"Basic norms of international relations should be observed, not ignored, certainly not be seen as something you can trade off," he said.
Basic norms regarding access to and protection foodstuffs, healthcare and humanitarian personnel in relation to NIAC can be found in Article 3(2) Geneva Conventions; Articles 9, 11 and 18 Additional Protocol II.
"Basic norms of international relations should be observed, not ignored, certainly not be seen as something you can trade off," Ambassador Cui Tiankai, speaking to executives of top U.S. companies, said on Wednesday.
"It offends basic norms in our society.
We have a president who neither understands nor respects the basic norms of American democracy.
"Destructive interference from abroad blatantly violates basic norms of international law," Putin was quoted as saying.
"Even on paper, it raises many serious questions of compatibility with basic norms on refugees' and migrants' rights.
Syria has violated basic norms of international law and humanity by using chemical weapons on its own people.
Donald Trump's contempt for basic norms of governance is accompanied by a lack of decency, empathy, and psychological stability.
The international community should support that kind of effort, and reinforce it by assuring the basic norms of international law.
Trump is unstable, a liar, narcissistic, contemptuous of the basic norms of political life, and deeply embedded among the most paranoid and irrational of conspiracy theorists.
