We give below two articles, both concerning the same subject. The first is a general survey by the Head of the Agency, Mr. E. L. Jaquet. Readers are aware that the Swiss Government, on the occasion of the Centenary of the Red Cross, decided to donate to the ICRC a new building to house the Agency, for, indeed, this service is today in a building which is not suitable for the protection of irreplaceable records against the effects of light, fire, humidity and dust.