The two highly interesting and stimulating presentations we have just heard provide us with an excellent survey of a number of important aspects of the law of armed conflicts, both as it stands today and from the point of view of lex ferenda. As George Aldrich correctly predicted, although the program for this meeting promised “conflicting views,” there appears to be much common ground between him and Hans Blix, much more than in fact has been apparent of late between the U.S. and Swedish Governments on certain other (though related) matters.