A new Red Cross convention extending to civilian victims of war the protection now assured to military personnel and prisoners has been suggested to the International Red Cross by Agudah Israel, it was announced here today.
The Agudah World Organization in its capacity of non-governmental consultant to the United Nations, submitted a memorandum on the subject for consideration at the Rod Cross conference opening in Stockholm on Friday. The statement points out: “Millions of unfortunate civilian victims of war were annihilated in the tragic years 1939 to 1945 and no protection could be afforded them by Red Cross institutions” because of the lack of such a convention. Rabbi W.S. Jacobson, member of the Agudah world executive, will represent the organization at the Stockholm conference.
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