A/RES/50/153 Page 4 II Protection of children affected by armed conflicts 7. Calls upon States fully to respect the dispositions contained in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 4/ and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, 5/ as well as those in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which accord children affected by armed conflicts special protection and treatment; 8. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on concrete measures taken to alleviate the situation of children in armed conflict; 6/ 9. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on its eighth session 7/ and the recommendations contained therein concerning the situation of children affected by armed conflict; 10. Expresses its support for the work of the expert designated by the Secretary-General to undertake a comprehensive study of the situation of children affected by armed conflicts, with the mandate established by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/157 of 20 December 1993; 11. Urgently requests that appropriate measures be taken by Member States and United Nations agencies, within the scope of their respective mandates, to facilitate the extension of humanitarian assistance and relief and humanitarian access to children in situations of armed conflict and in the immediate aftermath of such conflict; 12. Invites the open-ended inter-sessional working group of the Commisssion on Human Rights on the elaboration of a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child related to the involvement of children in armed conflicts to pursue its mandate; III International measures for the prevention and eradication of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 13. Welcomes the provisional report of the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; 8/ 14. Expresses its support for the work of the Special Rapporteur appointed by the Commission on Human Rights to examine, all over the world, the question of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; _______________ 4/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970 to 973. 5/ Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. 6/ A/50/672. 7/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Fiftieth Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/50/41). 8/ A/50/456. /...