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THIRD GENEVA CONVENTION OF 1949
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.
Once the violation has been established, the Parties to the conflict
shall put an end to it and shall repress it with the least possible delay.
SECTION II
FINAL PROVISIONS
Languages
ART. 133. — The present Convention is established in English
and in French. Both texts are equally authentic.
The Swiss Federal Council shall arrange for official translations of
the Convention to be made in the Russian and Spanish languages.
Relation
to the 1929
Convention
ART. 134. — The present Convention replaces the Convention of
July 27, 1929, in relations between the High Contracting Parties.
Relation to
the Hague
Convention
ART. 135. — In the relations between the Powers which are
bound by the Hague Convention respecting the Laws and
Customs of War on Land, whether that of July 29, 1899, or that of
October 18, 1907, and which are parties to the present Convention,
this last Convention shall be complementary to Chapter II of the
Regulations annexed to the above-mentioned Conventions of the
Hague.
Signature
ART. 136. — The present Convention, which bears the date of
this day, is open to signature until February 12, 1950, in the name of
the Powers represented at the Conference which opened at
Geneva on April 21, 1949; furthermore, by Powers not represented
at that Conference, but which are parties to the Convention of
July 27, 1929.
Ratification
ART. 137. — The present Convention shall be ratified as soon as
possible and the ratifications shall be deposited at Berne.
A record shall be drawn up of the deposit of each instrument of
ratification and certified copies of this record shall be transmitted
by the Swiss Federal Council to all the Powers in whose name the
Convention has been signed, or whose accession has been notified.
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