Mr. Chairman, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I thank you for giving me the opportunity to underline what I said yesterday:

1. The Third Additional Protocol is an exclusively humanitarian project. Please deal with it as such, from a purely humanitarian perspective. We cannot solve longstanding unresolved political problems in the framework of a humanitarian conference on this Protocol.
2. By adopting this Protocol you increase the credibility of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement as a universal Movement. Thanks to this Protocol the fundamental principle of universality can become a reality.
3. This Protocol improves the protection of those in need of protection.
4. This Protocol clarifies the role of National Societies in different situations and the use of the emblem.
5. I confirm that the ICRC is ready to provide medical assistance to the population in the Golan.
6. You have at this very moment a huge humanitarian responsibility. The importance of the Third Additional Protocol from a humanitarian perspective is evident. I urge you to adopt it on these very humanitarian grounds. It is time.