A UNITED NATIONS General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/RES/53/96 20 January 1999 Fifty-third session Agenda item 146 RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/53/627)] 53/96. Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 32/44 of 8 December 1977, 34/51 of 23 November 1979, 37/116 of 16 December 1982, 39/77 of 13 December 1984, 41/72 of 3 December 1986, 43/161 of 9 December 1988, 45/38 of 28 November 1990, 47/30 of 25 November 1992, 49/48 of 9 December 1994 and 51/155 of 16 December 1996, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General1 on the status of the Protocols2 Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 19493 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts, Convinced of the continuing value of established humanitarian rules relating to armed conflicts and the need to respect and ensure respect for these rules in all circumstances within the scope of the relevant international instruments, pending the earliest possible termination of such conflicts, 1 A/53/287. 2 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. 3 Ibid., vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. 99-76195 /...