New rules of war
NZPA-Reuter Geneva i A 100-nation conference in Geneva has voted to apply I new rules on the conduct |of international war to a wide range of liberation (struggles, despite opposition (from Israel and the abstention of several noniCommunist powers. I The conference on htimaniitarian law, called by the Red (Cross, voted to apply new (provisions on international |wars to “armed conflicts in (which peoples are fighting 'against colonial domination and alien occupation and against racist regimes in the (exercise of their right of self- , (determination.” _____ ■ ( Voting was 87-1. Bro am, . Canada, France, West Ger- • )many, Guatemala, Ireland, (Italy, Japan, Monaco, Spain, and the United States abstained. | The Israeli delegate (Mr 'Jaacov Hess), who opposed (the move, said that it jeopardised the whole set of new (provisions because States (would never accept that they (were colonialist, foreign occuipiers of territory, or racist. ■ Mr Chawki Armali, th> [observer representative o' ,the Palestine Liberatior (Organisation, said that th (organisation could clai' protection under all thr [categories listed in the r I provision.
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Press, 25 May 1977, Page 9
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