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(50) Acknowledge the essential role of the International Committee of the Red Cross
in promoting the implementation and development of international humanitarian law,
including the Geneva Conventions and their relevant Protocols;
(51) Reaffirm their commitment to extend full support to the International Committee of the Red Cross, as well as to the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and to the
United Nations organizations, particularly in times of armed conflict, respect their protective emblems, prevent the misuse of these emblems and, as appropriate, exert all
efforts to ensure access to the areas concerned;
(52) Commit themselves to fulfilling their obligation to teach and disseminate information about their obligations under international humanitarian law.
Democracy at a local and regional level
The participating States
(53) Will endeavour, in order to strengthen democratic participation and institution
building and in developing co-operation among them, to share their respective experience on the functioning of democracy at a local and regional level, and welcome against
this background the Council of Europe information and education network in this
field;
(54) Will facilitate contacts and encourage various forms of co-operation between bodies at a local and regional level.
Nationality
The participating States
(55) Recognize that everyone has the right to a nationality and that no one should be
deprived of his/her nationality arbitrarily;
(56) Underline that all aspects of nationality will be governed by the process of law. They
will, as appropriate, take measures, consistent with their constitutional framework not
to increase statelessness;
(57) Will continue within the CSCE the discussion on these issues.
Capital punishment
The participating States
(58) Confirm their commitments in the Copenhagen and Moscow Documents concerning the question of capital punishment.
Free media
The participating States
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