International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997): Volume 30 - Supplementary Reference Report

Telecommunications network
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13 January 2010, p. 107
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The ICRC's shortwave telecommunications network — one of the most extensive non-governmental networks in the world — provides headquarters in Geneva and the delegations and sub-delegations in the field with an efficient and reliable means of communication. Entirely independent of commercial channels, the network enables radio contact to be maintained round-the-clock in situations where, more often than not, official channels have been disrupted or no longer function.

States party to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and to the Two Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977
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13 January 2010, pp. 112-117
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