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ARTICLE-10
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... The
High Contracting Parties
may at any
time
agree
to
entrust
to an
organization
which
offers
all
guarantees
of
impartiality
and
efficacy
the
duties
incumbent on the
Protecting
Powers
by
virtue
of the present
Convention
. ...
ARTICLE-23
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... Whenever
military
considerations
permit
,
prisoner of war
camps
shall be indicated in the
day
-
time
by the
letters
PW or PG, placed so as to be clearly visible from the
air
. The
Powers
concerned may, however,
agree
upon any other
system
of marking. Only
prisoner of war
camps
shall be marked as such. ...
ARTICLE-33
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... (b) The senior
medical officer
in each
camp
shall be
responsible
to the
camp
military authorities
for everything
connected
with the
activities
of retained
medical personnel
. For this
purpose
,
Parties to the conflict
shall
agree
at the
outbreak of hostilities
on the
subject
of the
corresponding
ranks
of the
medical personnel
,
including
that of
societies
mentioned in Article
26
of the
Geneva Convention
for the Amelioration of the
Condition
of the
Wounded
and
Sick
in
Armed Forces
in the
Field
of August 12, 1949. This senior
medical officer
, as well as
chaplains
, shall have the
right
to deal with the
competent
authorities
of the
camp
on all
questions
relating to their
duties
. Such
authorities
shall afford them all necessary
facilities
for
correspondence
relating to these
questions
. ...
... During
hostilities
, the
Parties to the conflict
shall
agree
concerning
the possible
relief
of retained
personnel
and shall settle the
procedure
to be followed. ...
ARTICLE-65
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... The
Parties to the conflict
concerned may
agree
to notify to each other at
specific
intervals
through the
Protecting Power
, the
amount
of the
accounts
of the
prisoners of war
. ...
ARTICLE-75
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... These
provisions
in no way detract from the
right
of any
Party
to the
conflict
to arrange other means of
transport
, if it should so prefer, nor preclude the granting of
safe
-conducts, under mutually
agreed
conditions
, to such means of
transport
. ...
ARTICLE-111
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... The
Detaining Power
, the
Power
on which the
prisoners of war
depend, and a
neutral Power
agreed
upon by these two
Powers
, shall endeavour to conclude
agreements
which will enable
prisoners of war
to be interned in the
territory
of the said
neutral Power
until the close of
hostilities
. ...
ARTICLE-118
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... (b) If the two
Powers
are not contiguous, the
Detaining Power
shall bear the
costs
of
transport
of
prisoners of war
over its own
territory
as far as its
frontier
or its
port
of
embarkation
nearest to the
territory
of the
Power
on which the
prisoners of war
depend. The
Parties
concerned shall
agree
between themselves as to the
equitable
apportionment
of the remaining
costs
of the
repatriation
. The
conclusion
of this
agreement
shall in no
circumstances
justify any
delay
in the
repatriation
of the
prisoners of war
. ...
ARTICLE-122
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... The
Information
Bureau
shall furthermore be charged with collecting all
personal
valuables,
including
sums in
currencies
other than that of the
Detaining Power
and
documents
of importance to the
next of kin
, left by
prisoners of war
who have been
repatriated
or released, or who have
escaped
or
died
, and shall forward the said valuables to the
Powers
concerned. Such articles shall be sent by the
Bureau
in
sealed
packets which shall be accompanied by
statements
giving clear and full particulars of the
identity
of the
person
to whom the articles belonged, and by a complete
list
of the contents of the
parcel
. Other
personal
effects
of such
prisoners of war
shall be transmitted under
arrangements
agreed
upon between the
Parties to the conflict
concerned. ...
ARTICLE-126
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... The
Detaining Power
and the
Power
on which the said
prisoners of war
depend may
agree
, if necessary, that compatriots of these
prisoners of war
be permitted to
participate
in the
visits
. ...
ARTICLE-132
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... If
agreement
has not been reached
concerning
the
procedure
for the
enquiry
, the
Parties
should
agree
on the
choice
of an
umpire
who will
decide
upon the
procedure
to be followed. ...
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