Calls uponall parties to armed conflicts to acknowledge and to comply with their obligations under the humanitarian instruments and to observe the international humanitarian rules which are applicable, in particular the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907,11 the Geneva Protocol of 19256 and the Geneva Conventions of 1949;7 2.
Calls the attention of the Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts, and of the Governments and organizations participating in it, to the need for measures to promote on a universal basis the dissemination of and instruction in the rules of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts;
3
Urgesall participants in the Diplomatic Conference to do their utmost to reach agreement on additional rules which may help to alleviate the suffering brought about by armed conflicts and to respect and protect non-combatants and civilian objects in such conflicts, and to bring the Conference during its final session in 1977 to a successful conclusion;
4
Expresses its appreciation to the Swiss Federal Council for convoking the fourth session of the Diplomatic Conference from 17 March to 10 June 1977;
5
Requeststhe Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session on relevant developments concerning human rights in armed conflicts, in particular on the proceedings and results of the 1977 session of the Diplomatic Conference;
6
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-second session the item entitled "Respect for human rights in armed conflicts".
4 A/31/163 and Add.I.
5 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conrentions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915).
6 League of Nations, Treaty Series, vol. XCIV, No. 2138, p. 65.
• United Nations. Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970-973.
