Cross for their dedication and often unappreciated work. He also warmly thanked the Philippine Red Cross for the exemplary way in which the Assembly had been organized. Finally, emphasizing the fact that much still remained to be done to help mankind, the retiring President extended his best wishes to his successor, Mr. de la Mata. * * * The General Assembly paid tribute to the Secretary-General of the League, Mr. Henrik Beer, who was retiring. As the President of the League had proposed at the opening of the Assembly, the honorary title of "Emeritus Secretary-General" was officially conferred on him. In the name of all the National Societies, Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh, Chairman of the Standing Commission, then presented Mr. Beer with a farewell gift, wishing him a long and happy retirement. The President of the League, Justice Adefarasin, joined in these wishes, praising Mr. Beer's exceptional personality and dedication and the way he had inspired the entire Red Cross movement with his ex­ perience, his drive, his integrity and fair-mindedness during the thirty­ three years of his career, twenty-one of them as Secretary-General of the League.