United Nations, Aug. 14 -- United Nations Security Council president hailed the 'significant body of law', describing it as playing "a vital role in limiting brutality of armed conflicts", to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the landmark Geneva conventions.
''As they are ratified and acceded by almost every State of the world, the principles and legal norms enshrined in these Conventions are also recognized as customary international humanitarian law [IHL] and are universally applicable'', said Poland's Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, speaking for his nation which holds the Presidency of the Council for August. "This is a rare quality for any multilateral treaty".
In the aftermath of the Second World War, the treaty, comprised of f...