A/RES/59/36 2. Calls upon all States parties to the Geneva Conventions that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the Additional Protocols at the earliest possible date; Calls upon all States that are already parties to Protocol I,2 or those 3. 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 4. parties to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict5 and the two 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 5. Conventions to ensure their wide dissemination and full implementation; 6. Notes with appreciation the Declaration and Agenda for Humanitarian Action adopted by the Twenty-eighth International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which noted that all States must take national measures to implement international humanitarian law, including training of the armed forces and making this law known among the general public, as well as the adoption of legislation to punish war crimes in accordance with their international obligations; Affirms the necessity of making the implementation of international 7. humanitarian law more effective; 8. Welcomes the advisory service activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross in supporting efforts made 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; Also welcomes the increasing number of national commissions or 9. 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. 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; 8 11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-first 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 sixty-first 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”. 65th plenary meeting 2 December 2004 _______________ 8 Resolution 54/263, annex I. 3