A/RES/56/89 2. Calls upon all States to consider becoming parties to and to respect fully their obligations under the relevant international instruments, in particular the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel; 3. Takes note of the report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations with regard to the safety and security of United Nations and associated personnel and the scope of existing legal protection and its recommendations; 3 4. Recommends that the Secretary-General continue to seek the inclusion of relevant provisions of the Convention in the status-of-forces or status-of-mission agreements concluded by the United Nations; 5. Encourages the Secretary-General and relevant bodies within the United Nations system to continue to take such other practical measures as are within their authority and existing institutional mandates to strengthen protection for United Nations and associated personnel; 6. Recognizes the need to consider the safety and security of locally recruited personnel, who are particularly vulnerable and account for the majority of casualties; 7. Decides to establish an Ad Hoc Committee open to all States Members of the United Nations or members of the specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency to consider the recommendations made by the SecretaryGeneral in his report on measures to strengthen and enhance the protective legal regime for United Nations and associated personnel; 8. Requests the Secretary-General to invite the International Committee of the Red Cross to participate as an observer in the deliberations of the Ad Hoc Committee; 9. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall meet from 1 to 5 April 2002, and recommends that, following the submission of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee, the Sixth Committee consider whether to continue this work during the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly from 7 to 11 October 2002 within the framework of a working group of the Sixth Committee; 10. Requests the Ad Hoc Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session; 11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-seventh session the item entitled “Scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel”. 85th plenary meeting 12 December 2001 _______________ 3 2 A/55/1024 and Corr.1, sect. III.F.