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Volume 82 - March 2000

Contents

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Faits et documents/Reports and documents

Croix-Rouge et Croissant-Rouge/Red Cross and Red Crescent

Faites et documents/Reports and documents

Faits et documents/Reports and documents

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross

  • Cornelio Sommaruga
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    27 April 2010, pp. 258-262

  • First of all I would like to thank the North Atlantic Council most warmly for inviting me to speak at such a significant moment in history. We are approaching the end of a year marked by the 50th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, and indeed of NATO, as well as the eve of a new millennium. This is also a time for assessment of the Balkan crisis, an issue taken very seriously by the entire international community, including NATO, and including the ICRC. Finally, as you probably know, this is also a special time for me personally, as in a few days I will be handing over the presidency of the ICRC to my successor, Mr Jakob Kellenberger. I have held this post for 12 years, and I am now coming to the end of my third presidential mandate.

  • Resolution adopted by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on 15 November 1999 concerning the armed intervention in Kosovo

  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    27 April 2010, pp. 263-264

  • Respecting and Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law

    The Assembly,

    Commending NATO's decision to intervene to stop massive human rights violations in Kosovo;

    Appreciating the contribution of the countries in the region of South-Eastern Europe — members of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council — to this intervention;

    Stressing that the use of force has long been subject to restraints under international humanitarian law (IHL), and praising the Government of the Netherlands for its role in the adoption of the pioneering Hague Conventions on the laws of war in 1899 and 1907;

Faites et documents/Reports and documents

Faits et documents/Reports and documents

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Livres et revues/Books and reviews

Faits et documents/Reports and documents

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