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  goes beyond merely not interfering with such institutions, as it also includes the affirmative duty to support
  them when the responsible authorities of the country fail to do so.
  6-77. The Occupying Power must take all necessary steps to facilitate the identification of children and the
  registration of their parentage (GC art. 50). The Occupying Power may not, in any case, change their personal
  status, nor enlist them in formations or subordinate organizations (GC art. 50).
  6-78. Should the local institutions be inadequate for the purpose, the Occupying Power must make
  arrangements for the maintenance and education, if possible by person of their own nationality, language and
  religion, of children who are orphaned or separated from their parents as a result of the war and cannot be
  adequately cared for by a near relative or friend (GC art. 50).
  6-79. A special section of the National Protected Person Information Bureau is to be responsible for taking
  all necessary steps to identify children whose identity is in doubt (see paragraph 5-33). Particulars of their
  parents or other near relatives should be recorded if available. The Occupying Power must not hinder the
  application of any preferential measures in regard to food, medical care and protection against the effects of
  war that may have been adopted prior to the occupation in favor of children under fifteen years of age,
  expectant mothers, and mothers of children under seven years of age (GC art. 50).
  FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR THE CIVILIAN POPULATION
  6-80. The responsibility for providing and maintaining health services falls primarily on the national and
  local authorities, but where such authorities are unable to provide adequately for the health needs of the
  civilian population, the Occupying Power has the duty described below. To the fullest extent available to it,
  the Occupying Power has the duty of ensuring the adequacy of food and medical supplies of the population.
  In particular, it should bring in the necessary food, medical stores, and other articles if the resources of the
  occupied territory are insufficient (GC art. 55; consider AP I art. 69).
  6-81. The Occupying Power must allow the protecting power to verify the state of the food and medical
  supplies in occupied territories, at any time, except where temporary restrictions are made necessary by
  imperative military requirements (GC art. 55).
  HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
  6-82. To the fullest extent available to it, the Occupying Power has the duty of ensuring and maintaining,
  with the cooperation of national and local authorities, medical and hospital establishments, medical services,
  and public health and hygiene in the occupied territory, with particular reference to the adoption and
  application of the prophylactic and preventive measures necessary to combat the spread of contagious
  diseases and epidemics. Medical personnel of all categories must be allowed to carry out their duties (GC art.
  56; consider AP I art. 15).
  6-83. If new hospitals are set up in occupied territory and if the competent organizations of the occupied
  State are not operating there, the occupying authorities must, if necessary, grant them the recognition
  provided for in Article 18 of the GC (GC art. 56). This recognition allows civilian hospitals to show that they
  are civilian hospitals and that the buildings they occupy are not used for any purpose that would deprive them
  of protection (see DOD Law of War Manual, 11.15.3). In similar circumstances, the occupying authorities
  must also grant recognition to hospital personnel and transport vehicles under the provisions of Articles 20
  and 21 of the GC (GC art. 56). This recognition allows such personnel and vehicles to display their
  entitlement to protection. In adopting measures for purposes of health and hygiene, and in their
  implementation, the Occupying Power must take into consideration the moral and ethical sensitivities and
  susceptibilities of the population of the occupied territory (GC art. 56).
  REQUISITION OF HOSPITALS AND OF FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES
  6-84. The Occupying Power may requisition civilian hospitals only temporarily and in cases of urgent
  necessity for the care of military wounded and sick, and then on condition that suitable arrangements are
  made in due time for the care and treatment of the hospital’s current patients and for the future needs of the
  civilian population for hospital accommodation. The material and stores of civilian hospitals may not be
  requisitioned so long as they are needed for the civilian population (GC art. 57; consider AP I art. 14).