Protocol relating to the status of refugees (1967) Protocol relating to the status of refugees (1967) The protocol relating to the status of refugees of 1967 broadens the definition of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951. The main point of the protocol was to "grant all refugees the same status irrespective of the effective date of the 1st of January 1951." The protocol was completed on the 31st of January 1967 in New York City. Switzerland ratified the protocol on the 20th of May 1968. Germany ratified it on the 5th of November, 1969, and Austria ratified it on the 5th of September 1973.
Bombay Sapphire Bombay Sapphire Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin that was first launched in 1987 by IDV. In 1997 Diageo sold the brand to Bacardi. Its name originates from the popularity of gin in India during the British Raj and "Sapphire" refers to the violet-blue Star of Bombay on display at the Smithsonian Institution. Bombay Sapphire is marketed in a flat-sided, sapphire-coloured bottle that bears a picture of Queen Victoria on the label. The flavouring of the drink comes from a recipe of ten ingredients: almond, lemon peel, liquorice, juniper berries, orris root, angelica, coriander, cassia, cubeb, and grains of