From 20 to 24 March 1972, the second session of the Conference of Red Cross Experts on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts was held in Vienna. It had been convened by the International Committee of the Red Cross and took place in Vienna at the invitation of the Austrian Red Cross. Almost a hundred delegates represented the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Burundi, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany (Dem. Rep.), Germany (Fed. Rep.), Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic), Korea (Republic), Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Vietnam (Republic) and Yugoslavia.