On 13 December 1970 death took Miss Suzanne Ferriere, a warmhearted woman who had devoted her life to her fellow men with calm courage and exemplary modesty.

She was the niece of Dr. Frédéric Ferriere under whose orders she worked in the civilians section of the Central Prisoners of War Agency from 1914 to 1915, after which she served in the ICRC Relief Section. In that capacity she was in touch with Eglantyne Jebb in 1919 with whom she participated in the foundation of the International Union for Child Welfare, of which she later became the Secretary-General.