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Hague Cultural Property Convention, the parties to the conflict shall endeavor to bring into force,by means of special agreements, all or part of the other provisions of that Convention. 69Parties to a non-international armed conflict may wish to conclude agreements on theseand a variety of other subjects, such as:• temporary ceasefire agreements to collect the wounded;• agreements to permit passage of medical or other relief supplies for the civilianpopulation;• agreements for the accommodation of detainees in other States; 70• agreements to establish hospital or safety zones;• agreements for the cessation of hostilities; and• agreements for post-conflict clearance of remnants of war. 7117.3.1 Communications Between Parties to the Conflict. The procedures that are usedfor non-hostile relations between belligerents during international armed conflict may also beapplied by parties to a non-international armed conflict. 72As is the case during international armed conflict, parties to a non-international armedconflict may agree to specific means of communication between them.application of article 3 of the Geneva Conventions under which the parties to armed conflict can concludeagreements or make statements specifying that they will apply all or part of the other provisions of the Conventions.Analysing this agreement as calculated to set an example for better treatment of prisoners of war, witnesses statedthat since then the resistance movements had endeavoured to ensure that foreign prisoners were not tortured orassassinated.”).69 1954 HAGUE CULTURAL PROPERTY CONVENTION art. 19(2) (“The parties to the Conflict shall endeavour to bringinto force, by means of special agreements, all or part of the other provisions of the present Convention.”).70 For example, International Committee of the Red Cross, External Activities: Africa—Latin American—Asia—Middle East—Europe, 24 INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF THE RED CROSS 230, 239-40 (Jul.-Aug. 1984) (“Negotiationscarried out by the ICRC with, successively, the USSR, the Afghan opposition movement, Pakistan and Switzerlandled to partial success. The parties agreed to the transfer and internment in a neutral country of Soviet soldiersdetained by the Afghan opposition movements, in application, by analogy, of the Third Geneva Convention, relativeto the treatment of prisoners of war. On the basis of this agreement, the ICRC has had access to some of the Sovietprisoners in the hands of the Afghan movements and has informed them, in the course of interviews without witness,of the possibility for transfer by the ICRC to Switzerland, where they would spend two years under theresponsibility and watch of the Swiss government before returning to their country of origin. … To date, elevenSoviet soldiers have accepted the proposal. The first three were transferred to Switzerland on 28 May 1982. Eightothers arrived in August and October 1982, January and October 1983, and February and April 1984. One of themescaped to the Federal Republic of Germany in July 1983.”).71 Refer to § 6.20.5 (Obligations Under the CCW Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War That Are Triggered bythe Cessation of Active Hostilities).72 Refer to § 12.3 (Methods for Communication Between Belligerents).1024