Status of Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2002
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SymbolA/RES/57/14
TitleStatus of Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Calls upon all States that are already parties to Protocol I, or those States not parties, on becoming parties to Protocol I, to make the declaration provided for under article 90 of that Protocol; calls upon all States that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the 2 Protocols thereto, and to other relevant treaties on international humanitarian law relating to the protection of victims of armed conflict; calls upon all States parties to the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions to ensure their wide dissemination and full implementation; affirms the necessity of making the implementation of international humanitarian law more effective; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 59th session a report on the status of the additional Protocols relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, as well as on measures taken to strengthen the existing body of international humanitarian law, inter alia, with respect to its dissemination and full implementation at the national level, based on information received from Member States and the International Committee of the Red Cross; decides to include in the provisional agenda of its 59th session the item entitled "Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts".
Action note2002-11-19
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 52nd plenary meeting
DraftA/C.6/57/L.17
Committee reportA/57/559
Meeting record
A/57/PV.52
Date[New York] : UN, 20 Jan. 2003
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4 p.