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On 6 May of this year, on the occasion of Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga's taking office as the ICRC's twelfth President, the ICRC General Assembly paid tribute to Mr. Alexandre Hay, who headed the institution from 1 July 1976 to 6 May 1987.The members of the Committee and the Directorate recalled, in particular, the profound humanity and determination with which Mr. Hay had carried out his responsibilities throughout a decade marked by innumerable crises.

The Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent are the cornerstone of the doctrine of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The Movement's mission and its activities are built on the Principles, which are binding on all its components in all circumstances. The members of the Movement are under the obligation to spread understanding and knowledge of the Principles, the better to ensure respect for them.

In a period of 20 months, from November 1862 to August 1864, an almost unnoticed revolution took place, the result of the feelings aroused in various European countries by the publication of a small book, entitledA Memory of Solferino. Its author, the young Swiss businessman Jean-Henry Dunant, used the sympathy it generated to promote the idea that wounded soldiers should, since they are no longer capable of fighting, cease to be treated as enemies. He wanted nations to organize groups of volunteers who, with the full backing of their respective governments, would stand ready and able to render assistance to wounded and sick members of armies in the field, whether friend or foe.

A Review Symposium consisting of "A Discussion and Introduction" by Harley L. Browning (U of Texas, Austin) & Dudley L. Poston, Jr. (U of Texas, Austin) plus 4 contributions. The Introduction comments on THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON POPULATION GROWTH AND THE AMERICAN FUTURE (New York, NY: New American Library, 1972) which is being reviewed. It is stated that this commission did its work well, hearing more than 100 witnesses across the country. The Report deserves a wide readership. Then the symposium participants are introduced & their papers summarized. Joseph J. Spengler (Duke U, Durham, NC), "Numbers Versus Welfare," places the Commission Report in historical perspective within a discussion of traditional views on pop growth held by earlier Amer's. Details of the Report & the prospects it holds out are then discussed, eg, how to control pop size & adjust the economy & policy for the advent of a stationary pop. It is noted that one of the more serious problems will be rendering the economy flexible enough to adjust to the changes in the US pop's demographic state as a stationary pop is achieved. Arthur J. Dyck (Harvard U, Cambridge, Mass), "Ethical Assumptions and Implications of the Population Commission's Report," notes that while the Report is replete with moral admonitions, it does not analyze & present the various arguments for & against its moral admonitions. Focus is on freedom, distributive justice & soc welfare, & examined are not only the moral consequences which could follow from implementing the Commission's recommendations, but also the moral assumptions & alternatives behind some of the recommendations. It is felt that for the most part the Report does not give all the reasons & evidence necessary to decide whether or not the implementation of all the recommendations into soc policy would in fact be more beneficial than harmful to society. Ozzie L. Edwards (U of Michigan, Ann Arbor), "The Commission's Recommendations From the Standpoint of Minorities," feels that the recommendations on fertility control will not bear positive consequences for US soc minorities & do not represent a viable solution to their problems. The choice between fertility control & full participation in the good things of Amer life is not an acceptable one for US racial minorities. Susan O. Gustavus (U of Utah, Provo), "Commission Report: Implications for Women," focuses esp on contraception & role alternatives for women. It will be interesting to see which of the recommendations will be more favorably received: that on removal of illegitimate status or that on liberalizing abortion laws. Women's Liberation has stated many of the points in the Report in a less academic, but perhaps more provocative way. The Report may help these issues to get wider exposure, gain greater respectability & credibility, & stimulate more discussion. Modified HA.

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