On 29 September 1976, during a ceremony held at the headquarters of ICRC, a commemorative tablet was unveiled in honour of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of a truly noble person, Eglantyne Jebb. A number of speeches were made during the ceremony, which was attended by officials and staff members of the International Union for Child Welfare and the ICRC, by representatives of the Swiss authorities, the city of Geneva and various international organizations. Several members of the family of Eglantyne Jebb were also present.

Since the end of the evacuation operations at Tel Al-Zaatar, the ICRC delegation in Lebanon has continued its work in protecting and assisting the wounded and sick, displaced populations, minorities isolated in hostile territory, and prisoners. It has given special attention to developing the necessary structures for providing medical and material assistance to deal with any worsening of the situation.

The ICRC has learned with great regret of the death of Dr. Jean-Maurice Rubli, one of its former delegates, who devoted himself constantly and courageously to the cause of humanity.

The ICRC is publishing in a 28-page pamphlet, in English, French and Spanish, the study which appeared in the September issue of the International Review on the work of the third session of the Diplomatic Conference. This pamphlet may be obtained from the publications service of the ICRC at a price of 2 Swiss francs.

In a memorandum distributed during the meeting of the Council of Delegates in October 1975, the ICRC asked, in particular, National Societies whether they wished to send members to Geneva for instruction in problems relating to the dissemination of knowledge of the Geneva Conventions. Of the 52 National Societies which replied, 27 gave an affirmative answer to this question.

To spread the principles of the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions more widely throughout the world the ICRC has published a school textbook, which is now available in many languages. This is designed for school children and has been supplemented by a “Teacher's Manual”. These two works teach humanitarian ideals to young readers, but it was later found necessary to produce a manual for soldiers. The ICRC considered this matter and issued the “Soldier's Manual” which, like the school textbook, was generously illustrated.