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the personnel entrusted with the organization and administration of these zones and localities andwith the care of the persons assembled within them. 3475.14.3.3 Neutralized Zones. It may be appropriate to conclude agreements withopposing forces to establish neutralized zones in regions where fighting is taking place. 348Neutralized zones differ from civilian hospital and safety zones in that they are intended toprotect a broader group of persons and in that they are generally established on a temporary basisin regions where fighting is taking place. 349These neutralized zones are to shelter: (a) wounded and sick combatants ornoncombatants; and (b) civilian persons who take no part in hostilities, and who, while theyreside in the zones, perform no work of a military character. 350Agreements should be made in writing, signed by representatives of the parties to theconflict, and should establish: (a) the location of the zone; (b) the administration of the zone; (c)the food supply of the zone; (d) the supervision of the zone; and (e) the beginning and durationof the neutralization of the zone. 3515.14.4 Using Distinctive and Visible Signs to Identify Protected Persons and Objects asSuch. It may be appropriate to identify protected persons and objects, as such, through the use of347 GWS art. 23 (“In time of peace, the High Contracting Parties and, after the outbreak of hostilities, the Partiesthereto, may establish in their own territory and, if the need arises, in occupied areas, hospital zones and localities soorganized as to protect the wounded and sick from the effects of war, as well as the personnel entrusted with theorganization and administration of these zones and localities and with the care of the persons therein assembled.”).348 For example, 2004 UK MANUAL 5.40.1 footnote 258 (“During the Falklands conflict of 1982, a neutralized zonewas set up in the centre of Port Stanley, comprising the cathedral and a clearly defined area around it. This wasdone at the suggestion of the ICRC representative and with the consent of the Argentine and British authorities.”);SPAIGHT, AIR POWER AND WAR RIGHTS 256 (“With the consent of both the Chinese and Japanese militaryauthorities a district known as Nantao, lying between the French concession and a densely populated part of the oldChinese city, was selected and cleared of all troops, munition factories and other military establishments, and itsboundaries were marked by flags. … ‘The outstanding success of this scheme at Shanghai … led very quickly to theadoption of similar arrangements at Hankow and other great Chinese cities that were liable to bombardment, and itmay be accepted that the lives of tens, if not of hundreds, of thousands of hapless Chinese have thus been saved.’”).349 GC COMMENTARY 129 (“[N]eutralized zones differ from hospital and safety zones in that they are established inthe actual regions where fighting is taking place and are intended to give shelter to both civilian and militarywounded and sick, as well as all civilian persons who take no part in hostilities. Furthermore, they are generally setup on a temporary basis to meet the tactical situation at a particular moment, whereas hospital and safety zones tendto be more permanent in character.”).350 GC art. 15 (“Any Party to the conflict may, either direct or through a neutral State or some humanitarianorganization, propose to the adverse Party to establish, in the regions where fighting is taking place, neutralizedzones intended to shelter from the effects of war the following persons, without distinction: (a) wounded and sickcombatants or non-combatants; (b) civilian persons who take no part in hostilities, and who, while they reside in thezones, perform no work of a military character.”).351 GC art. 15 (“When the Parties concerned have agreed upon the geographical position, administration, foodsupply and supervision of the proposed neutralized zone, a written agreement shall be concluded and signed by therepresentatives of the Parties to the conflict. The agreement shall fix the beginning and the duration of theneutralization of the zone.”).251