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AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND SICK ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE (RED CROSS CONVENTION)

Convention and final protocol signed at Geneva July 6, 1906
Senate advice and consent to ratification December 19, 1906
Ratified by the President of the United States January 2, 1907
Ratification of the United States deposited at Bern February 9, 1907
Proclaimed by the President of the United States August 3, 1907
Entered into force August 9, 1907^[1]
Replaced by conventions of July 27, 1929,^[2] and August 12, 1949,^[3] as between contracting parties to the later conventions

35 Stat. 1885; Treaty Series 464

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Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armies in the Field

His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia; His Excellency the President of the Argentine Republic; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria; His Excellency the President of the Republic of Chile; His Majesty the Emperor of China; His Majesty the King of the Belgians, Sovereign of the Congo Free State; His Majesty the Emperor of Corea;^[4] His Majesty the King of Denmark; His Majesty the King of Spain; the President of the United States of America; the President of the United States of Brazil; the President of the United Mexican States; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

↑ Six months after Feb. 9, 1907, date on which ratifications were deposited by the United States and Russia (the second and third countries to deposit instruments of ratification).
↑ TS 847, post, vol. 2.
↑ 6 UST 3114; TIAS 3362.
↑ In a declaration dated Oct. 15, 1906, laid before the Swiss Federal Council by the Japanese Chargé d'Affaires at Bern, the Imperial Japanese Government stated that since it had the right to control the foreign relations of Korea, the inclusion of Korea in the preamble of the convention and the signature of the latter by the Japanese plenipotentiary on behalf of Korea as a separate contracting party were considered by the Japanese Government as null and void.

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[1] Six months after Feb. 9, 1907, date on which ratifications were deposited by the United States and Russia (the second and third countries to deposit instruments of ratification).

[2] TS 847, post, vol. 2.

[3] 6 UST 3114; TIAS 3362.

[4] In a declaration dated Oct. 15, 1906, laid before the Swiss Federal Council by the Japanese Chargé d'Affaires at Bern, the Imperial Japanese Government stated that since it had the right to control the foreign relations of Korea, the inclusion of Korea in the preamble of the convention and the signature of the latter by the Japanese plenipotentiary on behalf of Korea as a separate contracting party were considered by the Japanese Government as null and void.

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