Committee in Defense of Peace and the Geneva Agreements — was a political organization in Vietnam, formed in Saigon in August 1954 by Nguyễn Hữu Thọ. The Committee was crushed and banned by the South Vietnamese government in November the same year, and Nguyễn Hữu Thọ and other members of the… … Wikipedia
Geneva Convention — Geneva Con|ven|tion, the a set of agreements that establish rules for how people should be treated during wars, especially if they are wounded or taken prisoner. The Geneva Convention was first written in Geneva, Switzerland, in the 19th century… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Geneva Convention — agreements that were signed in Geneva which set rules on how to deal with victims of war … English contemporary dictionary
Geneva Conventions — The Geneva Convention: The signature and seals page of the First Geneva Convention (1864), establishing humane rules of war. The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and three additional protocols, that establish the standards of… … Wikipedia
Geneva Summit (1955) — The Geneva Summit was first held on July 18th, 1955 in Geneva, Switzerland. This was a meeting of The Big Four : President Dwight D. Eisenhower of the United States, Prime Minister Anthony Eden of the United Kingdom, Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin… … Wikipedia
Geneva Accords — ➡ Vietnam War * * * ▪ history of Indochina collection of documents relating to Indochina and issuing from the Geneva Conference of April 26–July 21, 1954, attended by representatives of Cambodia, the People s Republic of China, France, Laos … Universalium
geneva — /jeuh nee veuh/, n. Hollands. [1700 10; < D genever < OF genevre < L juniperus JUNIPER] * * * I French Genève German Genf Italian Ginevra City (pop., 2001 est.: urban agglom., 464,000), capital of Geneva canton, southwestern Switzerland. At the… … Universalium
Geneva — /jeuh nee veuh/, n. 1. a city in and the capital of the canton of Geneva, in SW Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva: seat of the League of Nations 1920 46. 155,800. 2. a canton in SW Switzerland. 335,800; 109 sq. mi. (282 sq. km). 3. Lake of. Also … Universalium
Geneva Accord — This article is about the proposal for peace between Israel and Palestine. There was also a Geneva Accord that concerned Vietnam, Geneva Accords that concerned Afghanistan, other Geneva Conventions and other Geneva Conferences .The Draft… … Wikipedia
Geneva Conventions — Series of four international agreements (1864, 1906, 1929, 1949) signed in Geneva, Switz. , that established the humanitarian principles by which the signatory countries are to treat an enemy s military and civilian nationals in wartime. The… … Universalium
