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The 1864 Geneva Convention, a link between the ICRC and the United Nations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Jan Martenson
Jan Martenson*
Affiliation:
Director-General United Nations Office of Geneva
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It is an honour and a privilege for me to speak to you today, as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Geneva Convention.

This commemoration is of special significance in that the Geneva Convention—which deals with the situation of war wounded—was the first text providing for international humanitarian action and regulating individual behaviour in certain defined circumstances.

Type
1864-1989
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 29 , Issue 273 , December 1989 , pp. 553 - 556
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1989

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