On February 17, 1963 the International Committee, as we know, celebrated the hundredth anniversary of its foundation. It received numerous messages on that occasion and last month we published those from National Red Cross Societies which reached Geneva by the end of February. Since then further testimonies have been arriving in large numbers, congratulatory messages from National Societies together with thanks for the silver-gilt medal presented to them by the ICRC in recognition of their services. We therefore now continue to publish the letters and telegrams received in Geneva and signed for the most part by the Presidents of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.