Born in 1883, ISIDRO FABELA, who is an expert on international law, has had a distinguished career in the service of his country. He has been Secretary of Foreign Affairs; envoy plenipotentiary to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Germany; delegate to the League of Nations; confidential agent in England, Spain, France, and Italy; and Mexican member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration of the Hague. In 1952 he was appointed a judge of the International Court of Justice.