Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts A/RES/79/123 Noting with satisfaction the increasing number of national commissions and other bodies involved in advising authorities at the national level on the implementation, dissemination and development of international humanitarian law, Noting with appreciation the meetings of representatives of those bodies organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross, together with relevant partners such as national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, to facilitate the sharing of concrete experience and the exchange of views on their roles and on the challenges that they face, Welcoming the important role of relevant regional forums in promoting respect for international humanitarian law and disseminating knowledge of international humanitarian law in the respective regions, Stressing the possibility of making use of the International Humanitarian FactFinding Commission in relation to an armed conflict, pursuant to article 90 of Protocol I 4 to the Geneva Conventions, Stressing also the possibility for the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission to facilitate, through its good offices, the restoration of an attitude of respect for the Geneva Conventions and Protocol I, Taking note of the fact that the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission conducted its first operational mission in 2017, Taking note also of the fact that, in paragraphs 8 and 9 of its resolution 1894 (2009) of 11 November 2009 on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, the Security Council noted the range of existing methods used, on a case -by-case basis, for gathering information on alleged violations of applicable international law relating to the protection of civilians, underlined the importance in that regard of receiving information that is timely, objective, accurate and reliable, and considered the possibility, to that end, of using the International Humanitarian Fact -Finding Commission established by article 90 of Protocol I, Noting with appreciation the role of the International Committee of the Red Cross in facilitating and offering protection to the victims of armed conflicts, Noting with appreciation also the continuing efforts of the International Committee of the Red Cross to promote and disseminate knowledge of international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols, Noting the special responsibilities of national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, as auxiliaries to the public authorities of their respective States in the humanitarian field, to cooperate with and assist their Governments in the promotion, dissemination and implementation of international humanitarian law, Welcoming the universal acceptance of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, Emphasizing the fundamentally non-discriminatory character of international humanitarian law, including as reflected in the preamble to the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, which, inter alia, reaffirms that the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and of Additional Protocol I must be fully applied in all circumstances to all persons who are protected by those instruments, without any adverse distinction based on the origin of the armed conflict or on the causes espoused by or attributed to the parties to the conflict, Taking note with appreciation of Security Council resolution 2573 (2021) of 27 April 2021 on the protection of civilian objects in armed conflict, including objects __________________ 4 2/5 Ibid., vol. 1125, No. 17512. 24-23506