Resolutions and decisions [of the] XXIIIrd International Conference of the Red Cross (Bucharest, October 1977) [and of the Council of Delegates]. / Conseil des délégués ; Conférence internationale de la Croix-Rouge

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Article

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Title:

Resolutions and decisions [of the] XXIIIrd International Conference of the Red Cross (Bucharest, October 1977) [and of the Council of Delegates].

Author zone:

Conseil des délégués ; Conférence internationale de la Croix-Rouge

Host item entries:

International review of the Red Cross, No. 201, December 1977, p. 507-537

Languages:

English

Abstract:

Contains : Resolutions of the International Conference : 1. Mission of the Red Cross; 2. Re-appraisal of the role of the Red Cross; 3. The Geneva Conventions and the Protocols Additional; 4. The Red Cross and famine; 5. Issue of visas to delegates appointed in connection with appeals for assistance in time of disaster; 6. Measures to expedite international relief; 7. Dissemination of knowledge of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts and of the fundamental principles of the Red Cross; 8. Taking of hostages; 9. Red Cross emergency radiocommunications; 10. Application of the Fourth Geneva Convention on 12 August 1949 in the occupied territories in the Middle East; 11. Misuse of the emblem of the Red Cross; 12. Weapons of mass destruction; 13. Commission for the financing of the ICRC; 14. Torture; 15. Joint effort of National Societies and governments for improving health and social well-being; 16. The Red Cross and blood transfusion; 17. The Red Cross, health and social welfare; 18. Red Cross Teaching Guide; 19. The Red Cross and Youth, 20. Promoting the image of the Red Cross worlwide; 21. Environment; 22. International Year of the Child. Decisions of the International Conference : 1. Application and amendment of the Principles and Rules for Red Cross Disaster Relief; 2. Appointment of Members to the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross; 3. Place and Date of the Twenty-fourth International Conference of the Red Cross; 4. Thanks. Decisions of the Council of Delegates : 1. The Red Cross and Peace; 2. Commission on the Red Cross and Peace; 3. Emblem; 4. Approval of Accounts.

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