^{page 70 note 1} The General Assembly of the United Nations in Resolution 55 on 19 November 1946 encouraged member nations to assist the Red Cross Societies and asked that their benevolent and autonomous character be respected at all time and under all circumstances.

^{page 71 note 1} Statutes of the ICRC, 1952 Google Scholar, Article 1, paragraph 1.

Constitution of the League, 1977, Article 1, paragraph 3.Google Scholar

^{page 72 note 1} This condition is set forth in the Oxford Principles, Paragraph 12.

^{page 73 note 1} In States which maintain no armed forces, the Societies must be recognized as auxiliaries of other public authorities carrying on activities for the benefit of the civilian population.

^{page 74 note 1} Adoption by the International Red Cross Conference in 1969 of a Resolution on Principles and Rules for Red Cross Disaster Relief marked an important advance in this respect.

^{page 76 note 1} It is regrettable, for obvious reasons of principle, for the head of the government delegation to be the same person who heads the delegation representing the Red Cross, but this sometimes happens, for reasons of economy.

^{page 77 note 1} See the Oxford Principles, Paragraph 9.

^{page 78 note 1} The First Geneva Convention (Article 44, paragraph 2) authorizes the National Societies to use the red cross emblem in peacetime for their activities which are in conformity with the principles laid down by the International Red Cross Conferences. The same criterion is maintained in the 1977 Protocol I, in Article 81 relating to Red Cross activities.

^{page 78 note 2} It would be useful to undertake a study of the implications which the Principles of the Red Crops would have in carrying out social welfare projects and to ascertain precisely what limits a Red Cross Society should place on its co-operation.