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Regional delegation in Budapest - ICRC Annual Report 2009

19-05-2010 Annual Report No 2009

Prior to its closure at the end of June 2009, the Budapest regional delegation, established in 1997, encouraged and supported the States of the region in their efforts to ratify and implement IHL treaties. It assisted the military authorities in incorporating IHL into their training programmes and exercises, and the civil authorities in integrating IHL into university and secondary school curricula. It also promoted research and debate on IHL and humanitarian issues in academic circles. The delegation supported the development of the region’s National Societies. Its remaining activities were handed over to ICRC headquarters and the Western Balkans regional delegation in the second half of the year.