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Geneva protocol

British

noun

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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As a result it became a taboo, any breach of which was viewed as an assault on the wider principles set out in the Hague convention, and later in the Geneva protocol of 1925.

From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2018

The Society went "strongly" on record against ratification of the Geneva protocol forbidding the use of poison gases in warfare.

From Time Magazine Archive

The voices: Professor Shotwell aided Dr. Fosdick in expounding the Geneva protocol of the League of Nations which "scarce one in 10,000 Americans has even read."

From Time Magazine Archive

Several days later, after a conference with Senator Borah, the President announced that he would support the Geneva protocol.

From Time Magazine Archive

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