IRRC No. 870

Address by General Jean-René Bachelet

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General Jean-René Bachelet gave the following opening address at the Interregional Meeting on the Role of Sanctions in Ensuring Greater Respect for International Humanitarian Law, held in Geneva on 15-17 November 2007.

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