At the time of Max Huber's death, the Revue internationale paid a succession of moving tributes to someone who had given so much of himself to the Red Cross cause. His work as a thinker, jurist and man of action, first as a member, then as President and Honorary President of the ICRC, has been evoked. Reference will also shortly be made to this when we publish other contributions concerning personalities belonging to our movement.

It was with consternation that the International Committee learnt on June 16 of the death of Dr. Marcel Junod, who had been nominated member in 1952 and had been its Vice-President in 1959 and 1960. It remains profoundly grateful to him for the important part which he had taken for so many years in its work, accomplishing its tasks, first as a delegate then as a member, with so much intelligence and devotion.

With the death scarcely six months ago of William Michel, the International Committee has suffered another loss when Maurice Thudichum died on June 5, 1961.

At its plenary session on June 1, 1961, the International Committee of the Red Cross elected two members : Mr. Samuel Gonard and Mr. Hans Meuli.

Continuing an activity which the ICRC first undertook over two years ago, ICRC Delegates have recently completed a series of eighteen visits to places of detention for Algerians in France.