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Final Protocol
    (List of the Contracting Parties)

    The Conference called by the Swiss Federal Council, with a view to revising the International Convention of 22 August 1864, for the Amelioration of the Condition of Soldiers wounded in Armies in the field, met at Geneva on 11 June 1906. The Powers herein below enumerated took part in the Conference to which they had designated the delegates herein below named:

    (Here follow the names of Plenipotentiaries)

    In a series of meetings held from 11 June to 5 July 1906, the Conference discussed and framed, for the signatures of the Plenipotentiaries, the text of a Convention which will bear the date of 6 July 1906.
    In addition, and conformably to Article 16 of the Convention for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, of 29 July 1899, which recognized arbitration as the most effective and at the same time, most equitable means of adjusting differences that have not been resolved through the diplomatic channel, the Conference uttered the following wish:
    The Conference expressed the wish that, in order to arrive at as exact as possible an interpretation and application of the Geneva Convention, the Contracting Powers will refer to the Permanent Court at The Hague, if permitted by the cases and circumstances, such differences as may arise among them, in time of peace, concerning the interpretation of the said Convention.

    This wish was adopted by the following States:

    Argentine Republic
    Austria-Hungary
    Belgium
    Brazil
    Bulgaria
    Chile
    China
    Congo
    Denmark
    France
    Germany
    Greece
    Guatemala
    Honduras
    Italy
    Luxemburg
    Mexico
    Montenegro
    Nicaragua
    Netherlands
    Norway
    Persia
    Peru
    Portugal
    Romania
    Russia
    Serbia
    Siam
    Spain ' (ad referendum) '
    Sweden
    Switzerland
    United States of America
    Uruguay

    The wish was rejected by the following States:

    Great Britain
    Japan and Korea

    In witness whereof, the Delegates have signed the present Protocol.
    Done at Geneva, the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Swiss Confederation and certified copies of which shall be delivered to all the Powers represented at the Conference.

    (Here follow signatures)


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