Resolutions of the Geneva International Conference

The Geneva convention did during the 26-29 October 1863 sign the following
treaty. The treaty concerns conduct during war.
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The International Conference, desirous of coming to the aid of the wounded
should the Military Medical Services prove inadequate, adopts the following
Resolutions:

Article 1. Each country shall have a Committee whose duty it shall be, in
time of war and if the need arises, to assist the Army Medical Services by
every means in its power.

The Committee shall organize itself in the manner which seems to it most
useful and appropriate.

Art. 2. An unlimited number of Sections may be formed to assist the
Committee, which shall be the central directing body.

Art. 3. Each Committee shall get in touch with the Government of its
country, so that its services may be accepted should the occasion arise.

Art. 4. In peacetime, the Committees and Sections shall take steps to ensure
their real usefulness in time of war, especially by preparing material
relief of all sorts and by seeking to train and instruct voluntary medical
personnel.

Art. 5. In time of war, the Committees of belligerent nations shall supply
relief to their respective armies as far as their means permit: in
particular, they shall organize voluntary personnel and place them on an
active footing and, in agreement with the military authorities, shall have
premises made available for the care of the wounded.

They may call for assistance upon the Committees of neutral countries.

Art. 6. On the request or with the consent of the military authorities,
Committees may send voluntary medical personnel to the battlefield where
they shall be placed under military command.

Art. 7. Voluntary medical personnel attached to armies shall be supplied by
the respective Committees with everything necessary for their upkeep.

Art. 8. They shall wear in all countries, as a uniform distinctive sign, a
white armlet with a red cross.

Art. 9. The Committees and Sections of different countries may meet in
international assemblies to communicate the results of their experience and
to agree on measures to be taken in the interests of the work.

Art. 10. The exchange of communications between the Committees of the
various countries shall be made for the time being through the intermediary
of the Geneva Committee.

Independently of the above Resolutions, the Conference makes the following
Recommendations:

(a) that Governments should extend their patronage to Relief Committees
which may be formed, and facilitate as far as possible the accomplishment of
their task.

(b) that in time of war the belligerent nations should proclaim the
neutrality of ambulances and military hospitals, and that neutrality should
likewise be recognized, fully and absolutely, in respect of official medical
personnel, voluntary medical personnel, inhabitants of the country who go to
the relief of the wounded, and the wounded themselves;

(c) that a uniform distinctive sign be recognized for the Medical Corps of
all armies, or at least for all persons of the same army belonging to this
Service; and, that a uniform flag also be adopted in all countries for ambulances and
hospitals.

Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949.

Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea. Geneva, 12 August 1949.

Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.

Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War. Geneva, 12 August 1949.

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977.

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), 8 June 1977.

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