Some one hundred and thirty collections, belonging to official bodies or National Red Cross Societies, but mostly to private collectors, figured in the philatelic section, organized as part of the International Exhibition of the Red Cross.

This was the first occasion on which has been seen such an important display of Red Cross stamps. Apart from many collections from nearly all the European countries, from East and West, others had been sent from America, Iceland, New Zealand and Australia. Nearly eleven hundred frames were necessary to exhibit the large numbers of album sheets and their valuable contents: some two hundred thousand stamps and philatelic items connected with the Red Cross in one way or another.

The presence of a delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross continues to be of the greatest usefulness for the Greek and Turkish communities. No day passes without it being called upon to solve difficult humanitarian problems arising from the events.

In view of the hostilities taking place in the Congo and concerned about the great suffering involved, the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, finding it impossible to reach all those exercising authority in the Congo by direct contact, now addresses this appeal to them.

On September 23, 1964, the International Committee of the Red Cross and its President, Mr. Léopold Boissier, received at the headquarters of the institution, representatives of some forty National Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Lion and Sun Societies meeting in Geneva on the occasion of a session of the Executive Committee of the League, their federative body.

The activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross continued to be both important and diverse throughout 1963. The Annual Report for 1963, produced by the ICRC, contains much information on the subject, one of the most prominent activities being that which has been and is still continuing to be undertaken in the Yemen.

As in previous years the annual accounts of the ICRC have been audited by the Société fiduciaire romande OFOR S. A. (auditors recognized by the Swiss Federal Council and the Commission fédérale des banques) which certified the financial position of the International Committee for 1963 to be correct, as shown below.

During the Presidential Council meeting on September 24, 1964, the International Committee took leave of a staff member with fifty years service to her credit. Miss M.-L. Compagnon began working with the International Prisoners of War Agency in October 1914, at that time installed in the Rath Museum in Geneva. From 1919 onwards she was a member of the Secretariat staff of the ICRC, which grew in importance progressively with events, e.g.: the Abyssinian war, the Spanish civil war, the Second World War of 1939. At that time Miss Compagnon was working in the Central Agency for Prisoners of War, where she attended to the recording of mail. Later she was attached to the Delegations Bureau. Subsequently she joined the General Secretariat and since 1955 was a member of the Department responsible for the publication of the International Review.