The bases for division had thus been clearly defined even before the amount of funds available for distribution was known. However, the number of claimants in each of the beneficiary countries had also to be determined so that the amount of the share for each individual and, consequently, the sum which the ICRC would have to pay to each of the national agencies, could be calculated.

From 9 to 23 June 1973, the ICRC delegate-general for Latin America and the Caribbean took part in the regional training institute for Red Cross senior personnel, organized in Jamaica by the League and mentioned later in this issue.

Born in Geneva in 1900, he studied medicine in the Universities of Geneva and Strasbourg, and took in-service courses in Paris and Vienna. From 1927, for over nineteen years, he worked in the Geneva Medical Clinic as assistant, clinical instructor, head of laboratory, and senior assistant. From 1946 to 1970, he was Professor in charge of the Geneva University Policlinic, twice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and, from 1960 to 1962, Rector of Geneva University. Since 1970 he has been an honorary professor of that University.

As already announced, the duties of the ICRC are henceforth divided between two distinct organs: the Assembly and the Executive Board. The latter is presided over by Mr. Roger Gallopin, who assumed his functions at the beginning of July.

Mr. Pierre Boissier was born in Geneva in 1920 and graduated in law at the University of Geneva. He joined the ICRC in 1946 and was delegate in Paris until 1963. From 1963 to 1966, he was legal adviser at ICRC headquarters in Geneva.

This Board, comprising four members of the ICRC, namely Mr. Gallopin, Mr. Umbricht, Mrs. Bindschedler-Robert and Dr. Ulrich Middendorp, has added to its membership by appointing Mr. Gottfried de Smit.

It was in 1921 that Mr. Paul Logoz was elected to membership of the ICRC, and it was in 1943, upon his appointment as a Federal Court Judge, that he resigned and was designated an honorary member.

A second meeting of experts on the use of such conventional weapons as may cause unnecessary suffering or have indiscriminate effects was held at ICRC headquarters from 12 to 15 June 1973. At this meeting, experts had an opportunity to comment on the report issued after the first meeting, held in Geneva from 26 February to 2 March 1973.

The International Committee of the Red Cross on 16 July 1973 made an urgent appeal to twenty governments and twenty-five National Red Cross Societies for funds to enable it to continue its work in the Asian Sub-Continent.

1. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), founded in Geneva in 1863 and formally recognized in the Geneva Conventions and by International Conferences of the Red Cross, shall be an independent organization having its own Statutes.