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These delegates shall be subject to the approval of the Power with which they are to carry outtheir duties. 4864.25.2 Duties of the Representatives or Delegates of the Protecting Power. The parties tothe conflict shall facilitate to the greatest extent possible the task of the representatives ordelegates of the Protecting Powers. 487The representatives or delegates of the Protecting Powers shall not in any case exceedtheir mission under the 1949 Geneva Conventions. 488 They shall, in particular, take account ofthe imperative necessities of security of the State wherein they carry out their duties. 4894.25.3 Restrictions on Representatives of the Protecting Powers. A belligerent mayimpose legitimate security restrictions on the activities of the delegates or representatives of theProtecting Powers working in its territory or in its facilities. However, belligerents should onlyrestrict the activities of the representatives or delegates of the Protecting Powers “as anexceptional and temporary measure when this is rendered necessary by imperative militarynecessities.” 490 For example, a belligerent may postpone a visit by Protecting Powerrepresentatives to a POW camp for security or humanitarian reasons, such as tactical movementof its own forces or to protect Protecting Power personnel from explosive remnants of war beingcleared from recent military operations along the route to the POW camp.4.26 ICRC AND OTHER IMPARTIAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONSThe 1949 Geneva Conventions contemplate that the ICRC and other impartialhumanitarian organizations may, subject to the consent of the parties to the conflict concerned,provide humanitarian aid and seek to ensure the protection of war victims in armed conflict. 491In some cases, the ICRC or another impartial humanitarian organization may assume thehumanitarian functions performed by the Protecting Powers. 4924.26.1 “Impartial”. To be an “impartial humanitarian organization” under the 1949Geneva Conventions, a humanitarian organization must be impartial. The requirement of486 GPW art. 8 (“The said delegates shall be subject to the approval of the Power with which they are to carry outtheir duties.”); GC art. 9 (same).487 GPW art. 8 (“The Parties to the conflict shall facilitate to the greatest extent possible the task of therepresentatives or delegates of the Protecting Powers.”); GC art. 9 (same).488 GPW art. 8 (“The representatives or delegates of the Protecting Powers shall not in any case exceed their missionunder the present Convention.”); GC art. 9 (same).489 GPW art. 8 (“They shall, in particular, take account of the imperative necessities of security of the State whereinthey carry out their duties.”); GC art. 9 (same).490 GWS art. 8; GWS-SEA art. 8 (same). Refer to § 9.33.1 (Access by Protecting Powers); § 10.33.1 (Access byProtecting Powers).491 See, e.g., GWS art. 9 (“The provisions of the present Convention constitute no obstacle to the humanitarianactivities which the International Committee of the Red Cross or any other impartial humanitarian organization may,subject to the consent of the Parties to the conflict concerned, undertake for the protection” and relief of personsprotected by the Convention); GWS-SEA art. 9 (same); GPW art. 9 (same); GC art. 10 (same).492 Refer to § 18.15.2 (Appointment of a Protecting Power).176