Definition of Geneva

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Definition of Geneva
	Geneva The chief city of Switzerland. A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands. Related Definitions: Alcoholic, Berries, Chief, City, Flavored, Gin, Holland, Hollands, In, Juniper, Liquor, Made, Of, Strongly, The, With

Geneva Quotations

The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that.
Peter Singer

There are no European voices at Geneva, there are no European voices at START.
E. P. Thompson

Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions.
John Yoo

Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol.
John Charles Polanyi

Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.
John Yoo

It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq.
John Yoo

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say?
Charles Schumer

Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment for prisoners under their control.
Janis Karpinski

The World Health Organisation has a lot of its medical experts sitting in Geneva while hospitals in Africa have no drugs and desperate patients are forced to seek medication on the black market.
Pauline Hanson

That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that have signed them.
John Yoo

Geneva Translations

Geneva in Afrikaans is Geneve
Geneva in Portuguese is Genebra
Geneva in Spanish is Ginebra
geneva in Swedish is genever

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