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 11. Also welcomes the increasing number of national commissions or committees for the implementation of international humanitarian law and their work in promoting the incorporation of treaties on international humanitarian law into national law and disseminating the rules of international humanitarian law, and encourages Member States that have not yet done so to consider establishing national commissions or committees, with the support of national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies where relevant, to advise and assist Governments in implementing and disseminating knowledge of international humanitarian law; 12. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session a comprehensive 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; 13. Encourages Member States and the International Committee of the Red Cross, in transmitting information to the Secretary-General, to focus on new developments and activities during the reporting period; 14. Welcomes the increasing trend of voluntary submissions transmitted to the Secretary-General, as requested in paragraph 14 of resolution 77/107, and encourages Member States to participate in the submission process at the eighty-first session of the General Assembly; 15. Encourages Member States to explore ways of facilitating the submission of information for future reports of the Secretary-General and, in this context, to consider the convenience of using a questionnaire as drafted by Member States, with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross and, as appropriate, in consultation with the Secretariat, for submission to the General Assembly at its eighty-first session; 16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eighty-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”. 47th plenary meeting 4 December 2024 24-23506 5/5