Practice Relating to Rule 85. The Use of Incendiary Weapons against Combatants
In 1973, with respect 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, Barbados stated that it “supports the conclusions contained in chapter V of the report”, namely “the necessity of working out measures for the prohibition of the use, production, development and stockpiling of napalm and other incendiary weapons” (see
infra).