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ARTICLE-8
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... The present
Convention
shall be applied with the
cooperation
and under the
scrutiny
of the
Protecting
Powers
whose
duty
it is to
safeguard
the
interests
of the
Parties to the conflict
. For this
purpose
, the
Protecting
Powers
may appoint, apart from their
diplomatic
or
consular staff
,
delegates
from amongst their own
nationals
or the
nationals
of other
neutral Powers
. The said
delegates
shall be
subject
to the
approval
of the
Power
with which they are to carry out their
duties
. ...
ARTICLE-10
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... Any
neutral Power
or any
organization
invited by the
Power
concerned or
offering
itself for these
purposes
, shall be required to
act
with a sense of
responsibility
towards the
Party
to the
conflict
on which
persons
protected
by the present
Convention
depend, and shall be required to furnish sufficient assurances that it is in a
position
to
undertake
the appropriate
functions
and to
discharge
them impartially. ...
ARTICLE-11
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... For this
purpose
, each of the
Protecting
Powers
may, either at the
invitation
of one
Party
or on its own
initiative
,
propose
to the
Parties to the conflict
a
meeting
of their
representatives
, and in particular of the
authorities
responsible
for
prisoners of war
, possibly on
neutral
territory
suitably chosen. The
Parties to the conflict
shall be bound to give
effect
to the
proposals
made to them for this
purpose
. The
Protecting
Powers
may, if necessary,
propose
for
approval
by the
Parties to the conflict
a
person
belonging to a
neutral Power
, or
delegated
by the
International Committee of the Red Cross
, who shall be invited to take part in such a
meeting
. ...
ARTICLE-109
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... Throughout the
duration
of
hostilities
,
Parties to the conflict
shall endeavour, with the
cooperation
of the
neutral Powers
concerned, to make
arrangements
for the
accommodation
in
neutral countries
of the
sick
and
wounded
prisoners of war
referred to in the second paragraph of the following Article. They may, in
addition
, conclude
agreements
with a
view
to the direct
repatriation
or
internment
in a
neutral country
of able-bodied
prisoners of war
who have undergone a long
period
of
captivity
. ...
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
. ...
... 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
. ...
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