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Civil Protection—Actions of National Societies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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This report deals with Red Cross participation in civil defence, i.e. in practical measures taken by government or private organizations on a national level for the protection of civilian populations and property from the effects of armed conflicts and natural disaster and for the provision of help to victims of events of that kind.

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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 5 , Issue 54 , September 1965 , pp. 455 - 468
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1965

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Footnotes

1

Report submitted by the ICRC and the League to the XXth International Conference of the Red Cross, Vienna, 1965. This Report also comprises annexes which are not reproduced here.

References

2 See “The Role of National Societies in the Sphere of Civilian Protection”: report submitted by the League to the XIXth International Conference of the Red Cross, New Delhi, 1957.

3 Principle of Humanity “Declaration of Red Cross Principles”, Council of Delegates, Prague, 1961, and Principle No. 6, “Fundamental Principles”, Board of Governors of the League, XIXth and XXth Session, Oxford, 1946 and Stockholm, 1948.

4 Doc. DS 4/1 “Actions of National Societies in the field of Civil Population Protection”, joint ICRC/League report to the Centenary Congress of the International Red Cross, Geneva, August–September, 1963.

5 These activities are listed in “Guide for National Red Cross Societies on their role as Auxiliaries of the Army Medical and Civil Defence Services”, League, Geneva, 1952, pp. 25–28.

6 Resolution XIII of this Conference states, inter alia: “… the Conference … urges the ICRC to continue its efforts for the protection of the civilian population against the evils of war …”.

7 Item 5 b of the provisional agenda of the International Humanitarian Law Commission.

8 Conf. D 5 b/1 “Status of Civil Defence Personnel”, A study of regulations intended to reinforce the guarantees which international humanitarian law affords to non-military civil defence organizations. ICRC report to the XXth International Conference of the Red Cross, Vienna, 1965.

9 10 “Declaration of Red Cross Principles”, Council of Delegates, Prague, 1961. Cf. Principle of Independence.

11 D 695: “Co-operation of National Red Cross Societies in Civil Defence”, joint ICRC/League report to the Council of Delegates, Prague, 1961, pp. 8–12.

12 See: “Guide for National Red Cross Societies on their role as Auxiliaries of the Army and Civil Defence Services”, Geneva, 1952, pp. 31–55.

League Report to the XIXth International Conference of the Red Cross, New Delhi, January–February 1957: “The Role of National Societies in the Sphere of Civilian Protection”, pp. 25–26.

ICRC Report to the XIXth International Conference of the Red Cross, New Delhi, January–February 1957: “The Role of National Societies in the Sphere of Civilian Protection”, pp. 3–7.

13 See: “Guide …”, pp. 33–38, Geneva, 1952; League report, pp. 26–27, New Delhi, 1957; ICRC report, pp. 3–7, New Delhi, 1957.

14 See: Commentary on the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, ICRC, Geneva, 1956; “The Role of National Societies in the Sphere of Civilian Protection”, League report to the XIXth International Conference of the Red Cross, New Delhi, 1957, pp. 12–27; and “Implementation and Dissemination of the Geneva Conventions”. ICRC report to the XXth International Conference of the Red Cross, Vienna, 1965, (item 3 of the provisional agenda of the International Humanitarian Law Commission),