Accord to ensure journalists’ safety
From Times Wire Services
The United States, Britain and France publicly pledged to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of journalists in war zones.
The three countries became the first signatories of the Geneva Convention to accept a new nonbinding accord on protecting correspondents in conflict, said the International Committee of the Red Cross, which oversees compliance with the 1949 treaty on the rules of war.
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