AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE (RED CROSS CONVENTION)
- Convention signed at Geneva August 22, 1864
- Ratifications exchanged at Geneva June 22, 1865
- Declaration of accession signed by the President of the United States March 1, 1882
- Senate advice and consent to accession March 16, 1882
- Accession of the United States accepted by Switzerland June 9, 1882
- Entered into force June 22, 1865; for the United States June 9, 1882
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States July 26, 1882
- Superseded by conventions of July 6, 1906,[1] July 27, 1929,[2] and August 12, 1949,[3] as between contracting parties to the later conventions in each instance
22 Stat. 940; Treaty Series 377
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The Swiss Confederation; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Denmark; Her Majesty the Queen of Spain; His Majesty the Emperor of the French; His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Hesse; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the King of the Netherlands; His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves; His Majesty the King of Prussia; His Majesty the King of Würtemberg, being equally animated with the desire to soften, as much as depends on them, the evils of warfare, to suppress its useless hardships and improve the fate of wounded soldiers on the field of battle, have resolved to conclude a convention to that effect, and have named for their plenipotentiaries, viz:
- The Swiss Confederation:
- Guillaume Henri Dufour, Grand Officer of the Imperial Order of the
