Annex I. Draft Agreement Relating
to Hospital and Safety Zones and Localities
Art. 1. Hospital and safety zones shall be strictly reserved for the
persons mentioned in Article 23 of the Geneva Convention for the
Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed
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Forces in the Field of 12 August 1949, and in Article 14 of the
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time
of War of 12 August 1949, and for the personnel entrusted with the
organization and administration of these zones and localities, and with
the care of the persons therein assembled.
Nevertheless, persons whose permanent residence is within such zones
shall have the right to stay there.
Art. 2. No persons residing, in whatever capacity, in a hospital and
safety zone shall perform any work, either within or without the zone,
directly connected with military operations or the production of war
material.
Art. 3. The Power establishing a hospital and safety zone shall take
all necessary measures to prohibit access to all persons who have no
right of residence or entry therein.
Art. 4. Hospital and safety zones shall fulfil the following
conditions:
(a) they shall comprise only a small part of the territory
governed by the Power which has established them
(b) they shall
be thinly populated in relation to the possibilities of
accommodation
(c) they shall be far removed and free from all
military objectives, or large industrial or administrative
establishments
(d) they shall not be situated in areas which,
according to every probability, may become important for the conduct
of the war.
Art. 5. Hospital and safety zones shall be subject to the following
obligations:
(a) the lines of communication and means of transport which they
possess shall not be used for the transport of military personnel or
material, even in transit
(b) they shall in no case be defended
by military means.
Art. 6. Hospital and safety zones shall be marked by means of oblique
red bands on a white ground, placed on the buildings and outer
precincts.
Zones reserved exclusively for the wounded and sick may be marked by
means of the Red Cross (Red Crescent, Red Lion and Sun) emblem on a
white ground.
They may be similarly marked at night by means of appropriate
illumination.
Art. 7. The Powers shall communicate to all the High Contracting
Parties in peacetime or on the outbreak of hostilities, a list of the
hospital and safety zones in the territories governed by them. They
shall also give notice of any new zones set up during hostilities.
As soon as the adverse party has received the above-mentioned
notification, the zone shall be regularly established.
If, however, the adverse party considers that the conditions of the
present agreement have not been fulfilled, it may refuse to recognize
the zone by giving immediate notice thereof to the Party responsible for
the said zone, or may make its recognition of such zone dependent upon
the institution of the control provided for in Article 8.
Art. 8. Any Power having recognized one or several hospital and
safety zones instituted by the adverse Party shall be entitled to demand
control by one or more Special Commissions, for the purpose of
ascertaining if the zones fulfil the conditions and obligations
stipulated in the present agreement.
For this purpose, members of the Special Commissions shall at all
times have free access to the various zones and may even reside there
permanently. They shall be given all facilities for their duties of
inspection.
Art. 9. Should the Special Commissions note any facts which they
consider contrary to the stipulations of the present agreement, they
shall at once draw the attention of the Power governing the said zone to
these facts, and shall fix a time limit of five days within which the
matter should be rectified. They shall duly notify the Power which has
recognized the zone.
If, when the time limit has expired, the Power governing the zone has
not complied with the warning, the adverse Party may declare that it is
no longer bound by the present agreement in respect of the said zone.
Art. 10. Any Power setting up one or more hospital and safety zones,
and the adverse Parties to whom their existence has been notified, shall
nominate or have nominated by the Protecting Powers or by other neutral
Powers, persons eligible to be members of the Special Commissions
mentioned in Articles 8 and 9.
Art. 11. In no circumstances may hospital and safety zones be the
object of attack. They shall be protected and respected at all times by
the Parties to the conflict.
Art. 12. In the case of occupation of a territory, the hospital and
safety zones therein shall continue to be respected and utilized as
such.
Their purpose may, however, be modified by the Occupying Power, on
condition that all measures are taken to ensure the safety of the
persons accommodated.
Art. 13. The present agreement shall also apply to localities which
the Powers may utilize for the same purposes as hospital and safety
zones.
Annex II. Draft Regulations
concerning Collective Relief
Article 1. The Internee Committees shall be allowed to distribute
collective relief shipments for which they are responsible to all
internees who are dependent for administration on the said Committee's
place of internment, including those internees who are in hospitals, or
in prison or other penitentiary establishments.
Art. 2. The distribution of collective relief shipments shall be
effected in accordance with the instructions of the donors and with a
plan drawn up by the Internee Committees. The issue of medical stores
shall, however, be made for preference in agreement with the senior
medical officers, and the latter may, in hospitals and infirmaries,
waive the said instructions, if the needs of their patients so demand.
Within the limits thus defined, the distribution shall always be carried
out equitably.
Art. 3. Members of Internee Committees shall be allowed to go to the
railway stations or other points of arrival of relief supplies near
their places of internment so as to enable them to verify the quantity
as well as the quality of the goods received and to make out detailed
reports thereon for the donors.
Art. 4. Internee Committees shall be given the facilities necessary
for verifying whether the distribution of collective relief in all
subdivisions and annexes of their places of internment has been carried
out in accordance with their instructions.
Art. 5. Internee Committees shall be allowed to complete, and to
cause to be completed by members of the Internee Committees in labour
detachments or by the senior medical officers of infirmaries and
hospitals, forms or questionnaires intended for the donors, relating to
collective relief supplies (distribution, requirements, quantities,
etc.). Such forms and questionnaires, duly completed, shall be forwarded
to the donors without delay.
Art. 6. In order to secure the regular distribution of collective
relief supplies to the internees in their place of internment, and to
meet any needs that may arise through the arrival of fresh parties of
internees, the Internee Committees shall be allowed to create and
maintain sufficient reserve stocks of collective relief. For this
purpose, they shall have suitable warehouses at their disposal; each
warehouse shall be provided with two locks, the Internee Committee
holding the keys of one lock, and the commandant of the place of
internment the keys of the other.
Art. 7. The High Contracting Parties, and the Detaining Powers in
particular, shall, so far as is in any way possible and subject to the
regulations governing the food supply of the population, authorize
purchases of goods to be made in their territories for the distribution
of collective relief to the internees. They shall likewise facilitate
the transfer of funds and other financial measures of a technical or
administrative nature taken for the purpose of making such purchases.
Art. 8. The foregoing provisions shall not constitute an obstacle to
the right of internees to receive collective relief before their arrival
in a place of internment or in the course of their transfer, nor to the
possibility of representatives of the Protecting Power, or of the
International Committee of the Red Cross or any other humanitarian
organization giving assistance to internees and responsible for
forwarding such supplies, ensuring the distribution thereof to the
recipients by any other means they may deem suitable.
ANNEX III
I. Internment Card
II.Letter
III. Correspondence Card
