It's true that the convention exempts "military activities" from the tribunals' jurisdiction, but it does not define the term.
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When reports of Operation Popeye surfaced in the media, Congress held hearings, the United Nations created a convention banning future military use of weather modification technologies and the nascent field of weather modification appeared to go the way of the passenger train until recently.
The American-desk-free State Department insists the U.S. military would be violating the Chemical Weapons Convention if it uses RCAs.
The spotlight was initially going to shine most brightly on McCain's military record on Monday, a day convention organizers planned to focus on the theme of national service.
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Similarly, State Department lawyers have unilaterally determined that the utilization of riot control agents - non-lethal substances such as tear gas - by the U.S. military would violate the 1992 Chemical Weapons Convention.
David Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, also addressed the convention by way of videotape.
The outside help began appearing last spring, when Secretary Gates gave a speech to the annual convention of the Navy League questioning whether the military was likely to be conducting any more big amphibious landings in the future comparable to the 1950 Incheon landing in Korea.
They insist on blurring the lines sensibly drawn by the Geneva Convention between prisoners of war (namely, military personnel from states parties who conform to the laws of war by wearing uniforms, displaying their arms, and adhering to an identified chain of command) and unlawful enemy combatants (who do not).
One interesting thing will be whether the president accepts the agenda of "key issues" laid out at the Democratic convention -- things like Iraq, the military, health care, the economy -- or if he tries to shift the conversation and make other issues such as social security or education more important.
The UK is arguably the most significant military power (and the only one with extensive military involvements abroad) not to have ratified the 1954 Hague Convention.
Pursuant to this interpretation, President Clinton intends to issue a new executive order upon ratification of the Convention that would prohibit the U.S. military from using non-toxic riot control agents (RCA) under scenarios in which such use might save lives.
As with the CWC, the U.S. entered into this Convention because it did not wish to maintain the relevant military capability and thought it would be better off signing up other nations to a ban even one that was wholly unverifiable and unenforceable.
As with the CWC, the U.S. entered into the earlier convention because it did not wish to maintain the relevant military capability and thought it would be better off signing up other nations to a ban even one that was wholly unverifiable and unenforceable.
As with the CWC, the U.S. entered into the earlier convention because it did not wish to maintain the relevant military capability and thought it would be better off signing up other nations to a ban -- even one that was wholly unverifiable and unenforceable.
Military leaders had planned to invite political parties and civilian representatives to the convention, said Capt.
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Kerry's military service in Vietnam -- which he showcased at the Democratic National Convention but has since come under attack by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth -- has become less of an asset, the poll found.
This extraordinary action set the stage for the military's ultimately successful effort to dissuade the Administration from signing the 1997 Ottawa Convention prohibiting the production, stockpiling and use of APLs, yet another hopelessly unverifiable and ill-advised arms control initiative.
The Hague Convention is the principal international instrument concerning the protection of cultural property during armed conflict and military occupation.
The 1990 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) set the legal minimum age for military recruitment at 15.
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