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MILITARY AGREEMENT CESSATION HOSTILITIES [2 records]

Record 1 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Military (General)
OBS

Signed on 30 July 1993 by Croat, Serb and Muslim military commanders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Militar (Generalidades)
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Record 2 1987-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

An agreement between local commanders of military of naval forces for the cessation of hostilities for a limited time, usually for the purpose of removal of the wounded, burial of the dead, and the like.

CONT

... the German company had a right of appeal, but not on the basis of the armistice, which was not a partial or temporary peace, but simply a suspension of military operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Terme employé pour désigner la convention militaire ayant pour objet une suspension d'armes.

CONT

«La suspension d'armes est une convention qui intervient, pour une courte durée, entre chefs d'armées, de corps d'armée ou de détachements et qui ne s'applique qu'à des points déterminés du théâtre de la lutte. - Cette convention se conclut pour des intérêts pressants, mais limités, tels que : enlèvement des blessés, inhumation des morts, célébration d'une cérémonie comme les funérailles de Marceau en 1976, ou pour permettre au commandant des troupes de demander et de recevoir des ordres de ses supérieurs.»

Spanish

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