Former ICRC President Alexandre Hay died on 23 August in Geneva at the age of 72. With Mr. Hay's passing the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has lost a true champion of the humanitarian cause, wholly committed to upholding the law and the Movement's ideals and to promoting peace through dialogue.
1 See “Under the Presidency of Mr. Alexandre Hay: the ICRC from 1976 to 1987 — Controlled expansion”, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 261, 11–12 1987, pp. 621–638.CrossRefGoogle Scholar