Pursuant to Decision No. VI of the Twenty-fourth International Conference of the Red Cross (Manila, 1981) to accept the offer made by the Swiss Red Cross to organize the next International Conference in Geneva, the relevant invitations were sent out to the members of the Conference in February of this year by the host Society.

The members of the International Conference are the duly recognized National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the States party to the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.