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The year 1977 may be considered a turning point for the dissemination of knowledge of international humanitarian law and the Principles and the ideals of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. If we briefly review events of that year, we see that from 21 to 30 March 1977 the first European Red Cross Seminar on the Dissemination of the Geneva Conventions, organized by the Polish Red Cross and the ICRC, was held in Warsaw. Representatives of European and North American National Societies and of the ICRC and the League attended the seminar which adopted the following principles:
«Although dissemination of knowledge of international humanitarian law is a responsibility of governments, it should be a direct concern of the Red Cross in general and particularly of each National Society in its own country.
1 The Diplomatic Conference, in Resolution 21 adopted on 7 June 1977, after inviting the signatory States “to take all appropriate measures to ensure that knowledge of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts, and of the fundamental principles on which that law is based, is effectively disseminated”, particularly to the armed forces and to appropriate administrative authorities and at universities and secondary schools, urges National Red Cross, Red Crescent Societies:
“3. To offer their services to the authorities in their own countries with a view to the effective dissemination of knowledge of international humanitarian law;
4. Invites the International Committee of the Red Cross to participate actively in the effort to disseminate knowledge of international humanitarian law, inter alia:
(a) publishing material that will assist in teaching international humanitarian law, and circulating appropriate information for the dissemination of the Geneva Conventions and the Protocols.
(b) organizing, on its own initiative or when requested by Governments or National Societies, seminars and courses on international humanitarian law, and co-operating for that purpose with States and appropriate institutions.”