Accepting these provisions would imply that the agreement would be between two high contracting parties or sovereign states,
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By its terms, Geneva applies to conflicts involving " High Contracting Parties, " which can only be states.
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The lines between combatants and civilians have blurred when the actors are not exclusively High Contracting Parties ( HCP ).
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The High Contracting Parties solemnly declare that enduring peace and friendship shall prevail between the two countries and their peoples.
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In the event of an imminent menace of war the High Contracting Parties will immediately concert together the necessary measures of defence.
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On 15 July 1999 a conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention met at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva.
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Each High Contracting Party undertakes to abstain from providing any assistance to any third country that engages in armed conflict with the other Party.
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Article 2 of the Convention contains a similar mandate by prohibiting broadcasts that would constitute " incitement to war against another high contracting party ".
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Article 1 provides that " The High Contracting Parties recognise and affirm the principle of freedom of passage and navigation by sea in the Straits ".
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The high contracting parties of this accord will at an opportune moment agree among themselves the means of implementing Article III above of this accord . }}