European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. May 1, 1986 the stars and stripes the red Cross born in a Battles aftermath thu Lii a Niit. The is dii1 firm in a series of i talc Ahw lit red inns Day i a a us. Soil for writer. Lil a v a a Lunray Dii Nitim Mutt Al in lius when in ilk lick of in a Jeri i m Northern Viiu Jacim Iii the.1-Jcar i lil so i War write role i making iiiiii.ii.1anti he Uci in in Vapoleon i help. To is5f. I tilt it Lilily cure warring Ith lit a Iri inv thai i ii us of l in unit ? concern hanker could t Sec Napoleon Wil Liuni a Jeanj the on june 24, is wine red the Ermah f the Kittle of Solt Jerimi. In saw Many of the it .1101 hounded or killed somirs i Ltd in wooden cart. Id be hauled to neighbouring owns., where Many would suffer without. Medical Hutc Nisun. Dun int u is in Myers upon hearing that Lour doctors were in prison in Ubl Cioc ire fur inc wounded. Dunlin a for go his financial Ink Resk find busied him sell Nyimi Imam live mis Effort in Ornnie on the spot hospitals free the imprisoned Dix lors so they i who work ensure Hill All Sulliers re air lev of nationality received medic Atton inn tre described in red Cross his Uwi ii As hurl of miraculous i Minir Roii turned in Switzerland and wrote a Buok. Memory of Sulf Crint in which he described what he had seen. Lii also proposed ilk creation of private Relief Ofuani Jiom thai would assist the. A on a did in big 11 Lei Wiehls. In if . Dummy and nor other Swiss men founded the International committee fur the Relief of the wounded later called Ilie International committee of the red Cross or i arc on aug 21, ism the first Geneva convention for the amelioration of the condition of tie wounded in annies in the a iced was signed by 12 countries the treaty decreed lha ambulances military hospitals and medical personnel shall be recognised i Neul Rul und As such Pra Leclede and respected by the Loughl it would be a waste if the societies were to shrink Back to their peacetime sizes and activities after the War. Davison. Wanted la create a league of societies similar to the newly formed league of notions that would work permanently to improve health around the world. The league of red Cross and red Crescent societies was created in 1919 As the coordinating Budy for the societies in the individual countries. There now arc 137 societies worldwide made up of about 250 million people. The league coordinates society resources during natural disasters provides Aid to refugees collects blood and conducts fund raising campaigns among other peacetime chores. The league also develops the National societies that s probably the most useful thing we can do if we want a Mure stable world said George Reid director of pub Lic affairs for the league. Ideally we should be working to put ourselves out of the three branches of the red Cross the i arc. The league and the National societies have As their body of in the Geneva conventions. Since inc first convention was ratified in ik64. Three conventions and two protocols have been added. About 165 nations have ratified the four conventions although some including the unwed slates and soviet Union have declared they have reservations about parts of the conventions. Only a handful of Island nations have not signed any pan of the conventions. Hurma is party to Only the i92q Conven Tion pertaining to the sick and wounded and prisoners of War. The four conventions the latest of which was added in 1�w, provide Protection and Aid for the wounded and sick on battlefields and at sea for humane treat ment of prisoners for the Protection of civilians during War for the Protection of medical people and hospitals Anil for the Protection of historic or cultural Sites. The protocols which Are refinements of the conventions have not been ratified by Immy countries. The first protocol pro Vides additional Protection for civilians particularly those str Ucles against colonial alien in cup lion and racist regimes. The second protocol seeks til Widen the Legal base from which the red Cross can perform its duties during internal con. Nicks the i arc the Branch of the red Cross which sends delegates to War ones is made up Only of Swiss citizens. The organi nation is devoutly Neutral and delegates protect that neutrality with Lippi lips. They meticulously avoid making comments about any world situation that could be interpreted As a Compromise of the organization s neutrality members of the i arc and the league both headquartered in Geneva insist their business is humanitarian Aid. Not polities. Delegates say it s not their con Cern to ask Why a person hut been imprisoned or Why a War is being fought. Their concern is to ensure that All people who find themselves in the War Are treated humanely. Cost of boosting embassies Security called unrealistic by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington members of the Senate foreign relations committee wednesday sharply questioned the $4.4 billion Price tag for a stale department plan to beef up Security at american diplomatic facilities abroad. While we fully support the concept of increased Security for our diplomats some of the figures in the plan appear to be unrealistic said sen. Claiborne Pell . Al some Point we re going to have to reconsider these the plan to be carried out Over five years Calls for construction of 79 new embassies and consulates reconstruction of another 175 existing facilities and renovation of about 10,000 residences overseas said Ronald Spiers stale department undersecretary for management. Spiers admitted the Psi of the program is High but said thai was because we re rot talking about Ordinary build logs but special facilities meeting special Security Stan Dards. These projects Cost about twice As much to carry out As Ordinary facilities of the same the plan is the result of one of the recommendations submitted by the advisory panel on overseas Security formed last year by Secretary of state George Shultz. Spiers said Shultz asked the panel headed by retired adm. Bobby Ray Inman former chief of the National Security Agency to take a hard look Ai our Security and programs and to give him ideas and rec of Itic s4.4 billion total s2.7 billion would be for actual construction the rest would be for related operating expenses such As Security officers residential Security improvements und More secure communications equipment said Spiers. But committee members were sceptical about some aspects of the program. The item most often criticised at the hearing was a request for s107 million far new furniture. There s always scepticism whenever we fund a new program that costs a lot of Money said sen. Acc Hideo a Del. The question is whether the fight against terror ism in t being used for such things As Interior decorating. A Don t want to erode Public Confidence in what we re if you build a building and inhabit it you need Furni Ture Spiers said we Recycle As much As we can. Bui we re talking about 10-plus buildings. While $5 million per building seems High i it not out of line Spiers pointed out that Only half that total will go for furniture with the rest being spent or such items As Light ing fixtures and wallpaper. He said requirements to buy american add substantially to the figures. More than half the Money would be for transportation he said. Committee members also questioned costs for More real estate at diplomatic Sites to meet another Inman panel recommendation that embassies and consulates be set Back at least 100 feet from surrounding streets and build Ings. But sen. John Kerry. A mass. Highlighted two requests he said appeared questionable. One was a request for s6 million for three acres of land in Kuala Bumpur malay Sia. The other was a $10 million request for 40 acres in Kampala Uganda. I m not sure i have Confidence in this plan Kerry said. Six million dollars for three acres of land committee members also worried that the increased Security would turn diplomatic facilities into sen. Richard Lugar r-lnd., said the preoccupation with Security May defeat other purposes such As the openness of our facilities to the local but Spiers said the new buildings Don t have to look like fortresses. We Don t consider this plan to be a withdrawal. The fact is that people feel More secure if reason Able Security measures arc taken. These will be buildings people will be More Content to work in and the committee is planning further hearings on the embassy Security Bill. The House passed its own legislation last month by a Vole of 3s9-7
