During the first half of 1972, the radiocommunication service of the ICRC was very active.

Radio communications with the Middle East, consisting in Geneva-Amman link with an internal network serving Beirut and Damascus, were extended to a new station in Jerusalem. On the other hand, in the Yemen Arab Republic, the last message from the ICRC delegation's station at Sana'a was transmitted in February, and the station was closed down after having been in operation for eight years.