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Thus it is to assist the victims of unintentional acts difficult to prevent that the Protocol extends the protection laid down in the First and Second Geneva Conventions to all sick and wounded persons, that is, including wounded and sick civilians and civilian medical services which, under the supervision of the State, may henceforth also display the red cross or red crescent as a protective emblem. Also under the Protocol, wounded members of the armed forces are now entitled to be helped by the use of medical aircraft. Humanitarian work on behalf of the civilian population is further promoted by provisions concerning the search for missing persons, the relief operations that must be permitted under suitable supervision, the preferential treatment to be given to women and children, and the civil defence services.
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