PROCLAMATION NO. 260

: It aims to improve the condition and treatment of wounded and sick members of armed forces in the field during armed conflicts.
: The convention was ratified with the instrument of ratification signed by the Philippine President on December 22, 1950.
: Article 2 states that the Convention applies to all declared wars or other armed conflicts between High Contracting Parties, including cases where the state of war is not recognized and to all cases of partial or total occupation of territories of a High Contracting Party even without armed resistance.
: It replaces the Conventions of August 22, 1864, July 6, 1906, and July 27, 1929, in relations between the High Contracting Parties.
: The Philippine Senate concurred in the ratification through Resolution No. 20 adopted on May 16, 1950, in accordance with the Philippine Constitution.
: It entered into force six months after the deposit of the instrument of ratification, i.e., six months after March 7, 1951.
: President Ramon Magsaysay proclaimed and made public the Convention on February 16, 1956.
: The proclamation ensures that all provisions, articles, and clauses of the Convention are to be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the Philippines and its citizens.
: No, it applies both during peacetime for implementation and during declared wars or other armed conflicts as described in Article 2.