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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2010
In 1977 a number of resolutions were adopted by several international bodies on the importance of dissemination of knowledge of Red Cross Principles and International Humanitarian Law. Although there had been earlier resolutions on this subject, it was from that date that Red Cross and Red Crescent institutions began to approach dissemination in a more systematic manner.
1 e.g. Resolution 21 of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts; Resolution VII of the Twenty-third International Conference of the Red Cross Bucharest); Resolution 32/44 of the United Nations General Assembly (97th Plenary Meeting).
2 e.g. Resolution XII of the Twenty-second International Conference of the Red Cross (Teheran, 1973); Resolution 2852 (XXVI) of the United Nations General Assembly (December 1971).
3 See common to Articles 47/48/127/144 the 1949 Geneva Conventions, Conventions I–IV respectively; Article 83, Protocol (I) additional to the Geneva Conventions relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts 1977; Article 19, Protocol (II) additional to the Geneva Conventions relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts 1977.
4 The ICRC, often with the assistance of the local National Society, has given a lead by developing methods of dissemination to suit the specific needs of the audience concerned. These include the use of radio spots in the midst of the conflict in El Salvador; comic books in the local language for rural areas in the Philippines and Africa; mixing training in first aid and dissemination for Afghan refugees; staging theatre plays conveying a dissemination message for refugees at the Thai-Kampuchean border.
