in 1906, the 1864 geneva convention was revised for the first time. one year later, the hague convention x, adopted at the second international peace conference in the hague, extended the scope of the geneva convention to naval warfare. shortly before the beginning of the first world war in 1914, 50 years after the foundation of the icrc and the adoption of the first geneva convention, there were already 45 national relief societies throughout the world. the movement had extended itself beyond europe and north america to central and south america (argentina, brazil, chile, cuba, mexico, peru, el salvador, uruguay, venezuela), asia (the republic of china, japan, korea, siam), and africa (south africa).