Twelve nations sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Geneva_Convention" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="First Geneva Convention">First Geneva Convention</a>, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.<sup about="#mwt33" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_22#cite_note-4" id="mwjg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwjw">[4]</span></a></sup>
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