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Geneva Conventions and United Nations Personnel (Protocols) Bill [Lords]

Can the Minister help us on the use of the red lion and sun? In 1980, the Islamic Republic of Iran declared that it was waiving its right to use those symbols and would use instead the red crescent as its distinctive symbol, but it reserved the right to return to the red lion and sun if new emblems were recognised. By recognising this new emblem, are we creating the danger that the Islamic Republic of Iran may wish to revert to the use of the red lion and sun, thereby creating another symbol?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
490 c927 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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