most of the NATO countries, possibly the then Warsaw Pact, I forget
what other countries, but from what I understand most nations have
signed it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Conventions for general info, and
http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/party_gc for the
countries that have have signed the conventions and their additional
protocols.

larry


On 11/22/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> thank you, those are the details I was struggling for. How may other
> countries *did* sign those protocols do you know?
>
> On 11/22/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > No the US has signed no treaties banning the use of WP on civilians.
> > Protocol III or IV of the Geneva Conventions specifically bans that
> > sort of incindiary, but the US hasn't signed either.
> >
> > larry
>
> 

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