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Underwater acoustic identification of hospital ships

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Philippe Eberlin
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At the Twenty-fifth International Conference of the Red Cross (Geneva, 1986) the ICRC presented its report on the identification of medical transports, including the action taken to implement Resolution VIII of the previous International Conference. The report stressed that in a naval conflict the protection of medical transports at sea largely depended on the technical means of identification available.

By adopting its Resolution III entitled “Identification of medical transports”, the Twenty-fifth Conference recognized the need for continuous efforts to ensure that the means used to signal and identify medical personnel, units and transports keep pace with technical advances.

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Research Article
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 28 , Issue 267 , December 1988 , pp. 505 - 518
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1988

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References

1 See Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, Resolution 6, and Commentary on the Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977 to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. ICRC, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Geneva, 1986, p. 318 Google Scholar, par. 1144–1145.

2 1 knot = 1 nautical mile (1,852 metres) per hour.

3 DWT = deadweight tonnage.