Dissemination of the Geneva Conventions among medical personnel

Medical assistance to wounded and sick in time of war has become inconceivable without the protection of humanitarian law.It is to the great credit of the Red Cross founders and the members of the 1864 Diplomatic Conference that they immediately recognised the need not only to ensure care for the wounded but also to protect them by humanitarian law. This was codified in the Geneva Convention of August 22nd, 1864, for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded in the armed forces in the field.

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