Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2008
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SymbolA/RES/63/125
TitleStatus of the 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 parties to the Geneva Conventions that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the Additional Protocols and the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the two Protocols thereto; 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; calls upon States to consider becoming parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 65th sess. 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.
Action note2008-12-11
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 67th plenary meeting
DraftA/C.6/63/L.15
Committee reportA/63/440
Meeting record
A/63/PV.67
Date[New York] : UN, 15 Jan. 2009
Description
2 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 63rd sess., Suppl. no. 49.