{"id":194091,"date":"1999-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=194091"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:44:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:44:27","slug":"auto-insert-194091","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-194091\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention: Statement – Switzerland text\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CONFERENCE OF<\/strong><\/p>\n

HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n

TO THE FOURTH GENEVA CONVENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Geneva, 15 July 1999<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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STATEMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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This statement reflects the common understanding reached by the participating High Contracting Parties to the Conference.<\/p><\/div>\n

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After consultations among High Contracting Parties, the Conference, as recommended by UN GA Resolution ES-10\/6 in its tenth Emergency Special Session\/1<\/u>, convened in Geneva on 15 July 1999.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The participating High Contracting Parties reaffirmed the applicability of the Fourth Geneva Convention to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. Furthermore, they reiterated the need for full respect for the provisions of the said Convention in that Territory.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Taking into consideration the improved atmosphere in the Middle East as a whole, the Conference was adjourned on the understanding that it will convene again in the light of consultations on the development of the humanitarian situation in the field.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t1 Operative Paragraph 6: "Reiterates<\/i> its recommendation that the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention convene a conference on measures to enforce the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and to ensure respect thereof in accordance with common article 1, and further recommends that the High Contracting Parties convene the said conference on 15 July 1999 at the United Nations Office at Geneva."\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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