Globe editor and International Secretary of the IOGT Derek Rutherford provides a short article on the past and present of IOGT International ("the largest secular temperance organisation--worldwide") in no. 2, 1998 issue. ("Celebrating 130 Years of IOGT Global Action," pp. 22-23) Rutherford notes that at its 64 World Congress, August 1998, delegates are expected from 60 countries located on four continents. "The [original] name 'Good Templar' had an old-fashioned ring and it has given place to IOGT International. Whilst there is no longer uniformity in its methods of work and organisation from country to country, iti has remained true to its principles of Temperance, Peace, and Brotherhood." Ruterhford goes on to say that "although its membership is weak in North America and Western Europe (other than in Sweden, Norway, and Germany), in the Baltic States, Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, and Asia, IOGT is on the advance." For instance, in 1996 the IOGT for the first time in its history held an international conference on the African continent.