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accredited agents, all necessary facilities for visiting the POWs; for distributing relief suppliesand material, from any source, intended for religious, educational, or recreative purposes; and forassisting them in organizing their leisure time within the POW camps. 811 Such societies ororganizations may be constituted in the territory of the Detaining Power or in any other country,or they may have an international character. 8129.33.2.1 Limitations on the Number of Relief Organizations. The DetainingPower may limit the number of societies and organizations whose delegates are allowed to carryout their activities in its territory and under its supervision, on condition, however, that suchlimitation shall not hinder the effective operation of adequate relief to all POWs. 813 The specialposition of the ICRC in this field shall be recognized and respected at all times. 8149.33.2.2 Receipts for Relief Consignments. As soon as relief supplies or materialintended for religious, educational, or recreative purposes are handed over to POWs, or veryshortly afterwards, receipts for each consignment, signed by the POW Representative, shall beforwarded to the relief society or organization making the shipment. 815 At the same time,receipts for these consignments shall be supplied by the administrative authorities responsible forguarding the POWs. 8169.34 DEATH OF POWSThis section addresses rules relating to the death of POWs. The GWS and GWS-Sea alsohave rules relating to the treatment of the dead; however, the GWS and GWS-Sea provisions arebroader in application, e.g., they address members of the armed forces who have died on thebattlefield and thus were not held as POWs. 817811 GPW art. 125 (“Subject to the measures which the Detaining Powers may consider essential to ensure theirsecurity or to meet any other reasonable need, the representatives of religious organizations, relief societies, or anyother organization assisting prisoners of war, shall receive from the said Powers, for themselves and their dulyaccredited agents, all necessary facilities for visiting the prisoners, for distributing relief supplies and material, fromany source, intended for religious, educational or recreative purposes, and for assisting them in organizing theirleisure time within the camps.”).812 GPW art. 125 (“Such societies or organizations may be constituted in the territory of the Detaining Power or inany other country, or they may have an international character.”).813 GPW art. 125 (“The Detaining Power may limit the number of societies and organizations whose delegates areallowed to carry out their activities in its territory and under its supervision, on condition, however, that suchlimitation shall not hinder the effective operation of adequate relief to all prisoners of war.”).814 GPW art. 125 (“The special position of the International Committee of the Red Cross in this field shall berecognized and respected at all times.”).815 GPW art. 125 (“As soon as relief supplies or material intended for the above-mentioned purposes are handedover to prisoners of war, or very shortly afterwards, receipts for each consignment, signed by the prisoners’representative, shall be forwarded to the relief society or organization making the shipment.”).816 GPW art. 125 (“At the same time, receipts for these consignments shall be supplied by the administrativeauthorities responsible for guarding the prisoners.”).817 Refer to § 7.7 (Treatment and Handling of Enemy Military Dead).622