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Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel Bill
The purpose of the bill is to fulfil the commitment to provide protection for the new humanitarian symbol (a red crystal) and to extend the legislative protection afforded to United Nations and Associated Personnel.
Main elements of the bill
The main elements of this Bill are:
- amendment of the definition of "UN worker" in the United Nations Personnel Act 1997 to cover the additional categories of operations provided for in the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of UN Personnel
- provision of the same protection under the criminal law for the new humanitarian symbol adopted at a Diplomatic Conference of States in December 2005 as is currently applicable to the Red Cross and Red Crescent
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Draft Legislative Programme
The public consultation on proposals for new laws has ended - the Government will now be considering the responses received
