The Swiss Ambassador to China Jürg Burri gives a speech. Photo: Courtesy of the Embassy of Switzerland in China
In his address, Swiss Ambassador to China Jürg Burri said, "If we look around the world today, 75 years later, we note that we are still far from achieving the goal of ending the pains of armed conflict. However, this should not lead us to accept war as inevitable. We should still condemn war as a means prohibited by the UN Charter. And even more importantly, it should not make us give up on the commitment to 'humanize war' and lessen the misery it causes."Over the decades, the Geneva Conventions have provided a vital bulwark against the atrocities of war, saving millions of lives.
At the event, Balthasar Staehelin, Personal Envoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President to China and Head of the ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia, delivered a speech.
Wang Ping, Vice-President of the Red Cross Society of China, also delivered an opening speech.
China was one of the first countries to accede to the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and attaches great importance to compliance with international humanitarian law (IHL). The China National Committee on IHL was established in 2007 to promote the dissemination and implementation of the IHL, with the Red Cross Society of China as its secretariat.
"The ever more complex global development and security situation has resulted in an upsurge of humanitarian needs. Dissemination and compliance with the IHL are more relevant than ever before," said Wang.
The Geneva Conventions were adopted in 1949 and are now universally ratified, representing a universal acknowledgment that war needs rules to limit its devastating impact on humanity.
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