Date

Jun 16, 1978

Description

To support a meeting on 28 June 1978 of the NATO Political-Legal Working Group, the NATO Secretariat compiled the Allied interpretations that had been declared so far. The first part concerned interpretations of the nuclear weapons issue, outlining the positions taken by the British, Belgians, Canadians, Norwegians, and the United States. The second part concerned interpretations of specific articles of the two Protocols with statements by those governments along with Italy.

Source

RG 59, Department of State Records, George H. Aldrich Records, box 6, Human Rights in Armed Conflict 1978

Document published in following posting(s):

Humanitarian Law of War: The U.S.-NATO Review of Additional Protocol I, 1978-1986

Sep 21, 2023

Memorandum, Acting Chairman L. Heichler to Members of the Political Committee, “Allied Interpretations of Additional Protocols I and II to the 1949 Geneva Convention on Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts,” with Annex Attached, 16 June 1978, Confidential