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33-709: The Center is operating in Serbia and neighboring countries. It is an affiliated member of the International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO). The Center is designed for fast regaining in case of fire , natural disasters and technological disasters. It is also in charge of the removal of residual explosive devices from the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia . Apart from these tasks, it also provides humanitarian aid to people affected by emergencies and training and skills development activities in

66-855: A Member State. Subsequently, the Constitution was registered in 1975 at the United Nations Secretariat in New York in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and published in the United Nations Treaty Series. The preamble to the Constitution defines the aims of the Organization and reads as follows: “To intensify and co-ordinate worldwide the development and improvement of the Organization, methods and technical means of preventing and mitigating

99-699: A brochure published by the American civil protection administration on protection against atomic weapons. To this end, an international conference was held in Berlin in 1954 on “The Problem of Protecting Civilian Populations in Time of War through the Creation and Recognition of Neutralized Zones and Open Cities”. This meeting was later to be known in the ICDO chronology as the 1st World Conference on Civil Defence. Following

132-451: Is an intergovernmental organization with the objective to contribute to the development by States of structures ensuring the protection and assistance of population and safeguarding property and the environment from natural or man-made disasters. These structures are generally known as civil protection , civil defence , civil safety, civil defense corps and are all concerned with the management of emergency situations. The ICDO federates

165-698: Is not a threat, but what it may become would be a serious issue. Director of the Center explained that with diplomatic status, the Center would have tax relief for payment of equipment and all other expenses. The United States Ambassador to Serbia Kyle Randolph Scott strongly opposed this idea, saying that: "if diplomatic passports are given to the employees of the Center, inspection of their activities would not be possible". Thus way, he suggested that Russians would gain military presence in Serbia. In August 2017, in his visit to Serbia, U.S. Senator Ron Johnson urged Serbian Government not to give diplomatic status to

198-540: Is the backbone of the Organization. Indeed, headed by a Secretary General, this body is responsible for the implementation of the decisions of the General Assembly and the Executive Council. The International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO) is an intergovernmental Organization whose objective is to contribute to the development by States of structures ensuring the protection and assistance of

231-536: Is the supreme body; it comprises 60 Member States, 16 Observers and 23 Affiliate Members and is headed by a President. It meets at least every 2 years. The Executive Council, the secular arm of the Organization, is currently made up of 25 members whose mandate is renewable every four years. It is overseen by a president. It meets every year in ordinary sessions and as many times as necessary in extraordinary sessions. The Permanent Secretariat, based in Geneva, Switzerland,

264-457: The Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia , Vladimir Puchkov , at the time Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations of Russia . On 25 April 2013, Dačić and Puchkov signed further conclusions about the area of activities that Center provides, with the expectations that the Center should begin to work in full capacity until the end of 2013. In 2017, Russian officials launched an initiative that

297-707: The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign states , neither organization ever speaks of "member states". The WTO has simply "members" (see WTO members ), and the IMF refers to its members as "member countries". The oldest global member state based organization is the International Telecommunication Union , which joined

330-621: The 2nd International Symposium on Radiological Protection, the representatives of the ICDO Member States, meeting in a Constituent Assembly, adopted the text of the present Constitution which gives it the status of an Intergovernmental Organization under the same name. This Constitution is in fact an international Convention binding on the High Contracting Parties and subsequently on each country which, by depositing its instruments of ratification, has acceded to it as

363-658: The Agreement signed on 10 March 1976 between the Swiss Federal Council and the ICDO regulated the legal status of the Organization in Switzerland. In Article 52 the text stipulates that the new Constitution would enter into force when 10 States had become parties to it. So it was not until 1972, at the Organization’s first General Assembly held in Geneva from 1 to 3 March, that it entered into force with

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396-660: The Center gets a diplomatic status, and its employees, but it came to disapproval by the Western countries. Dačić, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, stated that the initiative is being politicized. In June 2017, Maria Zakharova , Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia called these "spying allegations" an absurd. Hoyt Brian Yee, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs responded that Center in this form

429-512: The Center, as it may "impact Serbian economy and Western direct investments" in the future. VK account Telegram channel Visual tour This Serbia-organization-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organization in Russia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . International Civil Defence Organization The International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO)

462-669: The LoN was based, was an ideal location for the Association, close to the diplomatic missions based in Geneva at the time. Since 1976, ICDO has established its offices in the Parc Chuit, at 10-12, Chemin de Surville in Petit-Lancy. In order to achieve its objectives, this Organization has put in place a strategy and a mechanism that is consistent on three levels, namely structural, operational and functional. The General Assembly

495-638: The Municipality of Lausanne in Switzerland welcomed this practical action and, in collaboration with the Permanent Secretariat of the “Lieux de Genève”, drew up detailed plans for the Organization and construction of a place of refuge for the population of Lausanne. In addition, the Permanent Secretariat continued its work on the Organization of local civil protection services, industrial protection and, among other things, it adapted, in French,

528-468: The Red Cross estimates that as many as 97% of the victims of any armed conflict are civilians. Frightened by the prospect of future wars and aware of what doctors owe to peace, he campaigned for the Red Cross to cover not only ambulances and hospitals in the future, but also for certain places, demarcated in advance, declared and marked on maps where children, the elderly and women could take refuge from

561-574: The bombing and gas. Today, these areas are called human corridors. Surgeon-General Georges Saint-Paul who by his generous initiative acquired the right to the title of "benefactor of humanity", unfortunately succumbed on 7 April 1937 to angina pectoris at his château de Rassay in Genillé in Indre-et-Loire France. Despite the death of General Saint-Paul, his friends and loyal collaborators continued to fight for his ideas. In 1946,

594-498: The consequences of all kinds of accidents, disasters and calamities. Although the Organization has evolved since 1937 in Geneva, a Headquarters Agreement between the Swiss Federal Council and the International Civil Defence Organization, concluded on 10 March 1976 and entered into force on 16 March 1976, regulates its legal status, thus confirming its establishment in Geneva, Switzerland. In

627-496: The consequences of natural disasters in times of peace, or of the use of weapons in times of conflict.” The Constitution effectively came into force on 1 March 1972 at the first General Assembly of its Member States. Subsequently, the ICDO Constitution was registered in 1975 at the United Nations Secretariat in New York in accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and published in the United Nations Treaty Series. Finally,

660-669: The convening of the Geneva Diplomatic Conference in 1949, where delegates and experts from over 60 countries drew up the new conventions known as the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949. General Saint-Paul’s idea found some international legal realization in the Convention relating to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, the so-called Fourth Geneva Convention. In 1949, after

693-672: The early years, the offices of the International Committee of the Lieux de Genève were located at 10 avenue Blanc and then moved to the Château Banquet, rue de Lausanne, when the latter was rented in 1939. It is a place with lots of history. Built in 1650, the castle was called Château Rozet. In 1712, the castle was bought by Etienne Banquet, and became Château Banquet. The Château, close to the Palais des Nations, where

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726-471: The evolution that had taken place over the first 50 years between General Saint-Paul's "Lieux de Genève" and today's International Civil Defence Organization, we can see that the notion of protection of civilians in times of war has been extended to the protection and security of populations in general, thanks to the intensification, coordination and planning, at an international level, of the methods, means and technologies for preventing, combating and alleviating

759-687: The field of prevention and elimination of emergency situations. The Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center was established on 25 April 2012, following the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Serbia , on the initiative by Sergey Shoygu . The signatories of the Agreement are: Ivica Dačić , at the time Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia and

792-423: The filing of instruments of ratification or accession by the following 22 countries: Argentina, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Finland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Liberia, Monaco, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Syria, Thailand, United Arab Republic, Vietnam, Yugoslavia. In parallel with the legal and statutory development of the Organization and its contribution to

825-463: The formulation of the new Humanitarian Law, its leaders worked tirelessly to promote techniques and knowledge in prevention, preparedness and response. As part of the promotion of techniques and knowledge, ICDO organized numerous conferences, exhibitions and seminars which have made it a platform for exchange where civil protection professionals from both industrialized and developing countries share knowledge and experience. At this point, if we summarize

858-573: The leadership of the Association in the middle of the Korean War, a war which, just a few months later, highlighted the limits of the implementation of the International Agreements. And this marks the beginning of the second phase of the activity of the «Lieux de Genève» Association. The aim was to study the practical implementation of the evacuation and the advance planning of the places where the evacuees would be housed. In 1951,

891-596: The mayor of St. Gallen, Mr. Anderegg, a member of the Swiss Federal Parliament , presented a postulate based on the humanitarian work of Henri Dunant , founder of the Red Cross , and on the actions undertaken at the instigation of the “Les Lieux de Genève” . He asked the Swiss government to examine the problem of the neutralization of cities, areas and regions in the event of war. This was followed by

924-460: The national structures established by States for this purpose with the aim of favoring cooperation and mutual solidarity between them. The International Civil Defence Organization was founded in 1931. It has 60 member states , 16 observer states and 23 affiliated members. In 1931, retired Surgeon General Dr. Georges Saint-Paul founded the Association “Les Lieux de Genève” in Paris . It

957-436: The population and the safeguarding of property and the environment against natural or man-made disasters, protection of the critical national assets and infrastructure. Strategic partners participating in ICDO activities can provide humanitarian assistance to countries in need. Member state A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation . Since

990-533: The resolutions adopted by the Berlin congressmen, the International Association proceeded to make many countries aware of the principle of preparing places of refuge in collaboration with national civil protection institutions. In July 1956, the “Bulletin d'information des Lieux de Genève“ was entitled PROTECTION CIVILE and its editorial heralded the transformation of the Association with the development of national civil Defence Organizations in

1023-514: The signing of the four diplomatic Geneva Conventions, the Lieux de Genève turned their attention to the practical implementation of refuge areas for the protection of non-combatants. It was during this jubilee year, 1951, that Milan Bodi, Deputy Secretary General, was called to succeed Henri George, who died on 6 May 1951, after a short illness, at the age of 77. Mr. Bodi was Secretary General of ICDO from 1951 to 1986. The new Secretary General took over

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1056-578: The various countries. Following this, the Association des Lieux de Genève profoundly modified its structure at the General Assembly of 10 January 1958, by creating a true International Committee, thus renouncing its title whose local consonance often led to confusion. In the same vein, it extended its tasks beyond the evacuation of civilians to include all protective measures and provided for the involvement of national civil protection bodies, which would be granted rights and duties. In 1966, in Monaco, following

1089-496: Was an association dedicated to the protection of civilians and historic monuments in armed conflict situations. It was a revolutionary idea. Until that time, no one had thought about the collateral damage caused to civilians in armed conflicts. Focusing on the protection of the civilian population was an avant-garde idea. Over time, war would increasingly impact civilian life. Indeed, the International Committee of

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