A/RES/55/148 4. 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 Conflict6 and the two Protocols thereto, and to other relevant treaties on international humanitarian law relating to the protection of victims of armed conflict; 5. Calls upon all States parties to the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions to ensure their wide dissemination and full implementation; 6. Notes with appreciation the Plan of Action adopted by the Twentyseventh International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, in particular the reiteration of the importance of universal adherence to treaties on humanitarian law and their effective implementation at the national level; 7. Affirms the necessity of making the implementation of international humanitarian law more effective; 8. Welcomes the advisory service activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross in supporting efforts undertaken by Member States to take legislative and administrative action to implement international humanitarian law and in promoting the exchange of information on those efforts between Governments; 9. Welcomes also the increasing numbers of national commissions or committees for the implementation of international humanitarian law and for promoting the incorporation of treaties on international humanitarian law into national law and disseminating the rules of international humanitarian law; 10. Welcomes further the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts; 8 11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh 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; 12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh 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”. 84th plenary meeting 12 December 2000 8 Resolution 54/263, annex I. 3