Problems of War Victims in Indochina: Hearing Before the Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees..., 92-2.... |
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Pagina 41 - ... are not, however, included in this prohibition. The commander of a naval force may destroy them with artillery, after a summons followed by a reasonable...
Pagina 41 - That distinction must be made at all times between persons taking part in the hostilities and members of the civilian population to the effect that the latter be spared as much as possible; 2.
Pagina 126 - To the Communists the smashing of the dams meant primarily the destruction of their chief sustenance — rice. The Westerner can little conceive the awesome meaning which the loss of this staple food commodity has for the Asian — starvation and slow death...
Pagina 163 - Council by the Departments of State and Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Pagina 139 - The purpose of the conference was to continue the review of two draft protocols to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 for the protection of war victims, to which the United States is a party.
Pagina 83 - Pakistan, which seems to be just another link in a chain of warravaged populations stretching around the world in recent years. Inevitably, the situation of civilians in East Pakistan is taking second place to the political issues at stake — and to the interests of those who have much to lose, or to gain, by the outcome of the battle. But the people of Dacca, of Chitlagong, and of the villages and towns throughout the area also have interests.
Pagina 42 - Directives issued by competent military authority which delineate the circumstances and limitations under which United States forces will initiate and/ or continue combat engagement with other forces encountered.
Pagina 42 - The use of such weapons is not proscribed when their use is necessarily required against a military target of sufficient importance to outweigh inevitable, but regrettable, incidental casualties to civilians and destruction of civilian objects. The major preambular paragraph of the Resolution proclaiming that recourse to force is prohibited in international relations is incorrect, and is inconsistent with the United Nations Charter as well. As in other branches of international law, the law applicable...
Pagina 42 - Without prejudice to the provisions of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of 14 May 1954...
Pagina 126 - The production of food in North Korea was the only major element of North Korea's economy still functioning efficiently after three years of war," states the official US account. The Americans were now prepared to destroy it, and quite properly the Air Force concluded that "These strikes, largely passed over by the press, the military observers and news commentators in favor of attentionarresting but less meaningful operations events, constituted one of the most significant air operations of the...