The Geneva Protocol Is Signed
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History, Environmental Issues
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- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, 20th & 21st Century European History
- Geographical Location: Geneva
- Date: June 17, 1925
Article abstract: Representatives from several nations, including most of the great powers, signed a protocol banning the use of poison gas and bacteriological weapons in war.
Summary of Event
On June 17, 1925, representatives from several nations met in Geneva, Switzerland, and signed a protocol to prohibit “the use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids, materials or devices,” and further consented to extend this prohibition to bacteriological methods of warfare as well. This relatively brief document...
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