| 单词 | geneva conventions |
| 释义 | Geneva ConventionsA set of international rules that govern the treatment of prisoners, the sick and wounded, and civilians during war. Under the Geneva Conventions, for example, ambulances and military hospitals and their staff are officially neutral and are not to be fired upon. Nearly all countries of the world have agreed to the Geneva Conventions. notes for Geneva ConventionsThe first Geneva Convention was drawn up in the late nineteenth century and concerned only the sick and wounded in war. It has been revised several times since to accommodate new wartime conditions. Words nearby Geneva Conventionsgenetotrophic, gene transfer, geneva, Geneva bands, Geneva Convention, Geneva Conventions, Geneva cross, Geneva gown, Genevan, Geneva nomenclature, Geneva protocol The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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