Practice Relating to Rule 85. The Use of Incendiary Weapons against Combatants
In 1973, in response to Resolution 2932 A (XXVII) in which the UN General Assembly asked States to comment on the report of the UN Secretary-General on napalm and other incendiary weapons and all aspects of their possible use, Guatemala stated: “It is necessary to make renewed efforts for the legal prohibition of the use of weapons that cause unnecessary suffering in all armed conflicts, especially the mass use of incendiary weapons.”