Geneva protocol

British  

noun

1. the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases

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Example Sentences

American military leaders’ position was that herbicides did not constitute chemical weapons under the Geneva Protocol, which the U.S. had yet to ratify.

From Salon

The 1925 Geneva Protocol was intended to ban military use of chemical weapons in warfare.

From Scientific American

“The villa is symmetric, which is practical for meetings. We can give each delegation the exact same number of rooms,” Marion Bordier Bueschi, acting head of Geneva protocol, told reporters.

From Reuters

The Geneva Protocol exception for the domestic use of tear gas specifies that any chemicals used on civilians must have effects that “disappear within a short time.”

From Scientific American

Following the ratification of the Geneva Protocol in 1925, the U.S. military was left with a stockpile of chemical weapons but no place to use them.

From Scientific American