In collaboration with the ICRC, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda organized a one-day round table on the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its five Protocols.

Geneva (ICRC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today signed a cooperation and consultation arrangement in Georgetown, Guyana.

On 1 February the Organization of American States (OAS) will hold a day-long meeting, in cooperation with the ICRC on current issues relating to international humanitarian law.

Joint Press Release (ICRC/IFRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) welcome the entry into force on 14 January 2007 of the Third Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949.

A workshop on the topic "The national commission and the implementation of international humanitarian law in Chad" is being held in N'Djamena today and tomorrow.

A two-day seminar on the implementation of International Humanitarian Law Treaties in West Africa took place in Abuja on 27-28 September 2006, jointly organized by the ECOWAS Secretariat and the ICRC.

On 9 March 2006, the ICRC's regional delegation for Southern Africa organised a seminar on the national implementation of international humanitarian law (IHL) for over 40 members of Namibia's national assembly, as well as senior officials from key national offices and ministries.

On 2 February 2006, for the fifth consecutive year, the ICRC presented its annual report on progress achieved and activities undertaken regarding national application of international humanitarian law (IHL) on the American continent during the preceding year to the Special Session of the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs on current issues in international humanitarian law of the Organization of American States.

The ICRC in Damascus has organized a first conference in the region on the implementation of international humanitarian law

Regional Central European seminar on the implementation of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of armed conflict and its first and second Protocols, Warsaw, 2-4 October 2005.

Over 50 specialists from 23 countries met on 8 and 9 December at the Mexican foreign ministry in Mexico City to assess the extent to which criminal legislation in the Americas was matching up to the requirements of international humanitarian law (IHL).

Geneva (ICRC) – On 14 May 1954, a Convention for the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict was adopted, under the aegis of UNESCO.

Brazil is the latest Latin American country to have set up a national committee responsible for the dissemination and implementation of humanitarian law.

Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) today signed a cooperation agreement.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir signed a decree in February to set up a national commission on international humanitarian law.

On 8 November, for the first time ever, the ICRC and the Foreign Relations and Protocol Office of Sri Lanka's Parliament jointly held a seminar on international humanitarian law for members of parliament.

On 7 October the ICRC regional delegation in Buenos Aires, in cooperation with the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, held a seminar aimed at strengthening the implementation of international humanitarian law nationally.