Talk:Roerich Pact

Ressemblence to a Japanese Crest (Mon)
For some reason, Pax Cultura symbol resembles that of a mon? Here is a link for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_(crest) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.45.211.157 (talk) 02:21, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Triadic symbols are very common throughout the world. It could easily be said that this symbol is similar to any one of them. 75.61.32.166 (talk) 18:02, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Move proposal
Can I move this to Roerich Pact, since it it referred to as such throughout the article? Goodvac (talk) 03:26, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd support that. Psu256 (talk) 22:16, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

A skewed article
There's something a little odd about this article; among the generally laudatory tone, it fails to note that such protection had already been in international treaties, and was generally ignored throughout WWI:


 * Hague Convention of 1907, Part IV (Laws and Customs of War on Land), Section 27 -


 * In sieges and bombardments all necessary steps must be taken to spare, as far as possible, buildings dedicated to religion, art, science, or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals, and places where the sick and wounded are collected, provided they are not being used at the time for military purposes. It is the duty of the besieged to indicate the presence of such buildings or places by distinctive and visible signs, which shall be notified to the enemy beforehand.


 * Part IX (Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War), Section 5:


 * In bombardments by naval forces all the necessary measures must be taken by the commander to spare as far as possible sacred edifices, buildings used for artistic, scientific, or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals, and places where the sick or wounded are collected, on the understanding that they are not used at the same time for military purposes. It is the duty of the inhabitants to indicate such monuments, edifices, or places by visible signs, which shall consist of large, stiff rectangular panels divided diagonally into two coloured triangular portions, the upper portion black, the lower portion white.


 * The emphasis is subtly different (the Hague version has "as far as possible", which is an enormous loophole), but the general principles seem the same. Andrew Gray (talk) 11:50, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

The first international treaty signed by the oval office was the Treaty of Ghent, 1814. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/treaty-of-ghent — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.38.187.2 (talk) 22:49, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Actual participants?
The info box states that there are 22 signatories and 10 nations which have actually acceded to the Pact. Okay, what 22 countries signed on, what 10 actually ratified it, and what debates/reasoning occurred within the states which signed on but subsequently never ratified? The article seems to completely lack any of this as of January 2021. 2600:1004:B113:3741:4B5:9098:F75C:1F94 (talk) 22:04, 16 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Still lacking as of April 2023. Srnec (talk) 02:10, 15 April 2023 (UTC)