This is a complete but unofficial translation of an article in Pravda (10 September, 1966, p. 2) by Academician I. G. Petrovskiĭ, Rector of Moscow University, who was President of the International Congress of Mathematicians (16-26 August, 1966). It i s an editorial combination of translations made independently by Dr. M.D. Greendlinger (Ivanova, USSR) and Dr. Fred Ustina (University of Alberta, Edmonton), each at the request of Professor Lee Lorch (Edmonton) who learned of Academician Petrovskiĭ's article after his own report on the Congress had been submitted for publication.