Swiss Ambassador and chairman Paul Fivat speaks to the media during a press conference following the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. A declaration adopted by consensus among 126 parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention insists that international humanitarian
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Swiss Ambassador Paul Fivat, who chaired the conference, told reporters afterward the declaration is legally binding on all nations that adopted it. Israel and the U.S. didn’t participate.