A/RES/61/30 Acknowledging also the usefulness of discussing in the General Assembly the status of instruments of international humanitarian law relevant to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, Welcomes the universal acceptance of the Geneva Conventions of 1949,3 1. and notes the trend towards a similarly wide acceptance of the two Additional Protocols of 1977;4 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 and to consider making use, where appropriate, of the services of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission in accordance with the provisions of article 90 of Protocol I; 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 Conflict 8 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; 9 11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-third 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 _______________ 8 9 Ibid., vol. 249, No. 3511. Ibid., vol. 2173, No. 27531. 3