Year: 1968
Type: article
Abstract: A year ago, the International Review pointed out the effort being made everywhere to disseminate knowledge of the 1949 Geneva Conventions and that although these efforts may not be of so great a scale as is desirable, they do show that minds are awake to reality. 1 Some of the achievements in this important field, as revealed by a study of documents recently received by the ICRC from National Societies and various interested authorities, and also some ideas and suggestions mentioned in Red Cross and Red Crescent reviews throughout the world, are worthy of interest.National Societies are indeed the mainspring of the movement.Their more than 200 million members cover the surface of the globe.They are therefore in a position to disseminate knowledge on the Geneva Conventions through their publications, first to their members and, through them, to the population.They do so because the Geneva Conventions ask them and charge their governments to do so, and because International Conferences of the Red Cross repeatedly and consistently call for it to be done.Action is still of course the best expression of an idea.But the written and spoken word, if less eloquent than action, have a longer range.Spain.-In January,
Author: J. de Preux
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2144256574