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Seminar
(1999)
Description of the
Seminar
Pursuant to a mandate given to the
Permanent Council at the recent General Assembly as set out
in
Resolution 1619 (AG/RES. 1619
(XXIX-O/99), this seminar was held at OAS
headquarters on Monday, October 25, 1999. The purposes of
this seminar were to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of
the signing of the Geneva Convention and to examine the
state of humanitarian law in the Americas. The seminar
brought together experts in the various aspects of
humanitarian law for in-depth discussion of the issue.
Special attention was given to recent developments
concerning the creation of an International Criminal Court.
The Secretary General of the Organization of American
States, Cesar Gaviria, participated in the Seminar by
conducting the Opening Remarks. The Vice-President of the
International Committe of the Red Cross, Dr. Jaques Forster,
also participated in the Seminar. |
